If there’s one role that solidified Nicolas Cage as the go-to guy for campy supernatural hero fiction, it has to be Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider. Like Blaze, it’s as if Cage sold his soul to the devil on this one. The movie is fun, to be sure, but campy as hell and one example of Cage’s work coming off as more hammy than fun or interesting. It did score him a franchise though, allowing him to reprise the character in the even more lifeless sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Of course, what the ensured for Cage, especially with the popular success of Ghost Rider, is that he’ll have plenty more of these roles waiting for him if he wants them.
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