Blog 146: Nicolas UnCaged

Everybody writes about Nicolas Cage, I know, but I read this and I just had to. I just had to.
I read this article on a website called Movie Pilot... you can read the full thing here if you want.

The headline reads:

Nicolas Cage Slept in Dracula's Castle to 'Channel the Energy', So Sayeth Idris Elba

Idris Elba, for those that don't know, is another actor. He's in the adverts for watching box sets on Sky and he plays Heimdall in Thor and Thor 2 - the guy with the big golden helmet who sees everything.
And he was also in Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance ...a film that was just...awful. Actually, to be fair, the special effects were incredible, and the Ghost Rider looked amazing in it, but everything else was really bad. Anyway, Idris said this about Nic.

"Yeah - Nic Cage came back one day on set, and he came down to set and he looked a little bit tired, a little bit - kind of like he'd been up all night. 

So I was like, "Hey Nic man, how you doing man" and he said "I'm alright" and I said "You seem a little spooked out"...

...and he said, "Yeah man, I went up to Dracula's castle...the ruins up in the mountains, and I stayed the night" and I said, "What?! Why?" and he said "I just had to channel the energy, and it was pretty spooky up there." We were shooting in Romania, Transylvania, and he just went up there to spend the night, as you do. And then he walked away."


When I read that I just thought it'd be incredible to watch how this played out in the film. So here it is, Nic Cage channeling the energy of Dracula himself... enjoy!