Pedro Pascal Will Play a Nicolas Cage Superfan in Nic Cage's Film About Nic Cage
The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is in talks to join Nicolas Cage in the upcoming film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
In the film, Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage, a character who “is desperate to get a role in a new Tarantino movie while also dealing with a strained relationship with his teenage daughter. He also occasionally talks to an egotistical 1990s version of himself who rides him for making too many crappy movies and for not being a star anymore.”
It’s explained that Cage’s character is also “under a mountain of debt and finds himself forced to make an appearance at the birthday party of a Mexican billionaire who happens to be a fan of Cage’s work and secretly hopes to show him a script on which he’s been working.” Pascal will take on the role of the billionaire, who is named Javi. He’s described as “a Nic Cage superfan who is not all that he appears to be.”
Here’s where things get good, while Cage bonds with Javi, “Cage is informed by the CIA that the billionaire is actually a drug cartel kingpin who has kidnapped the daughter of a Mexican presidential nominee, and is recruited by the U.S. government to get intelligence. The situation spirals even more dramatically when the Mexican brings over Cage’s daughter and his ex-wife for a reconciliation, and when their lives are on the line, Cage takes on the role of a lifetime.”
Pascal will take on the role of Javi, who is described as “a Nic Cage superfan who is not all that he appears to be.”
The film will be directed by Tom Gormican from a screenplay he wrote with Kevin Etten. The film is expected to go into production this fall and I can’t wait to watch it!
Source: The Wrap