Today there is a double (and a six-pack) of Nicolas Cage on television. First up is his Marvel debut Ghost Rider, which disappointed at the box office in 2007 and received poor reviews. Cage had put a lot of effort into the preparation, as he revealed years later (more on this below).
After that comes the much better, because more anarchic sequel Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance, which didn’t set the cinema charts on fire either.
Nicolas Cage trained harder than ever for Ghost Rider – for nothing
In the two Ghost Rider films, the Oscar winner plays the stunt driver Johnny Blaze, who receives special powers through a pact with the devilish Mephistopheles. In preparation, Cage got a six-pack, as he revealed in a GQ video last year, with counterproductive consequences:
The [Muskeln] are real and that’s why I will never train that hard again. Because no one wanted to believe they were real. They believed it was CGI. But it wasn’t. So what’s the point?
In the following picture you can see for yourself whether you believe Cage or stick to the muscles from the computer.
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Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider
It would definitely be more convincing effects work than the fire skull worn by Ghost Rider in the first film.
Both Ghost Rider films are worth watching – in their own way
Both Ghost Rider films are still worth seeing in their own way. The first film can safely be described as a moderate disaster (especially when it comes to reviews), but feels pleasantly dated thanks to its lack of spectacular action, a slightly coy Johnny Blaze, and the blind belief that a pale-painted Wes Bentley would do as a terrifying villain.
Part 2, on the other hand, was directed by crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, and features insane stunts, Idris Elba, and an open appetite for vulgar entertainment not found in other Marvel films.
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