And thank goodness for that? Can you imagine what LOTR would be like if he had been in it? Though, it does seem that Nicolas Cage is the go-to choice for some popular movies that have happened already. Remember Tim Burton's Superman?

Nicolas Cage almost played Aragon in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

He also revealed that he was offered a role in The Matrix too, but was forced to turn them down.

I don’t really have any regrets. I think regret is a waste of time. I try to always move forward as opposed to dwelling on the past or the movies that might have happened. There certainly were movies that I probably would have benefited from if circumstances in my life allowed me to make them…

Lord of the Rings. That trilogy. Aragorn. Or The Matrix. But the thing is about those movies, I can watch them. I can enjoy them as an audience member. I don’t really watch my own movies. And so I genuinely do have the joy of watching these—especially with Lord of the Rings.

He continued..

Were you offered a role in that?
Yeah…. There were different things going on in my life at the time that precluded me from being able to travel and be away from home for three years. And I do mean it. I get to enjoy the movies as an audience member, because I don’t watch my own movies.

Thank goodness, though.