- Nicolas Cage claimed that directors Christopher Nolan, Woody Allen, and Paul Thomas Anderson stopped offering him roles after he previously turned down their projects.
- He stated that David O Russell was the only director who approached him again after an initial rejection.
- Cage revealed he had turned down a role in Christopher Nolan's 2002 film Insomnia and an "early movie" from Paul Thomas Anderson.
- His decision to star in Russell's forthcoming film Madden, playing John Madden, was influenced by Russell's willingness to re-approach him.
- Cage is also set to star as an ageing private investigator and superhero in Prime Video's live-action series Spider-Noir, reprising his voice role from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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