Nicolas Cage Calls ‘Spider-Noir’ Season 1 ‘Perfect’ and Says He Felt Relieved When It Was Canceled: ‘You Never Wanna Get Stuck Repeating a Character’

Prime Video canceled “Spider-Noir” after just one season, and while fans were shocked, it was good news for star Nicolas Cage, who has no desire to keep telling Ben Reilly’s story.

Speaking with IGN in a recent interview, the “National Treasure” actor responded with a simple “no” when asked if he felt there was more of the private investigator’s plot to explore. “It’s a perfect season. You never wanna get stuck repeating a character and wear out your welcome. Ben Riley is so idiosyncratic. 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.”

“So when they didn’t pick it up, I was like, ‘Whew, thank you!’ Because now I’m doing ‘True Detective,’ and that’s only one season. It’s better that way, you know?” He continued. “I didn’t wanna keep repeating it. I don’t like repeating myself. It’s perfect, and I love that character. I love that season, and it will always be there and always be fresh.”

Last month, following news of the show’s cancellation, Cage spoke out against Amazon after the company allegedly asked him to sign an AI waiver.

“Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,” Cage said during a New York Comic Con panel. “I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let them use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.”

According to Nielsen’s streaming content ratings, “Spider-Noir” earned 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks. It earned 11 Emmy nominations and 5 wins.

Though “Spider-Noir” is no more, Cage will star alongside Antonio Banderas in the forthcoming fith season of HBO’s “True Detective.” He also stars in “Madden,” a biopic chronicling John Madden’s journey “from a Super Bowl-winning partnership with Al Davis and the Raiders, to creating Madden NFL, and becoming one of the most iconic voices in football history,” per the official logline. The film will release in select theaters on Nov. 11 and stream globally on Prime Video on Nov. 18.