Nicolas Cage is once again on everyone’s lips thanks to productions as interesting as that of Renfieldfilm in which the actor plays Dracula himself. The surprising thing is that it would not have been the first time that Cage took the role of the vampire, since he was about to participate in a very particular project.
James Wan, one of the most relevant horror directors of recent years thanks to productions such as The Conjuring o Insidious, has confirmed that he tried to recruit Nicolas Cage to play the main villain of Castlevania. Yes, the interpreter was the favorite to take the role, since “Cage and I talked many years ago about playing Dracula in my (defunct) (film of) Castlevaniaso it’s great to see that he finally got the chance to play the Prince of Darkness.”
This was recognized by Wan himself in a post on Instagram in which he confessed that “Renfield is great, very funny!”. The truth is The Castlevania adaptation never saw the light, the saga born by Konami that chose Paul WS Anderson to direct the project. However, there was a turn of the tables that resulted in Wan leading the film.
The plot He was going to tell us about the origins of both Dracula and the Belmont Clan through a generational conflict that would unite them. The first video games of the franchise would be the basis for creating the film, which was announced in 2005 after the purchase of the rights by Crystal Sky Pictures. It was a time when we could see adaptations like Doom y Alone in the Darkbut the continuous delays ended up squandering the production.
It is not known to what extent there talks for Cage to take the role of the vampirealthough finally we have enjoyed versions of Castlevania in animated format.
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