Brian Cage Reveals Steven Spielberg Personally Handpicked Him for Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Disclosure Day’

It started with a phone call from Chavo Guerrero and ended with Brian Cage standing on a film set being directed by one of Hollywood’s most celebrated filmmakers. The AEW powerhouse has shared the remarkable chain of events that led to him landing a role in the upcoming sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day — a Steven Spielberg production — and how he even helped get his tag partner Lance Archer into the film alongside him.

Speaking on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Cage explained that Guerrero initially reached out about a television project. When that production stalled, Guerrero came back with something far bigger: a feature film opportunity. The kicker? Cage had no idea who the production team kept referring to as “Steven” — until the penny finally dropped.

“They say, ‘Yeah, I was watching it, and Steven loves you, loves you. He just wants you on the set, blah blah blah.’ He keeps saying, Steven, I go, ‘Who’s Steven?’ He goes, ‘Oh, the director, Steven Spielberg.’ I went, wait, what? Steven Spielberg’s watching my stuff and is like, ‘That’s it, I need Brian Cage in my movie.’ I go, this is amazing.”

Cage’s involvement didn’t stop at securing his own spot. The filmmakers told him they wanted him to work opposite another large performer with a contrasting physical presence — and, rather than hold a casting search, they simply let Cage make the call himself. He nominated Archer, and the recommendation stuck.

“He goes, ‘[Spielberg] likes you so much, we want you to work somebody else, preferably another big guy that looks a different type of big than you. But instead of casting it, we figured he just wants you, so you could just pick whoever you want.’ So I was like, what about my buddy Lance? Because he was in some of the photos they sent, my tag partner, and he goes, ‘Oh yeah, we did see him. We thought he looked good.’ So then that’s how Lance got in the movie, too.”

The two AEW stars appear in a wrestling sequence that opens Disclosure Day, with Spielberg himself on the ground directing the scene. Cage admitted he held back from asking the Oscar-winning director for a photo after being told that kind of request isn’t really done on high-profile film sets — though he suspects Spielberg would have happily obliged.

Disclosure Day boasts a star-studded cast that includes Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. For Cage and Archer, it’s a Hollywood moment that came about in about the most unexpected way imaginable.