Nicolas Cage talks about his Superman cameo in 'The Flash,' calls AI 'inhumane'

Actor Nicolas Cage sits down with Yahoo Entertainment’s Kevin Polowy and discusses how his portrayal of Superman for the abandoned Kevin Smith movie “Superman Lives” ended up as a CGI cameo in “The Flash,” but he criticizes the use of AI in movies as “inhumane.”

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[chrismlone]

How do you have Nic Cage in a Superman suit, on set and decide to go with PS2 graphics? Insane.

[SalvadorAnguianoDG]

Nic being upset about AI just makes me appreciate him even more

[briangregory]

"They de-aged me and I'm fighting a spider"... not something you hear every day.

[CE]

0:05 That “Well….okay” told me everything I needed to know

[PhantomFilmAustralia]

This is why it's so important for actors to not allow studios to use actors' likeness in perpetuity. It will allow studios to put actors into awful movies to ride on their star power, and the actors are powerless do anything about it. Crispin Glover was blacklisted by Hollywood and made out to be an ungrateful lunatic after he successfully sued Universal Studios for using his likeness without asking. Turns out Glover was right all those years ago, but even he could not anticipate the blatant hijacking of actors by computers back in 1989.

[kdizzle]

I love this man….i can’t believe he was on set and they didn’t use it

[enigmawstudios]

It's striking to me how quickly people have confused the difference between AI and CGI

[ghettofigurereviews]

Nick Cage is one of the hardest working actors in the movie industry. He worked hard to get back to the top. What is it with Warner brothers firing good likable actors like him and Henry Cavil?

[Tizzo]

The scene he filmed sounds way better then whatvwe got

[dcat]

Nikky C, propping up the people that make his art possible over himself shows his character. I feel bad we lost that scene and his superman. This one scene in the movie is the one lone positive of the entire movie.

[slate]

Glad I had an opportunity to see this interview. Thnx for whoever asked the question. This was all the information I needed for his appearance in the film. I was all about questions when I watched him in THE FLASH. I appreciate it. My curiosity was answered

[murnngtar]

I like the "witnessing the destruction of the universe" idea so much better than what we got. It just feels like a fitting role for a version of Superman that never truly had his day.

[monel]

From the documentary The death of superman lives Kevin Smith said one of the Producers said there had to be a Superman fights a F%$king huge spider, I think the spider in the scene was a satirical nod to that.

[WillemDafoe]

I'm gonna be honest the respect I have for him has only grown now

[themr_wilson]

I love how he meant "inhuman" in its exact sense: AI is quite literally inhuman

[daustin]

1:51 He was about to say "A Nightmare On Elm Street" lmao

[BrianTKessler]

Nicolas Cage over here trying to convince me he didn't fight a giant spider this particular time as if he fights them regularly.

[KGBeast.]

0:21 Idk why here Nicolas Cage sounds like he's doing a Nicolas Cage impression 😂😂

[thrillcollectors]

Honestly, from watching the movie, I would’ve never thought that superman was supposed to look terrified from the final CGI abomination product

[triggerbunny]

Straight up knows his part was awful in the movie, yet compliments everyone he worked with so he didn't have to say anything bad about the film ...classy move sir.