„I Found That Very Insulting, So I Put It Into the Movie.” Nicolas Cage Relives the Experience That Makes Him Angry In This Horror Film
Nicolas Cage used an „insulting” childhood experience while performing in a horror-comedy. It helped him bring the anger out of himself.
Nicolas Cage needs no introduction to anyone. The actor enjoys recognition, and viewers like to watch him on screens. In turn, he strives to make his performances evoke emotions, and it must be said that in this field he is successful, as his creations are discussed very often.
Cage, it turns out, often uses his own experiences to help himself during a performance. The actor told the story during an interview with Marilyn Manson for Interview Magazine.
It has to do with life experience. Do I have the emotional record or memories to inform the performance in a way that feels authentic?
As an example, he cited the comedy horror film Mom and Dad, in which he starred in 2017. During the filming, he was helped by experiences from his own childhood, more specifically, events that took place in kindergarten that can still make him angry today.
Mom and Dad was the blackest of comedies, and I relished the opportunity to recall my frustration with the damned Hokey Pokey song in the scene when I’m smashing the pool table with a sledgehammer while singing it. That was the song in kindergarten where the teachers would figure out who was coordinated and who wasn’t. I found that very insulting, so I put it into the movie. I went all the way back to kindergarten to find that anger.
It would seem that this anger in Cage has accumulated due to the fact that he was one of the uncoordinated children, but nothing of the sort. During an interview for Newsweek, he confessed that the point was that he cared about his friends who might have ended up in this group, and it's because of their situation that he gets so upset at the thought of the song.
However, you have to admit that it has served him well in adulthood, as it allowed him to bring out one of his more realistic and terrifying performances.
