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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Nicolas Cage calls Marvel movies ‘a glorified WWE’ with over-50s in ‘ridiculous outfits’

Nicolas Cage in Cannes, 2024.
Nicolas Cage in Cannes, 2024. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Nicolas Cage, whose recent credits include the Sony Marvel series Spider-Noir, has criticised the Marvel Cinematic Universe, calling it an overfunded and embarrassing spectacle.

“I do say this with love,” said Cage at a fan convention in Texas. “When I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight – let’s face it, it’s all cutting to the fight – it’s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.”

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