Nicolas Cage 'will never see' his new film 'Pig': 'That's too bizarre'

Bizarre is certainly a word that often occupies the same orbit as Nicolas Cage, but not in the context he used it during a recent interview for Variety.

"I will never see this movie," Cage told writer Brett Lang about his new dramatic thriller Pig. "I'm told it's a good movie. I'm told people love it and are enjoying the ride, but I made that for the audience. It's too much for me to go to the premiere and sit there with everybody. Psychologically, that's too bizarre and whacked out for me."

Pig is led by Cage as a truffle hunter named Rob who exiled himself to the Oregonian wilderness to escape his previous life as a beloved chef. But everything in the little world Rob has secluded himself within goes awry when he must return to Portland to find his kidnapped pet pig.

"I do feel that I’ve gone into my own wilderness and that I’ve left the small town that is Hollywood," Cage said. "I don't know exactly why Rob left his stardom. It's never fully explained, and I like that about the movie. But as for me, I don't know if I’d want to go back. I don't know if I'd want to go and make another Disney movie. It would be terrifying. It's a whole different climate. There's a lot of fear there."

The 57-year-old actor starred in Disney's National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), but prior to that he had won an Oscar for his leading role in 1995's Leaving Las Vegas. He also featured prominently alongside Sean Connery in Michael Bay's The Rock (1996) before headlining the likes of Con Air (1997)—a cast that included John Cusack and John Malkovich—and Ghost Rider (2007).

"When I was making Jerry Bruckheimer movies back-to-back, that was just a high pressure game," Cage added, referencing The Rock and Con Air. "There were a lot of fun moments, but at the same time, there was also ‘We wrote this line. It has to be said this way.' They’d put a camera on you and photograph you, and order you: ‘Now say the roller skate training wheels line.’ I’d say, ‘I’ll do that but I’d also like to try it this way.’ On independent movies, you have more freedom to experiment and be fluid. There’s less pressure and there’s more oxygen in the room."

Pig was directed by Michael Sarnoski and co-written by Sarnoski and Vanessa Block. Alex Wolff co-stars. The indie will have a theatrical release tomorrow (July 16).

Watch the eerie trailer below.