In another reality, Nicolas Cage would have gotten to play Superman in the late ‘90s, but in our reality, the Tim Burton-directed Superman Lives ended up being shelved shortly before production was set to begin. However, last year audiences got a taste of what could have been when a de-aged Cage appeared as the Man of Steel in The Flash, just one of the movie’s many big cameos. In recent months though, Cage has directed criticism at how his Superman cameo was shot, but now he’s clarified his feelings on the matter, noting that it boiled down to him feeling “perplexed.”
