{"id":75381,"date":"2020-09-25T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nicolas-cage-as-frank-grimes-it-almost-happened-film\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:30:22","slug":"nicolas-cage-as-frank-grimes-it-almost-happened-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nicolas-cage-as-frank-grimes-it-almost-happened-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nicolas Cage as Frank Grimes? It Almost Happened \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nicolas Cage as Frank Grimes? It Almost Happ<\/a>ened \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Once upon a time,\u00a0The Simpsons<\/em><\/strong> was a great show. And one of its very best episodes was season 8\u2019s \u201cHomer\u2019s Enemy,\u201d in which hard-working guy Frank Grimes lands a job at the\u00a0Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and grows horrified at the constant buffoonery of Homer Simpson, the plant\u2019s safety inspector who is perpetually drunk, stupid, or taking a nap in a radiation suit still hung on a hook.\u00a0Simpsons<\/em> player Hank Azari<\/strong>a famously voiced Grimes,\u00a0or \u201cGrimey,\u201d as he liked to be called, but at one point a very different \u2013 and very famous \u2013 actor was considered for the role: Nicolas Cage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in the good old days, when\u00a0The Simpsons<\/em> was still a great show, the season 8 episode \u201cHomer\u2019s Enemy\u201d arrived, and quickly became a fan-favorite. True, some people take issue with the episode \u2013 it\u2019s very meta, and it ends on a disturbingly dark note, something the show doesn\u2019t normally do. But it\u2019s also funny as well. As episode executive producer\u00a0Josh Weinstein put it: \u201cWe wanted to do an episode where the thinking was \u2018What if a real-life, normal person had to enter Homer\u2019s universe and deal with him?’\u201d
\nThe answer, as it turns out, looks pretty much like our current political landscape. Just imagine all of us as Frank Grimes and Donald Trump as Homer Simpson, but eviler. The gist: Frank Grimes has spent his entire life struggling and working hard, hoping to get ahead. Then he meets Homer Simpson, a man who is something of an idiot but who has none the less managed to not just get by in life, but also take part in incredible achievements \u2013 he even went to space once!<\/p>\n

Frank is understandably disturbed by this, as he is by the reaction of Homer\u2019s coworkers, who seem to take Homer\u2019s cluelessness in stride \u2013 even though, as safety inspector of a nuclear power plant, Homer has everyone\u2019s lives in his hands. It all culminates in Frank having a complete breakdown and accidentally killing himself with some live power lines. Yes, I know that doesn\u2019t exactly sound\u00a0funny<\/em>, but trust me \u2013 this episode is great.<\/p>\n

Hank Azaria, a\u00a0Simpsons<\/em> player who has voiced many characters on the show for decades, provided the voice of Frank Grimes, and he was pretty much perfect in the role. But all these years later, Josh Weinstein just dropped an interesting bit of trivia on Twitter<\/a>, saying: \u201cNicolas Cage is one of the only other actors we considered asking to play Frank Grimes, before we realized <\/span>Hank Azaria\u00a0<\/span>would be the ultimate Grimey. And Hank\u2019s performance was one of the best in the show\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have to admit I\u2019m torn by this news<\/a>. I agree that Azaria\u2019s work as Frank Grimes is wonderful, and I can\u2019t really picture anyone else in the role. And yet\u2026the thought of having Nicolas Cage in the part sure is tantalizing. I think Cage could\u2019ve perfectly nailed Grimes\u2019 frustration and his eventual breakdown, where he runs through the power plant effectively losing his mind. But I\u2019m still happy with what we ended up with, so I can\u2019t complain much. Oddly enough, Cage has never guest-starred on\u00a0The Simpsons<\/em> in all the years it\u2019s been on the air. Maybe someday, since the show will apparently never end.<\/p>\n

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