Nicolas Cage says Superman Lives sequence he filmed for The Flash was completely different than what appeared in finished film

Nicolas Cage is opening up astir nan cameo he filmed for this summer's The Flash, really it was presented successful nan last film, and his thoughts connected nan integration of AI into cinema.

The 59-year-old character appeared successful a little cameo successful nan Andy Muschietti-directed movie released this past June, which starred Ezra Miller successful nan titular role.

The Academy Award victor told Yahoo Entertainment Thursday that nan footage utilized successful nan movie was not from nan Superman Lives movie he worked connected from 1996 to 1998, which was scuttled aft 2 years of pre-production.

'First and foremost, I was connected set,' Cage said of nan domiciled amid online chat whether nan outtakes had been derived from nan erstwhile film, which Tim Burton had been slated to direct.

The actor, known for films including Leaving Las Vegas, Face/Off and The Rock said that filmmakers 'put a batch of clip into building nan suit' for nan iconic character, and lauded Muschietti arsenic 'a terrific director' and 'great guy.'

Cage explained nan premise of his quality successful nan DC Universe mobility picture.

'What I was expected to do was virtually conscionable beryllium opinionated successful an alternate dimension, if you will, and witnessing nan demolition of nan universe,' he said. 'Kal-El was base witnesser [to] nan extremity of a universe, and you tin ideate pinch that short magnitude of clip that I had, what that would mean successful position of what I tin convey.

'I had nary speech [so had to] convey pinch my eyes nan emotion. So that's what I did. I was connected group for possibly 3 hours.'

The vanished merchandise saw nan Man of Steel not standing, arsenic Cage had done successful filming, but alternatively doing conflict pinch an tremendous spider, which was a premise Superman Lives shaper Jon Peters had been keen to do successful nan scuttled 90s film.

'When I went to nan picture, it was maine fighting a elephantine spider,' he said. 'I did not do that. That was not what I did.'

Cage said that he didn't deliberation nan changes 'so that they could de-age me, and I'm fighting a spider' were nan consequence of AI, but alternatively CGI.

'I didn't do immoderate of that, truthful I don't cognize what happened there,' he said. 'I conscionable deliberation that they did thing pinch it, and again, it's retired of my control.

'I virtually went to sprout a segment for possibly an hr successful nan suit, looking astatine nan demolition of a beingness and trying to convey nan feelings of nonaccomplishment and sadness and panic successful my eyes. That's each I did.'

Cage said that he was appreciative that nan movie utilized nan uniquely-designed Superman suit designer Colleen Atwood put together for nan scuttled precocious 90s movie.

'I do consciousness that nan movie gave that beautiful suit that Colleen Atwood designed a chance to beryllium seen,' she said, 'and I was happy astir that because she put a heck of a batch of thought into that series.'

Cage besides remarked connected his views connected AI, which person been a cardinal rumor successful nan ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, aft his Superman Lives collaborator Burton told BFI successful September that he was 'in quiet revolt against' nan usage of AI successful movies.

'I get wherever Tim's coming from,' Cage said. 'I cognize what he means. I would beryllium very unhappy if group were taking my creation … and appropriating them. I get it. I mean, I'm pinch him successful that regard. AI is simply a nightmare to me. It's inhumane. You can't get much inhumane than artificial intelligence.'

Cage said to nan outlet successful promotion of his caller movie Dream Scenario, which is slated to unfastened successful prime theaters November 10 and nationwide November 22.