Nicolas Cage no longer takes himself seriously at all and that’s a good thing! In Dream Scenario by Kristoffer Borgli, he frankly mocks his image by playing a slack science professor who becomes famous in a funny way. For no reason at all, this teacher, a tidy father, begins to visit the dreams of people he doesn’t know. He rolls around in the delights of his fame until the day his life becomes a nightmare.
Celebrity and its excesses are the favorite themes of Swedish director Kristoffer Brogli who was already exploring them with the influencers of Sick of Myself. Here he pushes the envelope even further. The Nicolas Cage he directs resembles the actor despite all the efforts made to try to make him forget. His scruffy and uncomfortable character is amusing before ending up becoming disturbing and then touching when things turn sour for him.
Grim but recognizable
“We put glasses on him to prevent him from looking too much like me,” explains Nicolas Cage. We modified my nose a little to make it more discreet. The goal was to make Paul unique, so that it would be easier for the audience to follow his story, without seeing me. » However, the spectator is delighted with the antics of the actor who does tons in the skin of this adored and then persecuted teacher.
It is also for his exuberance and his generosity in acting that we adore Nicolas Cage. The particularly careful dream sequences highlight the actor with his large size and mobile face. We feel his constant jubilation at having to compose such a rich character between Julianne Nicholson and Michael Cera.
A taste for atypical projects
After playing Dracula in Renfielda truffle sow breeder in Pig and its own role in A talent made of solid gold, the actor seems more determined than ever to embark on original projects where he is not necessarily given the best role. These cheeky choices suit the actor whose deliberately eccentric performances bring an extra touch of fantasy to the films in which he stars. Dream Scenarioa clever tale, is a fine example of his taste for the gentle madness of extraordinary projects.