Nicholas Cage He is one of those actors who divides the public the most. Some believe him a genius in the middle and others consider him quite mediocre and exaggerated, but beyond that, his name always attracts attention. The truth is that the interpreter takes risks that others are not willing to bear and in recent years that has resulted in quite different and interesting tapes. Of course, Cage has his own ambitions, and now that he’s finally fulfilled his dream of playing Dracula in Renfield (90%)you’re ready to get up close with another famous monster from Universal.
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When horror took its first steps in the cinema, one way to terrify the public was by creating monsters that allowed a very clear definition to be made between good and evil. However, these beings took on a life of their own and audiences immediately took notice of their enigmatic gray areas, helping elevate the genre to address social and psychological issues. In that sense, Universal’s monsters are the most important pillars of this first wave and a new generation of creators wants to use them for something even more complex.
In recent years, Hollywood has followed the trend of going back in time to tap into public nostalgia. This sometimes works very well, but at other times it has led to irreparable disasters. Also following the fashion of creating shared cinematographic universes, Universal decided that the best option was to create something similar with its famous monsters, so The Mummy (16%)starring Tom Cruise, would serve as an example of that purpose. The production company was so sure of this movement that it even publicly presented the rest of the cast for future projects.
We all know what a disaster that turned out to be. The Mummy, and with those numbers the entire initial intention collapsed. But Universal had an important point to bring to the present and update these characters, so they didn’t let the idea die, they just turned it around. The Invisible Man (90%) turned out to work very well in appealing to women experiencing domestic violence, and now Renfield hopes to address a toxic work relationship from the black and bloody comedy.
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The film starring Nicholas Hoult y Awkwafina is one of the most anticipated of the season thanks to the participation of Nicholas Cage, who had been looking for the opportunity to play Dracula for years. Completely moving away from that romantic vision that one has about the vampire, Cage embraced the extremes to deliver something unique that is already being praised by many who recognize in his work the most interesting point of the proposal. The protagonist of Pig (94%) y Mandy (92%) You can now cross this dream off your list, but it also makes you think about new challenges.
Nciolas Cage he definitely has a special range for those types of monstrous characters, so it would be very interesting to see him in another context, and he knows what he wants to do now. In interview with ScreenRantthe interpreter revealed that his new wish is to be a werewolf:
I kind of did it with Ghost Rider, but I think The Wolf Man. The Wolf Man is the most terrifying and I think he is powerfully tragic. But I think it’s been done so many times, I don’t think we’ll keep making Wolf Man movies anymore. But for what I’d like to explore, that works.
Renfield It will be released on April 14 and the first reviews are so good that the analysis of the numbers that it could generate at the box office has already improved. On the other hand, these productions have turned out very well with the public, so Universal will continue looking for a way to explore its monsters with new updates and even mixing them with other genres, so it is certain that at some point we will see a new approach again. to the werewolf.
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