According to a post on the official Facebook page of the new Left Behind movie, the cameras are now officially rolling. That means there is an extremely high likelihood that at this very moment Nicolas Cage is deep into character. In a descent as bottomless as the depths of the Atlantic’s mysterious Mariana Trench, Cage has plunged into the psyche of the man who is Rayford Steele. He is ascending to the ultimate peak of understanding, wherein his method acting draws its great power. On wings of a mighty eagle, soaring on the jetty of time, he grasps the blaze of Rayford’s consciousness. Summoning the courage of a lion, the cunning of the viper, the speed of 1,000 jaguars and the might of a silverback gorilla, he is becoming the hero our generation needs. Chad Michael Murray, Ashley Tisdale and the rest of the cast are also familiarizing themselves with their lines …
Update: No unsullied dream is without its hiccups. Ashley Tisdale, who’d been cast as Chloe Steele, has dropped out of her generation’s finest hour. We wish her the best in whatever future opportunities she pursues, but are fully aware that she has let the best opportunity of them all slip through her fingers.
