Spider-Noir was unceremoniously cancelled by Amazon earlier this year just weeks after the release of the first season. For most, this was bad news. However, star Nicolas Cage sees the silver lining, as he worried his "high-risk" performance as web-slinging P.I. Ben Reilly could "wear out its welcome."

Speaking to IGN on the Madden red carpet, Cage reiterated that he's happy to leave Reilly and the world of Spider-Noir behind, in part because he considers it a "perfect season" of TV, and in part because of the possibility that his performance could get tired.

"You never want to get stuck repeating a character and wear out your welcome," Cage said. "Ben Reilly is so idiosyncratic. I was doing something that was pretty high-risk, tightrope stuff. You do that season 2, season 3, and you could really wear out your welcome. So when they didn't pick it up, I was like, 'Phew!' I love that character, and I love that season, and it will always be there, and it will always be fresh."

Cage has only reprised characters a handful of times across his career, and seems far more comfortable breaking new ground, which is how you end up with off-beat performances like Ben Reilly in the first place, which Cage described as a "Spider pretending to be a person." Genius.

There are other, more material, reasons why Spider-Noir was cancelled, despite racking up 11 Emmy nominations. It was reportedly extremely expensive, costing in the region of $400 million for 8 episodes, making it one of the most expensive seasons of TV ever.

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