{"id":55112,"date":"2026-05-25T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55112"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:00:37","slug":"nicolas-cage-names-dirctors-who-wont-call-him-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55112","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage Names Dirctors Who Won’t Call Him Back"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Nicolas Cage has said that The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan is on the list of filmmakers who “don’t call me back” after he turned him down for a movie.<\/p>\n

The National Treasure and Longlegs actor spilled the beans on his rocky relationship with some of the biggest names in Hollywood during an interview with The New York Times<\/u>. The conversation came about after he admitted to previously telling American Hustle director David O. Russell “no” when he offered him a “good movie” a “million years ago.”<\/p>\n

Cage is now set to star in Russell’s upcoming Madden biopic<\/u>, but the actor said he’s not used to filmmakers calling him back after he’s turned them down. In fact, Russell is the only one who gave him a second chance.<\/p>\n

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“Most of them, they get their feelings hurt and don’t call you back. It’s happened a million times to me. It’s happened with Christopher Nolan, it’s happened with Woody Allen, it’s happened with Paul Thomas Anderson. They don\u2019t call me back.”<\/p>\n

Of Nolan’s filmography, it was Insomnia that Cage decided to pass on. For Anderson, who just walked away with Best Picture and Director awards for One Battle After Another at the 98th Academy Awards<\/u>, the actor only said that it was a “very early” project.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019d shown me a short film with Philip Baker Hall \u2013 and we were going to do something and it didn\u2019t work out,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Cage gave Russell props for keeping him in mind for Madden, saying that it “showed a lot of class.” That film is now set to premiere this Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

“Anyway, David did call me,” Cage continued, “and it showed a lot of class that he would call me back and invite me again, and I didn\u2019t want to say no to him again because I have great respect for his talent. And it was a beautiful experience. I enjoyed working with David.”<\/p>\n

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Cage is also set to star<\/u> in Prime Video’s upcoming live-action superhero series Spider-Noir<\/u>. That project will swing in this week and sees the actor play a role that he said is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny.”<\/u><\/p>\n

Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images.<\/em>
Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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