Nicolas Cage can be ‘so intimidating’ on set of ‘Renfield’, says Ben Schwartz

Los Angeles : Actor Ben Schwartz found it “awesome” working with Nicolas Cage on ‘Renfield’.The ex ‘Parks and Recreation’ star enjoyed working with the “incredible” star, who plays Count Dracula in the Chris McKay-helmed movie, alongside Awkwafina, 34, and Nicholas Hoult, 33, who plays the titular character, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“He’s so into it. Before the scene, he would go up to the side and get himself real pumped up, and then he’d walk on and it’d be so intimidating. He was amazing,” the 41-year-old actor told HeyUGuys.com.
“So, he’s crazy that guy that I saw, you know, do ‘Raising Arizona’ when I was a kid is still so committed to doing these movies. He’s incredible. He gives it everything he has. It’s awesome.”Ben Schwartz, who plays mobster Teddy Lobo, said that his role was tough as he needed to be both the villain and funny.
He said: “It was so fun. I think it was all on the page and all what I had to do like, they had the drum part there and all I had to do is kind of push into the comedy a little bit more.””It’s a fine thread to needle where it’s like, let’s not get too waka waka and let’s not get too serious.
When you have those moments of pathos and you have those moments of this is a really bad dude, you feel it. And then on the inverse, when you have the moments of comedy, it’s just you know, it breaks. It gives you some levity in terms of what’s going on in the movie.”
The ‘Space Force’ star was allowed the “amazing” chance to flex his well-tuned muscle with the ‘Pig’ star.Ben said: “So even in the audition for the role, if it’s not on offer, and I’m auditioning, I will ask the director, ‘Hey, is it okay to play with the words or whatever?'”
“And there are some directors who are like, ‘No, it has to be word perfect,’ and then there are some directors like, ‘Please, yes, we’re figuring out this character like anything you could do to like to add.’
And so I love that and with Nic Cage, I even got to improvise when we’re doing scenes.””I would lean him one way and he would follow me and he’d be amazing. So it’s like heaven. My background has really helped me in the projects I’ve done. It’s been really exciting.”