Director Robert Eggers says it would be an 'interesting challenge' to work with Nicolas Cage because of his 'modernity'

• Robert Eggers said working with Nicolas Cage would be an "interesting challenge."
• Eggers loves to set his movies in the past and has no interest in telling stories in the present.

In a recent Reddit AMA Nicolas Cage revealed that Robert Eggers is one of the directors he would "love" to work with.

Eggers — whose recent movie "The Northman" takes place during Viking times — has a preference for setting his movies in the past. His previous ones focused on witchcraft in the 1600s ("The Witch") and an 1800s lighthouse ("The Lighthouse").

Eggers told Insider that, because of having zero interest in setting stories in the modern-day, he could find working with Cage a unique task because he's so linked to the present.

"He has so much modernity about him that it would be an interesting challenge to see what period that I could find my way into making Nicolas Cage be utterly believable in," Eggers said when asked about whether he'd work with Cage.

Cage has played every type of character you can think of over his career, so it's not difficult to imagine that he'd be capable of starring in one of Eggers' period dramas.

However, the director does have a point; the Oscar winner is most known for movies set in the present.

For his latest role in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," Cage plays a version of himself who encounters a superfan who is obsessed with his most beloved roles, like "Con Air" and "Face Off."

Eggers said he has not heard from Cage yet, but he admitted he does write characters with actors in mind.

So, you never know, Cage could be someone he thinks of when he puts together his next project.

Read our full Q&A with Robert Eggers here.

"The Northman" is currently playing in theaters.