Earier this week came the news that Melbourne had been chosen as the shooting location for the Nic Cage-led comic book adaptation of "Ghost Rider".
Now, <a href="http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16189" target="_blank">Empire Online</a> recently sat down with Cage who spoke about why he chose to take on the role of Johnny Blaze, a circus motorcycle stuntman who, after a series of tragic events, is tricked by Satan into becoming the Spirit of Vengeance aka the Ghost Rider; a flame-skulled, motorcycle-riding demon. But with Johnny's pure heart initially over-riding the Satanic imprint, the Ghost Rider becomes a vigilante, charged with cleansing impure souls via various arcane weapons.
Cage says "What I love about this idea for a comic book is that, if you think about it, its really complex. Obviously the movie should be fun and it has to have humour but if you think about a superhero whos using the powers of hell for good I mean, that is a very profound, complicated concept for a superhero...Ghost Rider's been cursed by the devil but hes not going to let the devil win. He sold his soul out of love, he was trying to save his fathers life, and then he got tricked by the trickster. But because he did it out of love the devil cant get him. He can outfox the devil and use his powers for love and good, which is interesting".
Early reports suggest that the movie will see Ghost Rider take on Blackheart, the son of the Devil. Whilst the problem of the 'skull for a face' effect is being worked out now, although it will largely be CG - " I wont be THAT face. It's important to the filmmaker that theres still moments in the CGI of the face where you can still see my own expressions, so I can work that out with them. Its hard to have a skull make facial expressions" says Cage.
Thanks to 'KarlChilders'
