Nick Cage actually IS an Oscar winner.

Clearly you haven't seen his earlier films. MOST(not all) are very good films. Granted MOST(again not all) of his movies in the past decade have been shit. He's had piss poor decisions in his roles for a while.
Here's a few of his really good films IMO:8mm, raising the dead, face/off, lord of war, snake eyes, city of angels, con air, the rock. Just to name a few.

On Topic. Jason Stathem is always good in my book. More projects with him is never going to hurt a project. Even in his shit movies he's still fine in them.

I could spit on the ground and create more depth than Negan. He's a gang leader who loves violence and that is absolutely where his depth ends. Statham doesn't act in much that requires a range but he has provided some depth to his roles.

He could play Negan quite easily.