‘The Flash’ Director Just Announced the Movie’s Most Shocking Cameo That’s Decades in the Making
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Keaton isn’t the only blast from DC’s past in Warner Bros.’ upcoming superhero tentpole “The Flash.” During an interview with Esquire Middle East, “The Flash” director Andy Muschietti revealed that none other than Nicolas Cage is making a cameo in the movie as Superman.
It’s a shocking and full circle moment for comic book movie fans and Cage, who was cast in Tim Burton’s failed “Superman Lives” 25 years ago. “Nic was absolutely wonderful,” Muschietti said. “Although the role was a cameo, he dove into it…I dreamt all my life to work with him.
I hope I can work with him again soon.” “He is a massive Superman fan. A comic book fanatic,” Muschetti added. Nicolas Cage fans know that his love for Superman runs deep.
Not only did he plan to play the superhero in Burton’s failed project, but he even named his son Kal-El, a reference to Superman’s name on his home planet of Krypton.
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