The former cast member impersonated the Con Air star during his run on the show.
“I feel like saying, ‘Well, why don’t you callAndy Samberg?
I mean, I hear he’s available,'” Cage tells writer Gabriella Paiella.
Nicolas Cage and Andy Samberg.Michael Kovac/Getty Images; George Pimentel/WireImage
Cage has only hostedSNLonce in 1992.
“The phone stopped ringing,” he recalls.
“It was like, ‘What do you mean we’re not doingNational Treasure 3?
It’s been 14 years.
Why not?'”
“I would like to make every movie as if it were my last.”
Cage knows a thing or two about what it takes to portray the actor.
Watch Cage and Samberg-as-Cage in the clip fromSNLbelow.
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