Nicolas Cage has an enthusiastic response to Spider-Noir not getting a second season: “Whew, thank you!” Speaking to IGN in an interview quoted by Variety, the actor welcomed Prime Video’s decision to cancel the show after one season, saying that continuing could wear out his welcome. Source
Prime Video announced the cancellation in September, The A.V. Club reports. Cage isn’t itching to put Ben Reilly, the show’s private investigator and reluctant web-slinging hero, back on the case. According to Variety, he answered “no” when IGN asked whether there was more of the investigator’s story to explore. Source Source
Cage told IGN, as quoted by Variety:
“I was doing something that was pretty high-risk, tightrope stuff — if you do that for Season 2, Season 3, you could really wear out your welcome.” Source
He called it “a perfect season” and said: “I love that character. I love that season, and it will always be there and always be fresh.” Keep the season, skip the encore. Source
Cage hasn’t sworn off detective work, though. Variety reports that he will star alongside Antonio Banderas in HBO’s fifth season of True Detective. Cage contrasted that job with repeating Spider-Noir, describing his own involvement as a one-season stint: “Because now I’m doing ‘True Detective,’ and that’s only one season. It’s better that way, you know?” Source
