# The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129 "2021-12-15T23:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/1 "2021-12-15T23:26:48Z")
You son of a bitch! I’m in! OR Good news, everyone! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6v085niGqko/maxresdefault.jpg "THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Trailer (2022)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v085niGqko) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/2 "2021-12-16T00:41:45Z")
Hell yeah! I appreciate Cage as a good actor in his high-brow movies, and I’m endlessly amused by his over-the-top stints in movies like Con Air, Face/Off, and The Rock (“not the beeeeeeeees!!”). I will definitely be seeing this. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/3 "2021-12-16T03:21:01Z")
I watched about 30 seconds of the trailer earlier today and then turned it off, because I definitely knew I was going to see it. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/4 "2021-12-16T04:15:35Z")
Now I’m wondering–is this movie more Nicholas Cage than _Being John Malkovich_ is John Malkovich? There’s a question for the ages, yeah? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/5 "2021-12-16T07:02:53Z")
Wow, K-pop is really going mainstream if they use a Blackpink song in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/6 "2021-12-16T07:07:11Z")
The ironic part is Cage was not the producer’s first choice for this movie. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/7 "2021-12-16T14:29:51Z")
Who was? . . . Regardless, Cage seems like a good choice. . . Harrison Ford? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/8 "2021-12-17T02:47:36Z")
Looks like a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/956129/9 "2021-12-19T10:39:44Z")
> [@](#): > > “I wasn’t too excited about the idea of playing myself, but when Tom sent me this script, Nicky reminded me a little of Jerry Lewis’ Buddy Love in ‘The Nutty Professor,'” Cage said. “I always admired what he did with that movie. For me, Nicky steals the show.” > > In September, Cage told [Collider](https://collider.com/nicolas-cage-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-comments/) that while early audiences have loved “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” he will never see it. “It’s just too much of a whacked-out trip for me to go to a movie theater and watch me play Tom Gormican’s highly-neurotic, anxiety-ridden version of me.” From here: > **[Nicolas Cage Stars as Himself in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’...](https://variety.com/2021/film/news/nicolas-cage-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-trailer-1235133044/amp/)** > > Nicolas Cage stars as himself in the new trailer for 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,' premiering in theaters on April 22, 2022.