• Nicolas Cage wishes the world had seen some of James Dean’s mistakes.
• He wonders what else Dean would have done in his career.
• Nicolas stated that while it was “a dream,” he currently has other goals for his life.

The star of “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is a huge admirer of the late Hollywood legend who tragically passed away in a car accident at the age of 24 in 1955 and only had three major motion picture credits to his name, in “East of Eden,” “Rebel Without a Cause,” and “Giant,” and he often wonders what else Dean would have achieved in his career.

He told Empire magazine: “When I think about my heroes, like James Dean, what would he have done? He was robbed from us too early.

“He has a perfect career because he only got to make three moves. If you’re in the game for 50 years, you’re going to start making mistakes, but that’s okay. I would have liked to see some of his mistakes.”

The 58-year-old actor also commented on his transition into an action hero in the middle of the 1990s, when he appeared in blockbusters like “The Rock,” “Con-Air,” and “Face/Off.”

But Nicolas stated that while it was “a dream,” he currently has other goals for his own life and profession.

He explained: “Well, it was a dream come true. An adolescent dream, but a dream nonetheless. I wanted to do that which I was told I was not capable of.

“It’s not where my heart is now. My heat is in the movies we talked about earlier, like the Kore-eda films, but I am eclectic. I will keep mixing it up.”

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