Nicolas Cage remains one of the biggest Hollywood stars and there was a time when audiences would flock to theaters to watch any film attached to his name. Unfortunately, the Pig actor hit a dry spell after starring in several box office flops at the start of the 2010s, including 2011's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. The resulting backlash forced Sony to drop its plans for a third Ghost Rider film, as the rights to the character went back to Marvel Studios.
A little over a decade since he last donned the flaming skull and rode the Hellcycle, Cage just revealed that he's not against reprising his former role in an MCU appearance.
In a recent AMA on Reddit as part of the ongoing promotional tour of his latest film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Cage had an interesting answer when asked what it would take for him to star as Ghost Rider in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Cage didn't exactly say that he will come back as Ghost Rider, but he didn't rule out the possibility either. Instead, all Cage had to say was that he "would really need to see what they had in mind."
Technically, Ghost Rider already exists in the MCU. The Robbie Reyes incarnation of Ghost Rider was a fan favorite on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and was initially set to get a spin-off series on Hulu. If we assume that Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is canon, the door is open to Cage returning as Johnny Blaze, as the series hinted that the motorcycle stunt performer was in the show's universe.