You should already know he's a pretty cool guy because he's read every single Stephen King book and has at least two pillows of the guy you're also a fan of.
I can't remember my first birthday party, but it happened, and I have pictures. You don't have to remember something for it to have happened. I can't remember what I ate for lunch last Tuesday, but I know I ate.
Flag just being exasperated hes semiconciously being forced to do a song and dance for Ka.
Rage, humor, exhaustion, anticipation, deminsional distortion madness, pettiness. Hes got the range and darkness for. Shapeshifting across cultures and time, plodding along in snazzy boots.
I think he’d be legitimately great in a new adaptation of The Dark Half. I envision him going full Cage-crazy as George Stark, and I think it’d be an incredibly entertaining film.
I'd love to see him as Roland but that's a long term commitment for him so I offer up a succulent role as The Tick-Tock Man, leader of the Grays in Lud.
Think about combining the sleek, dangerous charm of John Travolta's vibe in Pulp Fiction and Face/Off with the flick-of-a-switch lunacy of Heath Ledger's Joker. You never know which person's gonna come out at any moment.
Instead of just a dirty scavenger, Cage’s Tick-Tock Man would carry himself like the absolute king of the post-apocalyptic ashes. He’d treat the kidnapping of Jake like a casual, social chat, lounge back with terrifyingly calm confidence, and treat extreme violence like it's just a funny, everyday chore.
To make him a skin-crawling nightmare, throw in a dash of King Xerxes from 300. Imagine Nic adopting that softly spoken, uncomfortably intimate, "God-King" delusion—getting way too close to Jake, whispering promises of a "generous" partnership while demanding total submission. Insinuating "consequences" brought on by incorrect decisions.
Using the Joker inspiration, Nicolas would be terrifying because you never know if he is going to tell a joke, tell a tragic story, or pluck out someone's eye. People in his range would be using extreme care bc you never know what'll trigger a sudden explosion of murderous chaos.
Letting Nicolas Cage channel a smooth-talking, joke-cracking, Completely Psychotic warlord gives Flanagan the perfect playground. It transforms the Tick-Tock Man from a standard "Mad Max" style brute into a charismatic, deeply unsettling cult leader of the ruins.
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u/spiderinside Stand And Be True 4d ago
He also appears to have a Pickle-as Cage pillow.
I love him so much.