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The noir aesthetic is such a huge part of the show, obviously. Did stepping onto those sets and into that world immediately help you find the character?Very much so. And to wear those clothes and to be in a '30s set stylized with the lighting, it just helped me believe that I could be in one of those old movies. And I did design my performance specifically to fit in the black and white format. I wanted to transport you to another time and another style of film performance.
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What do you think you personally bring to the role that makes Spider-Noir such a natural fit for you?I think what I was primarily interested in was the style of acting and that's what I brought. I brought the culmination of what I thought those noir film stars were doing. For me, a flavor, a hint, a taste, a kiss of that, and collided it with a very famous superhero, which is the Spider-Man character, and the acrobatics and the swinging around and the webbing and all that. If I would say, "What did I contribute to this?" it would be that I was contributing that flavor and that style through great viewing and reviewing old movies to hopefully bring you into this universe. This fantasy universe that there could be a Bogart, if you will, style of Spider-Man.It was a flavor that I wanted to embody. It's still 100% me, but it's like I often say when Amy Winehouse did "Back in Black", she was channeling those old jazz crooners. I wanted to channel those old actors from those black and white movies from the 30s and 40s. And so Bogart, that flavor. But I also threw in some Bugs Bunny. There's some like Looney Tunes going on every now and then, not too much, but enough to make you go, "Where are we?" I want to see AI do that. It's like, let's bring these two, all these elements together. That's only a human invention.
Ben Reilly/Spiderman (Nicolas Cage) in SPIDER-NOIR Photo: Aaron Epstein/PrimeAaron Epstein/Prime
It's also the 20th anniversary of The Wicker Man, which has really developed a cult following. What's your relationship with that movie now, looking back on it?I think the movie is electromagnetic. I think it communicated on some level. I don't know if it was necessarily a good level, but I do think that it sparked a lot of interest. I did have a way of playing that role that perhaps the comedy of it would have made more sense. But Avi Lerner was producing, he wouldn't let me do it, which is that I wanted to be burned in the bear suit with the bear suit on. They made me get out of it.
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Is there a role from your past that you still think about and wonder if you'd like to revisit that character someday?The two that come to mind simply because I would like to know and they're alive, many of the characters that I think were my best characters are deceased, but I think the Cameron Poe [from Con Air] character. An older Cameron Poe, I'd like to know what his life is like now, what's going on with him. I also like this character. I like Ben Riley. We got where I needed to go ultimately in terms of the fantasy in my head and what I saw when I viewed all eight episodes, but I think there's more room to develop this character and put him in other circumstances. Those two come to mind.
I have to ask you about my favorite movie of yours, The Family Man. It has become one of those movies that people revisit every holiday season. Why do you think that story resonates with audiences so strongly?Because we all can get lost in the hors d'oeuvres of life, and I'm guilty of that. But what really matters is your family and the love that you feel with your children or your wife, and the movie talks about that, and that it's a nice message, and it has a lot of heart. And I think it's the kind of thing that, specifically around holidays, any holiday, that people realize, "Hey, it's not so bad. I don't need that. I have this, and this is even better than that, and I'm blessed." I think that's the communication with The Family Man.
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You mentioned how earlier, when your dad took you to go see Dr. No, you were seeing Sean Connery on the big screen. Then you get an opportunity to work with him. But now you're one of those guys. You're one of those guys who, when younger actors see you, and they get to work with you, they're like, "Holy cow, I'm on a TV show with Nic Cage." What is it like to have that reversal where these younger actors look up to you?Well, see, I'm a little bit different than maybe even Sean because I welcome, not that he didn't welcome working with me, he enjoyed working with me, but I am interested in their opinions to the point where I feel like I'm the student and I'm going to learn something. So anytime I'm working with a group from another generation, a younger generation, whether it's the director or the other actors, I'm hoping that they're going to reinvent me or help me reinvent myself.
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