To those of us who found the histrionics of Nic Cage and Werner Herzog in PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS entertaining, just imagine how far Cage might take it under the direction of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (CRANK, CRANK 2, GAMER). Out of control, right? Well, let’s not assume. Let’s hear from Cage himself, who squeezed some pretty revealing juice to io9 about GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE.. Scope it…
When more or less grilled about the tone of the new Johnny Blaze escapade, Cage beamed:
“It is a completely different film. The first one, which I won’t denigrate — I liked the first one, but it was almost like a fairy tale. Almost like a Disney fairy tale interpretation of Faust. This one is completely re-conceived, it’s not even connected to the first one, it’s a different origin sequence. But I think it will be a brand new experience. It has more adrenaline involved in the film making process itself, and in the movie when you see it. Again, I think the stuff we’re able to get into with Ghost Rider is going to be a lot more abstract and not like anything you’ve seen before. So I’m very excited by it.”
Nice, gotta love how Cage is aware of how dissatisfying the first flick was. He seems to know where it’s weaknesses lie, and with the comfort level he’s clearly built with Neveldine/Taylor, I actually have hope they’ll rectify shite and make things darker next time around.
About Blaze’s personality in SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, Cage coos:
“He’s become a lot more sarcastic, now that his head has been ignited. Unlike the first one where he was trying to keep it at bay. Now he’s been living with the Ghost Rider for some time, there’s a lot more irony with the character. His outlook isn’t as quite naive as it once was. And also I’m very excited about what we’re getting up to with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor [the directors], they are very original in terms of their film making.”
Again, sounds promising, right?
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE speeds into theaters February 17th, 2012.