In ‘Butcher’s Crossing,’ Nicolas Cage explores dark side of wild ambition

TORONTO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Actor Nicolas Cage, returning to the massive display screen as an antihero with “Butcher’s Crossing,” mentioned enjoying a ruthless buffalo hunter allowed him to faucet in to features of the human situation that may typically lead individuals to commit atrocious acts.

Primarily based on the 1960 novel by John Williams, “Butcher’s Crossing” follows younger Will Andrews (performed by Fred Hechinger) who drops out of Harvard to seek out himself. He finally ends up on a buffalo-hunting expedition the place he encounters Miller (performed by Cage), an skilled hunter and mountain man.

“It’s a completely different character than I’m,” Cage mentioned on Friday on the film’s premiere on the forty seventh annual Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition.

“I need to study each time and problem myself, however he’s performing some fairly atrocious issues and it’s laborious to look at,” Cage mentioned, referring to his character. It’s not a lot that Miller is a villain, mentioned Cage, “However it’s the vitality in all of us, the win-at-all-costs and misguided ambition is what that is all about.”

Industrial looking of the American bison or buffalo led to the near-extinction of the species within the late nineteenth century.

Cage, 58, is thought for movies together with “Moonstruck,” “Peggy Sue Acquired Married” and “Con Air.”

He and his “Butcher’s Crossing” co-star, Hechinger, mentioned they stored returning to the unique novel at any time when they have been doubtful.

“I discovered from Will how his naivete and type of feeling that pondering he’s on a private journey however turns into a pawn,” Hechinger mentioned on Friday.

He added that Cage’s help and encouragement helped him ease in to his position. “I used to be actually fortunate, Nick is one in all my favourite actors of all time. However he immediately handled me like a peer and that was the kindest approach to remove my nerves. So we type of rolled up our sleeves and started working.”

Reporting by Divya Rajagopal in Toronto
Enhancing by Matthew Lewis

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