Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage says he enjoyed the opportunity of working with a non-actor in new film Joe.
Joe sees Cage return to the big screen this summer, as he teams up with director David Gordon Green for the first time.
The movie also see Cage work alongside by Gary Poulter - who takes on the role of Wade a.k.a. G-Daawg - in his first acting experience.
Speaking to Collider, the actor said: "It's an element of surprise. I was really up for it.
"The one I'm thinking of is Gary Poulter who plays Tye Sheridan's father in the movie. He was discovered doing Vincent Price's 'Welcome to My Nightmare' monologue from the Alice Cooper album about the black widow spider and David saw that and said I want to give you a part and he auditioned him and auditioned him and finally gave him the part.
"I thought it was exciting. This was an opportunity for me to try something new, working with non-actors. He never dropped the ball, he was always on point."
Joe is an adaptation of the book by Larry Brown, and sees Tye Sheridan and Ronnie Gene Blevins also on the cast list.
Joe is the first film of the year for Cage, but he has also completed work on Outcast, Left Behind and The Dying of the Light.
Joe is released 25th July.
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