

Having Peter Parker lose his web-slinging abilities in the second chapter of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy worked well enough, and the fact that Spirit of Vengeance will take its lead character down a similar path seems like a good idea. Testing Johnny's willpower and allowing him to rise to the occasion as a regular human could allow the man to demonstrate more depth of character - and be all the more engaging when he's not just pulling off that whole flaming skull trick of his. While the loss of one's super power abilities is a plot twist that's cropped up in many a comic book story before, it can often be quite an effective turn of events. And then I also play Ghost Rider, who's the spirit of Zarathos, who's a corrupted angel." "There's an exorcism scene I just did where Johnny Blaze is being exorcized. One specific tidbit that Cage dropped about the plot for Spirit of Vengeance was that it'll involve Johnny Blaze (Cage) actually lose his super powers for a period of time. And I think you'll see things in it that are mysterious as well." I think it's a really high adrenaline ride. While talking with Fearnet, Cage once again emphasized that: With Crank filmmaking duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor holding the directorial reigns on Spirit of Vengeance, it's not been surprising to hear Cage reveal that the pair have been "doing things with the camera that are just brand new.

The latest crazy Nic Cage vehicle, Drive Angry 3D (pun intended) hits theaters tomorrow, and the ever-busy star took a break from filming Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance overseas in Eastern Europe to chat with reporters about his newest film.Ĭage reiterated his previous claims that Ghost Rider 2 will be a whole different experience from the first film, and dropped a potential SPOILER about how things will become increasingly difficult for Johnny Blaze this second time around.
