Nicolas Cage says The Flash cameo was "not what I did"
The Flash actor Nicolas Cage has provided some insight on his surprise cameo as Superman.
In this year's multiverse-meddling DC blockbuster, amidst the shenanigans of Ezra Miller's super-speedy Barry Allen, a raft of superheroes pop up during one particular sequence, including Cage's Kal-El.
However, what the Hollywood icon actually shot in the studio apparently never made it to the screen.
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"They did put a lot of time into building the suit... and I think [Andy Muschietti] is a terrific director, he is a great guy and a great director, and I loved his two It movies," he told Yahoo Entertainment.
"What I was supposed to do was literally just be standing in an alternate dimension, if you will, and witnessing the destruction of the universe. Kal-El was bearing witness [to] the end of a universe, and you can imagine with that short amount of time that I had, what that would mean in terms of what I can convey.
"I had no dialogue [so had to] convey with my eyes the emotion. So that's what I did. I was on set for maybe three hours."
Cage, who was originally supposed to play the Man of Steel for Tim Burton in the '90s, went on to recall: "When I went to the picture, it was me fighting a giant spider. I did not do that. That was not what I did. But I don't think it [was generated by AI]. I just think that they did something with it, and again, it's out of my control."
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This isn't the first time his Kryptonian cameo has been the topic of discussion, either.
Earlier this year Cage told USA Today: "Well, I was glad I didn't blink. For me, it was the feeling of being actualised. Even that look for that particular character, finally seeing it on screen, was satisfying. If you really wanted to know what I was going do with that character, look at my performance in City of Angels."
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