FILM · 2023

Dream Scenario

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1. #001

   As in most of his roles, Nicolas Cage appeared with a hairstyle.

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2. #002

   Nicolas Cage added the follower scene to the script based on a real-life event.

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3. #003

   Nicolas Cage wanted to retire after making this film. He believed that his "meta trilogy" — Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) and Dream Scenario (2023) — was the perfect way to end his career.

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4. #004

   The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, marking the 10th consecutive year a Nicolas Cage film was included in the festival.

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5. #005

   In a 2023 interview with Slant magazine, Kristoffer Borgli discussed his approach to working with Nicolas Cage on the film: "I had written the character without thinking of anyone. On paper this guy is not remarkable. He doesn't stand out, he's very soft and socially awkward and kind of a beta male. Here we're casting one of the most recognizable people on the planet and someone with so much natural charisma and energy. In this role he has that meta layer because how the culture treats him overlaps so much with what happens to Paul Matthews. But I had to shave Nicolas Cage, so he's bald in the film. So he's dressed like a distinctly suburban dad. That's also why we did a prosthetic nose that can be hard to detect, but he has a slightly different nose. Watching a person you've never seen before."

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6. #006

   Nicolas Cage named Ari Aster as the director he most wanted to work with. Aster produced this film.

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7. #007

   In one scene, Nicolas Cage's character is seen reading "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers," a book by neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky, who is mentioned earlier in the film.

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8. #008

   Producer Ari Aster was the one who approached Nicolas Cage for the role.

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9. #009

   This film is the 100th of Nicolas Cage's career.

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10. #010

    It is one of six films Nicolas Cage appeared in in 2023.

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11. #011

    It is Kristoffer Borgli's first feature film shot entirely outside Norway.

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12. #012

    It was inspired by another Nicolas Cage film, Adaptation. (2002).

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13. #013

    It is the first film Nicolas Cage made with A24.

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14. #014

    One of the books on the shelf in Paul's study is "The Godfather." The film version was directed by Cage's uncle, Francis Ford Coppola.

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