However, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent isn’t based on anything that may have happened in real life.

There are several elements of the film that bring in parts of Cage’s real life, including the plethora of movies he has been in over the decades. The film is a meta action-comedy that is based on the idea of Nicolas Cage. The CIA employing Nick Cage wasn’t exactly the smartest thing to do, but they were out of options and using an actor to get them what they wanted - no matter how terrible a plan - was better than sitting around and waiting for Lucas and his men to possibly kill Maria. As a spy, Cage was completely out of his depth, but it proved he could pull off an impromptu performance. He was used to acting on a set with lines to read. Mostly, however, Nick Cage being chosen as a spy gave him the chance to flex his acting skills in an unstable environment. Nick Cage’s arrival in Mallorca gave Vivian and Martin an opportunity to finally gain access to the Gutierrez estate. It’s not ideal for the CIA to bring on a civilian to help on a mission, but Vivian was especially frustrated because the CIA had no way of getting additional intel on Javi without an inside man. They were tailing Javi Gutierrez for some time, utterly convinced he was the head of the cartel who ordered the kidnapping of Maria Delgado.

Unbearable weight of massive talent