The New York Post\u2019s Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cSam and I had a great lunch, and I did say during the lunch, \u2018Listen: whoever plays Spider-Man, let them do one scene where they\u2019re crawling around like a spider when they\u2019re alone,\u2019 and it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d the actor, 62, recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted me to do the Green Goblin,\u201d Cage continued, referencing Willem Dafoe\u2019s role.<\/p>\n
The Oscar winner added, \u201cI liked the idea of Sam Raimi, because of Evil Dead 1 and 2, and I wanted to work with him, but I had this other film called Adaptation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Cage said something similar occurred when he was asked to star alongside Jim Carrey in the cult comedy classic.<\/p>\n
He chose, instead, to focus on his film Leaving Las Vegas \u2014 which snagged him the 1996 Academy Award for Best Actor.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth those decisions were the right ones for me, and I\u2019m happy with those results,\u201d Cage insisted.<\/p>\n
Jeff Daniels, notably, portrayed the role of Harry Dunne alongside Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Cage made headlines for revealing several A-list directors won\u2019t work with him due to him turning down their projects.<\/p>\n
The Golden Globe winner claimed Christopher Nolan wouldn\u2019t return his calls after he passed on 2002\u2019s Insomnia, which starred Al Pacino and the late Robin Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of them, they get their feelings hurt and don\u2019t call you back,\u201d he said in a Q&A with the New York Times last week. \u201cIt\u2019s happened a million times to me\u201d.<\/p>\n
Aside from Nolan, Cage claimed Paul Thomas Anderson and Woody Allen are also directors that no longer want to work with him after he turned down their projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t call me back,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Paul Thomas Anderson movie was a very early movie. He\u2019d shown me a short film with Philip Baker Hall \u2014 who was in Hard Eight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were going to do something and it didn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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