Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman and Joel Schumacher -- together again for the first time. The last time Cage and Schumacher collaborated, the result was a movie -- 8mm -- that I admired, but many people despised. And when Schumacher last directed Kidman -- well, OK, you have to admit that Batman Forever was better than Batman & Robin, right? Anyway: They're all involved in Trespass, and you read my mostly positive Variety review here.
-- we chatted about his breakthrough role in 
. He was very complimentary while talking about director Joel Schumacher, whom he described as "an expert on human behavior" who issued only one warning on set: "Do not mistake my kindness for weakness." (Note how I shamelessly ask him to plug Texas Entertainment News, a short-lived syndicated show for which I was free-lancing at the time.)