Nicolas Cage and Owen Wilson.Photo:Jason Koerner/WireImage, Tommaso Boddi/Getty
Jason Koerner/WireImage, Tommaso Boddi/Getty
Turns outOwen Wilsonisn’t the only actor who wants tosee him onscreen with Nicolas Cage.
Reacting to Wilson namingCageas his dream scene partner, theFace/Offactor calls Wilson a “superb talent.”
“I would love to work with Owen,” Cage, 59, tells PEOPLE. “I have admired him since he came on inBottle Rocket.”
The Oscar winner adds that Wilson, 54, is “unlike anyone — except he does remind me ofDennis Hopper.”
Cage also recalls a story that confirms his belief that Wilson resembles the Oscar-nominatedEasy Riderscreenwriter andHoosiersactor.
“I remember a million years ago I had a big party when I had an apartment in DTLA and Owen was there,” Cage says.
“I was standing across the room withJack Nicholsonand we were both observing Owen," he says, “and I asked Jack, ‘Don’t you think he resembles Dennis Hopper both physically and energetically?’ Jack said, ‘Him?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ And we both watched Owen a bit longer and then had some lemon tart.”
Nicolas Cage.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
Wilson, who stars this year in the Bob Ross-inspiredPaintand in the upcoming Justin Simien-directedHaunted Mansionremake (in theaters July 28), had said who “pops to mind” when asked who he’d most like to work with was Cage, having “just loved him in so many movies.”
Earlier this year, Cage led the horror-comedyRenfield, playing Dracula, and will next be seen opposite Joel Kinnaman in the thrillerSympathy for the Devil(in theaters July 28). The cinematic icon also recently played a version of himself in the comedicThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talentas well as a briefly glimpsed Superman inThe Flash— fulfilling the promise of anunproduced big-screen renditionthat would have cast Cage as the Man of Steel.
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Nicolas Cage in “Renfield”.Universal Pictures
As Wilson tells PEOPLE, 1996’sBottle Rocketwas indeed the breakout film that put him on the radar of Hollywood insiders like Cage.
He and his University of Texas at Austin dorm roommateWes Andersonbegan writing plays and screenplays, with Anderson encouraging Wilson to try his hand at acting.
“It was him saying he wanted me and mybrother Luketo play the characters,” Wilson remembers, “and, obviously, [Anderson’s vision] has only continued and strengthened” since — with such hits asRushmore, the Oscar-nominatedThe Royal Tenenbaumsand this year’sAsteroid City.
“I recently went toWillie Nelson’s 90th birthdayat the Hollywood Bowl, and I hear somebody go, ‘Ca-CAW’ [aBottle Rocketreference],” recalls Wilson. “I turn back, and this guy’s pointing at me. This movie that did no box office — the idea that 30 years later it stuck with somebody enough that they’re seeing me and saying that is nice.”
source: people.com
