Nicolas Cage won't appear in the Star Wars universe because he's a bigger fan of Star Trek.
Star Wars is not in Nicolas Cage's future for one very specific and unusual reason. The iconic actor, whose best-known roles include the National Treasure franchise, Face/Off, and Ghost Rider, recently played himself in the 2022 meta comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. His co-lead in the film was The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal , who has said that he would love to find a way to get Cage in the Star Wars Universe.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY On his official Twitter account, Yahoo! Entertainment's Kevin Polowy shared a clip from an interview with Cage about the actor's new film The Old Way. During the interview, Polowy brought up Pascal's Star Wars comments and asked if there was any movement on that front.
No… I’m not really down. I’m a Trekkie, man. I’m on the Enterprise, that’s where I roll. That’s a fact, I grew up watching Shatner, I thought Pine was terrific in the movies, I think the movies are outstanding, I like the political and the sociological… To me, what I think science fiction is all about… and Star Trek really embraced that. They got into some serious stuff.
There are certainly a great many avenues in the Star Trek Universe where he can fit in, even for a one-off cameo. In addition to the film Star Trek 4, which is struggling to get off the ground after WandaVision director Matt Shkman was announced to be helming the project before being tapped for Marvel's Fantastic Four and dropping out, there are quite a few Star Trek series currently running on the streaming service Paramount+.
However, Cage also has quite a bit on his plate right now. In addition to the A24 comedy Dream Scenario, he has a half dozen projects either in pre- or post-production. He may end up being too busy to take on a Star Trek role even if he's offered one, though it is clearly infinitely more likely that he'll appear in that universe at some point rather than any future Star Wars project.
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