Nicolas Cage has revealed that he wore a mask to help him get into character for Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D.
The actor returns as stunt biker anti-hero Johnny Blaze. who sells his soul to the demon Mephisto leading to him to become his flaming skulled alter-ego in the film.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper he explained how he got into character: "There was a writer named Brian Bates who put forward the notion that all actors, whether they know it or not, come from a long distant past of medicine men and Shamans.
"So I would paint my face with black and white make-up so it looked like a skull, like some sort of Afro-Caribbean voodoo icon or a New Orleanian voodoo icon. And put black contact lenses in my eyes to look more like a skull - you couldn't see any white in the eyes.
"And I'd sew ancient Egyptian artefacts into my costume, get some rocks that had alleged frequencies too."
He added: "Who knows if it works or not? The point is it stimulated my imagination to think I really was this character."
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D is in cinemas later this month.
