Nicolas Cage “loved” playing an older character in The Retirement Plan, according to the film’s director.In Tim Brown’s new film, Cage plays a retired assassin.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Brown said he got Cage on board for the film after the actor liked the idea of playing someone older.Brown told the publication: “I sent Mike [Nilon], his manager, the script, and he responded.
He said that he thought it was really funny. He loved the family theme that’s running through it.“He loved the idea of playing a grandfather and playing a bit older than his own age.
So he liked the idea of being aged up, and that was pretty much it.“We talked a lot about the material, and the comedy really drew him to it.”Brown went on to praise Cage for his “phenomenal” ability as a comic actor and for his improvisational work on he film.He continued: “I don’t know if he ever gets enough credit for being a tremendous comic actor because he does so much drama and action, but his comic ability is phenomenal.
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