Most actors dream of winning an Academy Award. In his long and fruitful career, Nicolas Cage has done just that, but there is one thing he hasn’t accomplished in the four decades that he has been acting.
The Leaving Las Vegas star shared with Empire that he would like to flex his vocal cords before hanging up his cinematic boots.
“I haven’t done a musical yet,” he said. “I’d like to try that. I’m not much of a singer. I did sing okay in Wild At Heart, I thought, but I’ve since blown my voice out singing ‘Purple Rain’ incorrectly in karaoke bars.”
In the 1990 film, Cage sang a rendition of “Love Me” by Elvis Presley (who just so happens to be the father of his second wife, Lisa Marie).
As for the musical role? The 58-year-old actor already has a part in mind.
“I think I’d make a good Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar.”
The Andrew Lloyd Webber production was adapted for the big screen in 1973, so there is room for a modern-day version. It was most recently done as a live concert version on NBC in which John Legend played the titular role and Sara Bareilles starred as Mary Magdalene.
