Idris Elba Tells Story That Proves Nicholas Cage Is A Vampire

Sunday, 21 September 2014

Idris Elba Tells Story That Proves Nicholas Cage Is A Vampire

Actor Idris Elba participated in an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, and he told a story that indicates Nicholas Cage may just be a real vampire.

Elba said,

Yeah – Nic Cage came back one day on set, and he came down to set and he looked a little bit tired, a little bit – kind of like he’d ben up all night.

So I was like “hey Nic man, how you doing man” and he said “i’m alright’ and I said “You seem a little spoked out” and he said “Yeah man, I went up to Dracula’s castle…the ruins up in the mountains, and I stayed the night” and i said “What?! Why|?” and he said “I just had to channel the energy, and it was pretty spooky up there.”

We were shooting in Romania, Transylvania, and he just went up there to spend the night, as you do.

And then he walked away.

True story.

Elba also talked about the kind of roles he liked to play as an actor.

I find villains way more compellin’ to unearth their psyche. Writers love writing for villains because they can get a lot more off their chest, and it just means a lot more stuff for the actor to do.

But good guys are also a challenge, because if you don’t get the balance between being real and being, you know, a stereotypically good guy, your character can come across as corny. So each has its challenges, but I think being a bad guy has more.