'Dream Scenario' trivia and fun facts
PRODUCTIVE
Cage's sixth movie of 2023 after 'The Retirement Plan', 'The Old Way', 'Sympathy for the Devil', 'Renfield' and 'The Flash'.
Was going to be for Adam Sandler
At fist, Kristoffer Borgli wrote the film script and Ari Aster was going to direct, having chosen Adam Sandler for the main role. However, after Borgli's last film success, A24 deciden to let him direct his own script and he wanted Nicolas Cage on the main role.
NEW ASSOCIATION
This is the first collaboration between Nicolas Cage and A24.
PERSONAL INSPIRATION
Inspired by another Nicolas Cage movie, 'Adaptation'.
Based on a "true" story?
The story has sort of a base in some reports that went viral in 2009, after a website was affirming that more than 3000 people have dreamt with the same person. Although the invention had some popularity by then, it was soon debunked and revealed to be a guerrilla marketing campaign from Italian publicist Andrea Natella.
POSSIBLE FAREWELL
Nicolas Cage wanted to retire after shooting this movie as he thought his meta trilogy 'Pig', 'The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent' and 'Dream Scenario' was the perfect way to end his career.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Nicolas Cage revealed that while shooting 'Dream Scenario' in Toronto, his cousin Sofia Coppola was also there shooting 'Priscilla', and his uncle Francis Ford Coppola was shooting Megalopolis in Atlanta. The three talked about each of their movies and gave each other feedback.