Simon West spoke to ScreenDaily about his new project Salty when the conversation turned to a potential Con Air 2. And West was prepared. Oh, was he prepared.
Okay, so this probably will never happen. For one, you'll never get a cast like that again. We're talking Nicolas Cage in all his long locks-flowing post-Oscar glory as good-hearted Cameron Poe. We're talking John Malkovich as Cyrus The Virus - basically a lizard in man skin. There's an absolutely diabolical turn from Steve Buscemi, and an uncomfortably macho Ving Rhames performance in a movie FILLED with macho performances. There's Danny Trejo giving a slice of real-life-con menace, and even a pre-fame Dave Chappelle as the comic relief that gets snuffed out, as all comic relief should in an action movies - early and cruelly. Filling in the margins were peerless day-players like the salty, pirate-y M.C. Gainey, old dependable Mykelti Williamson, and badass ride-or-die 90's chick Rachel Ticotin. There's also an unconfirmed rumor that Powers Boothe provides a voice. Thankfully, it's only his voice. Had Boothe walked onscreen, surely the film would blow up your television due to sheer toughness, causing a nationwide chest hair epidemic that would turn the hairless into overnight chest wookies.
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