Cage: 'Kick-Ass is pretty dark in places'

Nicolas Cage has admitted that there is some "difficult material" in his upcoming movie Kick-Ass.

The actor stars alongside Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz in the Matthew Vaughn-directed adaptation of the Mark Millar and John Romita Jr-penned comics.

Cage told Metro of his role: "It's pretty dark in places and quite a lot of fun.

"Getting the tone right is important, because when you read in the script that the introduction to Big Daddy and Hit-Girl is her in a Kevlar vest and him firing rounds into her chest, that’s pretty difficult material."

He added: "But then I got the humour that Matthew was after. That relationship between Big Daddy and his daughter, well, I think there are many parents who think they are doing the best for their children but who are actually doing the worst for them.

"So this is like an extreme take on that; a father who thinks he is protecting his child by teaching her to be a vigilante. There's a real ironic, comedic attitude to this movie, which is largely what appealed to me about it."

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