One of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches from the past few years was "Get in the Cage."  The sketch featured Andy Samberg as Nicolas Cage, and each episode would have "Cage" talking with fellow thespians about their craft and their recent work.  Some of the episodes included Bradley CooperJude LawJake GyllenhaalLiam Neeson, and would you believe the real Nicolas Cage. About a year ago, when Cage was promoting Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, he stopped by SNL and did the sketch with Samberg.  Not only was it a huge surprise, it was also incredibly funny.

At the recent New York City press day for DreamWorks Animations The Croods, I asked Cage about appearing in the sketch and mentioned how funny it was.  While I was a bit nervous that he wouldn't want to talk about it, this was not the case at all.  In fact, it seemed like he might have been waiting for someone to ask him about it, as he wanted to go on record that not everything he says is a whisper or a scream.   Hit the jump to watch the sketch and to see Cage talk about appearing on SNL.  Look for my full interview with Cage tomorrow.

In addition, the last time I interviewed Samberg, I got him to talk about doing the sketch with Cage.  So if you'd like to hear his side of it, click here for the interview.

SNL: Get in the Cage

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