Nicolas Cage Almost Played Doctor Doom


If you didn’t think the Fantastic Four movies sucked enough, then imagine an iron clad Nicolas Cage running around in a tattered green cloak, screaming “Not the bees! Not the bees! OH NO GAWDLILASD;FAGOIHSDGOHSG”. Yeah, that would have been awesome (almost as awesome as Nic Cage’s scrubbed Superman movie directed by Tim Burton).

In a surprising bit of mildly interesting news, a stash of concept designs for Tim Story’s poorly received FF flicks was uploaded to the interwebs, revealing Cage to be the primary antagonist.

Check out the creepy stills from Steve Johnson’s XFX below:

 

 

Between the Marilyn Manson morning garb and the sad Hong Kong Phooey eyes, I’ll sullenly admit that Julian McMahon sported a better costume (ooof, that really hurt to say).

Here’s some more early design work, featuring one of Doctor Doom’s arms in all of its gross, skinless glory.

 

 

 

SOURCE: Auction