Matt Long To Play Younger Nic Cage 'Ghost Rider'

[Thursday, February 10th, 2005]
Matt Long ("Jack & Bobby") is in talks to play a younger version of the title character played by Nicolas Cage in the Marvel Comics adaptation Ghost Rider, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The movie stars Cage as a former motorcycle stuntman named Johnny Blaze who agrees to let his body become host to a vengeful spirit -- becoming a bike-riding demon in the process -- to secure the safety of his true love, to be played by Eva Mendes.

Long would play a young Johnny, who makes the deal with the devil. Also starring are Wes Bentley and Sam Elliott. Mark Steven Johnson is directing and wrote the latest draft of the script.

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