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01Jan2009

WTF? Nic Cage as Anwar Sadat?

DateThursday, January 1, 2009 at 4:01AM
Assuming for the moment that this is legitimate, let's throw ut on the "Bad Casting Decisions" pile and if there's any left over, we can toss it in the general direction of our "He's Getting How Much?" pile.

Multiple news sources report that Nicolas Cage has reached an agreement to play slain Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in an upcoming Egpytian television mini-series. I'm sorry...what? Nic Cage as Anwar Sadat? How will that work? According to the story, Cage will drop about 15 pounds for the role. Oh. Well that explains it then. He'll look just like Sadat once he gets even thinner.

For his efforts, Cage will get paid a whopping $40 million, which will be so many hair plugs. You have no idea how non-balding he'll be now. Still, this might be a record sum for an actor being utterly and undeniably miscast.

I have no idea whether or not this is real. If it were an actor who wasn't prone to making such unusual decisions, I'd say no way. But Cage has proven over time that he'll play anything they don't want Sam Jackson for, so long as the movie blows and the check cashes. $40 million seems like a lot, but if it's a mini-series, he can claim he's doing twice or thrice the work, I suppose. Plus, with the way they're throwing money around in Dubai these days, there might be something to this.

Inas al-Degheidy , who wrote the series, says it will be filmed in mid-2009. And here's something you probably don't remember: They made a Sadat mini-series before, which aired in the U.S. in 1983 and was banned in Egypt because of its historical inaccuracies. And the man playing Sadat? Lou Gossett, Jr.

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AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment3 Comments |

Reader Comments (3)

If that is real, its sad, like I said before, to many good actors, but they never use them.

Thursday, January 1, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKaveh

Just a small comment:
Inas al-Degheidy is an Egyptian female movie director.
The one you mean is Anas al-Degheidy (no relation), an Egyptian male script writer and author.

Friday, March 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMoataz Emam

Again. How? So is cage going to be in black-face the whole time?

Sunday, August 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAnon

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