Cage: I resigned from The Wrestler

Corelli · 1:25 PM, 03/13/09

RE: Cage: I resigned from The Wrestler

scorpiolady · Superstar

Got to admit, I think Nic wouldn't really fit the part to be honest, Micky seems to suit that role more, like I don't think it would suit Micky to do a film like Knowing, where it suits Nic smile

Interesting piece though, thanks for posting Lesley

Corelli · 1:44 PM, 03/12/09

According to this article Nic wasn't dropped from The Wrestler he resigned. biggrin wink

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5huLuvravq8YfFd-evDIjVD8dMSvA

Cage: I resigned from The Wrestler

Nicolas Cage has denied he was dropped from The Wrestler in favour of Mickey Rourke.

"I wasn't, quote, 'dropped' from the movie," the 45-year-old actor told Access Hollywood at the New York premiere of his new film Knowing. "I resigned from the movie because I didn't think I had enough time to achieve the look of the wrestler who was on steroids, which I would never do."

Nicolas was first offered Mickey's part of Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the film.

Mickey received an Oscar nomination and a Bafta award for playing the washed-up wrestler in the film directed by Darren Aronofsky.

"The movie was written for Mickey," Nic said.

"And, for whatever reason, they couldn't get the financing for the movie back then."