Nicolas Cage Is The Wrestler In writer Robert Siegel's indie drama Source: The Hollywood Reporter
After a few films in a row to pay the bills - Ghost Rider, Next and the upcoming National Treasure sequel, Nicolas Cage is in talks to join a more respectable, indie film, hopefully with the goal of reminding us all that he can act. Yes, he's in talks to join The Wrestler, currently in development with Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures.
The story follows Randy "The Ram" Robinson, an '80s wrestler who is on a downward spiral even before he has a minor heart attack during a match. He retires from the business after being told that one more fight could kill him, opening a deli, moving in with a stripper and trying to build a relationship with her son. But the prospect of a match with his old nemesis, The Ayatollah (eh?), proves impossible to resist.
Robert Siegel wrote the script, and given that Aronofsky's production company is putting this together, it's possible that the Fountain director will end up directing it - but there's no word on that yet.
So what do we think - is Cage really the wrestling type? And given that The Ayatollah sounds a bit dated these days, what would your wrestling nemesis be called?
I'd like to think my nemesis would be "The Midget"
Might just make the stakes even being vertically challenged myself.
(I'm not saying I'm a midget, but a respectful 5`5") ... Read More
Cage as a wrestler. This is the problem with Indie films like this. Are they trying to be Rocky Balboa? Are they trying to be Any which way but loose? Are they trying to be different? Does anyone care? This is why these films make no money. Cos nobody really cares. These type of films appeal to two or three people and thats it. Dont mind low budget indies, but not everybody is gonna see Clerks or Punch Drunk Love every time they pay £7.50. Sometimes I think these actors choose these indie p... Read More
Cage can turn some ace work when used appropriately and even beefed up to wrestler proportions (while simultaniously huffing on an asthma inhaler) for the mostly forgotten (and rightly so) '95 crime flick, Kiss of Death. ... Read More
For a really shady buisness enterprise there really aren't that many films that disect all the steroid-induced insanity that goes hand in hand with wrestling. The Benoit thing earlier this year is testament to how messy it is for a form of entertainment. If done in the spirit of Raging Bull this would be a cracking sports drama. Cage can act: Adaptation and Lord of War proved that. Aronofsky is a class act. My nemisis would be Brett Ratner.... ... Read More
as long as they don't protray wrestling as real then this could be a decent drama.
Also, let's start the betting who wether or not he dies at the end. ... Read More
