How NicolasCage Found Inspiration in Michael Jordan and Marlon Brando in ButchersCrossing
During a press tour for his new film Butcher’s Crossing, which world premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Nicolas Cage sat down with Collider at our Studio to talk about why this particular project stood out to him in the pile of scripts that he receives. Set in the 1870s, the movie stars Cage as Miller, a buffalo hunter who lures a young Harvard dropout to an ambitious and dangerous expedition.
While he talked with Collider’s own Steve Weintraub about Butcher’s Crossing, Cage broke down how his gritty lead character was created and revealed two surprising influences behind his performance. The Academy Award winner said that he drew from Marlon Brando’s performance in the war classic Apocalypse Now!, and… Michael Jordan.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY "We all know the phenomenon, and the dynamic force, and the ambition, and the need to win of Michael Jordan. [The director] was saying [to me] ‘Think about that, why don’t you shave your head? Think about that ferociousness that he has on the court, that he has to win at all costs.’ So I did think about it, and then I went ahead and said ‘Okay’.
“I think Michael Jordan [is the] greatest athlete ever, but there is kind of a – and he’ll say it himself, you know – a sort of dark side to [him]. He would say that nobody can get on his way. He would say things to his teammates, and push them to their limits. A lot of people say he’s kind of a dark guy.
Butcher’s Crossing is yet to get a release date and trailer. Look for our full interview with Cage and Polsky tomorrow.
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