Exclusive First Image Of Nicolas Cage As Football Icon John Madden & Christian Bale As Raiders Owner Al Davis In Amazon MGM’s ‘Madden’

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://deadline.com/2025/05/nicolas-cage-john-madden-christian-bale-al-davis-first-photo-1236396456/

[PNW_PantherMan]

I’m down for this 

[MrBubba]

[PNW_PantherMan]

Was Frank Caliendo unavailable? 

 

[MechaZain]

6 hours ago, MrBubba said:

The blunt this casting director was on must have been immaculate

[Panthero]

6 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://deadline.com/2025/05/nicolas-cage-john-madden-christian-bale-al-davis-first-photo-1236396456/

Holy smokes, glad to see Cage getting to pair up with a great actor like Bale. Cage is hit and miss but when he's dialed in, he's incredible, imo. Here's to Bale being there zones Cage into another great performance. 

If you haven't seen bad lieutenant: port of call New Orleans directed by Warner Herzog (Cage is the main actor), watch it. One of my favorites. Be warned, its not for kids. 

[csx]

For Bale to get involved it must have some potential. 

[Icege]

This is incredible lmfaoooooooooo

[Mr. Scot]

5 hours ago, MechaZain said:

The blunt this casting director was on must have been immaculate

Seriously

[frankw]

This does certainly look interesting.

On a side note I've always been a very big fan of Nicolas Cage's work but I was surprised to learn he has a son who he supports that practically beat his own mother to death last summer and all he got was 2 years in a mental health program. I guess that's wealth and fame for you.

[Mr. Scot]

Nicolas Cage is certainly fun to watch in "Nicolas Cage" roles (Face Off, The Rock, 8MM). Parts generally need to suit his particular persona or things can wind up looking kind of silly ('Not the bees! NOT THE BEEEES!!!")

Having him play an actual historical figure... eeehhh, just seems like a bad idea, similar to having Dwayne Johnson star in a biopic about Martin Luther King

[Khyber53]

[SCMunnerlyn1]

I love Cage in absolutely anything. But he definitely has his wheelhouse and i don't know that this is it. 

[tukafan21]

I still don't understand how this guy wasn't cast as Madden, he's a great actor and would have been perfect in the role