Nicolas Cage shocked fans across the world when he made his cameo as Superman in The Flash. However, it seems as though what exactly he did in the film was a shock even to Cage himself.
The Flash turned out to be one of the most divisive superhero films of all time, with no moment more representative than the Chrono-bowl section full of CGI cameos that came off as distasteful to many viewers. Among those seems to be Nicolas Cage, who made a cameo as Superman during that scene, and felt he was misled about what exactly he was going to be doing in the film:
“You said it perfectly when you said, ‘We made an agreement,'” Cage told Wired. “That is the linchpin to it. There’s an agreement and a mutual understanding and a contract that you’ve gone into knowing both sides and knowing full well what we’re getting into.”
“I’m not saying they used AI on the Superman thing. Maybe they did. I don’t know. Maybe it was just CGI, but whatever it was, that’s not what I did on the set,” He continued. “As much as I love [director] Andy [Muschietti] and [sister and film producer] Barbara [Muschietti]—and I do think they’re great—it’s still not what I was told to do on set.”
Nicolas Cage’s disappointment in how his Superman cameo was handled in The Flash ties into a larger conversation about consent in the entertainment industry, and how far directors and studios can and should go in supplementing performances with CGI. While it is a shame the scene didn’t come out as Cage wanted, fans can only hope he got one hefty check out of it!
The Flash’s DC Universe future
Warner Bros. Discovery already has a script for a potential sequel to The Flash, written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, the man behind the two Aquaman movies starring Jason Momoa. However, James Gunn and Peter Safran did not discuss the Flash sequel during their DC Universe presentation.
Directed by Andy Muschietti from a script written by Birds of Prey scribe Christina Hodson, The Flash is inspired by the Flashpoint comic book storyline, which followed Barry Allen as he navigated an altered DC Universe. Written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Andy Kuber, Flashpoint radically altered the status of the DC Comics universe and led to the launch of the New 52 titles.
In addition to Ezra Miller, The Flash also features Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as two separate versions of Batman, Ron Livingston as Henry Allen, Maribel Verdú as Nora Allen, Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Antje Traue as Faora-Ul and Sasha Calle as Supergirl.
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