Nicolas Cage has been seen for the first time filming the upcoming live-action series Spider-Man Noir, in which he plays an aged version of the superhero.
Spider-Man Noir was created for the comics in 2008 as a darker, morally ambiguous version of the classic light-hearted character.
In this version, Spider-Man is a brooding vigilante in 1930s America who sometimes resorts to bloodthirsty methods in his quest to fight organized crime.
Cage, 60, first played the role in voiceover for the acclaimed 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
Now the character is getting the live-action treatment for Amazon Prime Video’s Noir series, which Cage was seen filming on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Nicolas Cage has been seen for the first time filming the upcoming live-action series Spider-Man Noir, in which he plays an aged version of the superhero.
Fittingly, Cage showed up in a costume and look that seemed straight out of one of Old Hollywood’s film noir masterpieces.
In an even more genre-appropriate touch, the scene took place in a desolate, dimly lit outdoor urban setting after dark.
He was wrapped in a long, dark coat, befitting a Depression-era detective, over a three-piece suit, and his character had what appeared to be a bruise on one cheek.
At one point, he was seen kneeling, looking forward with obvious concern, and at another point he was on his back.
In images that have emerged from the set, Cage began the shot lying on his back, then abruptly turned around and got on his knees.
He then stood up and quickly dove to the side, at which point that particular shot seemed to be over.
Cage bore an uncanny resemblance to Humphrey Bogart, whom he previously cited as one of his influences while playing the character in voiceover in 2018.
“I tried to channel those noir films with Bogart and have those kind of sounds that he could make with (James) Cagney or Edward G. Robinson, that kind of way of speaking,” Cage said. Entertainment Weekly At the moment.
At one point, he was seen crouching down, looking forward with obvious concern, and at another point he was on his back, apparently screaming.
Cage, 60, first played the role in voiceover in the acclaimed 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (pictured)
Cage has cited Old Hollywood noir icon Humphrey Bogart as one of his influences while playing the character in voiceover in 2018.
In May it was announced that Cage had been cast to star in Noir, a live-action film about the character he previously only played in cartoons.
The logline describes the show as being about “an aging, down-on-his-luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to deal with his past life as the town’s only superhero,” via Variety.
Cage, a lifelong movie star who won an Oscar for his role in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995, had never before been a regular on a television series.
Two months before the new show was officially announced, he said he was toying with the idea of playing Spider-Man Noir on the small screen.
‘Well, I can say we’ve been talking. It’s no secret that I love the character. “I think the character offers another kind of combination,” he said.
“I tried to channel those noir films with Bogart and have those kind of sounds that he could make with (James) Cagney or Edward G. Robinson, that kind of way of speaking,” Cage said.
“I get to combine my favorite performances from the golden age, meaning Robinson, Cagney, Bogart, with a character who, I guess, is widely considered Stan Lee’s masterpiece,” he said.
“I see it as a kind of foray into a mix of pop art, a kind of Jungian mix of Lichtenstein through Bogart and Cagney, but nothing is final yet. “It’s just a conversation,” he said. Collider At the moment.
He received high praise earlier this year for his villainous role in the horror film Longlegs, which became a social media sensation.
The film was written and directed by Osgood Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins, who played murderer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
Longlegs stars Maika Monroe as an FBI agent on the hunt for a serial killer (Cage) who leaves a note reading, ‘LONGLEGS,’ with the corpse of each of his victims.
