What became of Nicolas Cage: a long history of quirks, eccentricities and controversies
The Californian actor, winner of an Oscar, is one of the great stars of Hollywood, although it has declined in recent years due to his financial problems.
There is no doubt that Nicolas Cage has managed to create his own brand over the years, almost a genre. And a network of myths and legends that makes it impossible to discern to what extent we are talking about the person or the character. If there ever was a difference. The fact is that when talking about the 57-year-old American actor, a date should be established as a before and after, at least as far as his cinematographic career is concerned. As for the vital, it is not very clear when he started to blow the wind on his roof.
Without fear of being wrong, it is more than likely that we have already seen the best of the Nicolas Cage interpreter. His breakthrough in the industry, in the early eighties, presaged that the Californian actor had a bright future before him, as he confirmed with roles such as Arizona Baby (1987) and especially with his Oscar for Living Las Vegas (nineteen ninety five).
From there he entered his highest grossing stage thanks to titles such as La Roca (1996) and Con Air (1997), which elevated him to the highest genre of action in which, on the other hand, he has felt comfortable doing it. throughout his career regardless of the quality of the tapes because there is everything. And not always good. In any case, in 2002 he fingered his second statuette for Adaptation, but Clint Eastwood gave birth to a gem called Mystic River (based on Dennis Lehane's work) which Sean Penn benefited from.
In the first decade of the new century Nicolas Cage was still able to bill the odd blockbuster, but he was already beginning to show signs of a quirky personality that could not lead to anything good. And we come to 2009, the year of his problems with the US Treasury, and that marks a before and after in his career since from then on work became the best way to pay his debts, whims and ravings.
Of the more than 100 films in his filmography, 40 correspond to the last decade and most can be directly classified as series b. Something perhaps difficult to digest for someone who has worked with directors such as David Lynch, the Coen Brothers, Alan Parker, Ridley Scott, Martin Scorsese, Joel Schumacher, Brian de Palma and Oliver Stone.
However, the biography of Nicolas Cage is peppered with curious and eccentric facts that can help to understand the inner universe of a character full of nuances and edges with a tormented and obsessive personality at times.
Nicolas Kim Coppola
His real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. He is not the son of, but he is a nephew and cousin of. Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire are his uncles, and Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola are his cousins. However, the actor wanted to flee from possible criticism of nepotism and adopted the name of Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero, Luke Cage. However, his famous uncle has a lot to do with his career to stardom, who directed him in several films in his early days.
He has a Chinese Oscar and no fool
In 2013 he was voted Best Global Actor in Motion Picture by the Jury of the Huading Awards, the industry Oscars. In addition, it happens that he was close to not obtaining the only Oscar that appears in his record. Jim Carrey is a friend of his and at the time he offered to accompany him in Two very stupid fools, but he turned it down to focus on filming Leaving Las Vegas.
Houses, cars, islands and fossils
The problem, blessedly some will say, with having a lot of money is that you may reach that point of not knowing what to do with it and how to manage it. Cage's history includes the compulsive purchase of properties, he had 15, and cars, in 2007 alone he bought 22. He also acquired two private islands in Leaf Cay (Bahamas) and has invested a huge amount of money in fossils, one of his passions. So much so that he got to star in an international conflict with Mongolia over a tarbosaurus skull for which he paid 350,000 euros and that he had to return. Over the years he has had to get rid of many quirks to settle the score.
Do not look for him on social networks
If you have ever tried to find an official profile of the actor on social networks, it will have been impossible. It is not surprising. He doesn't want to know anything about them. "I hate social media. I'm from another era. I don't have Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. I want to keep the mysterious aura that I may have and I don't want to be part of that club. I think it's working for me. Can you imagine me after two bottles of He came with a Twitter account? Everything is a tweet now. It's disappointing, especially for someone like me. I want to meet people, I want to have a conversation. I'm not interested! "
A decade behind a woman and married another after 10 days
In the mid-eighties he met Patricia Arquette and did not stop until he married her in 1995, but the relationship did not last a year despite the fact that the divorce became official in 2001. In 2002 he married Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis, ten days after meeting her. Needless to say, the thing ended in fiasco shortly thereafter. Alice Kim and Erika Koike were their third and fourth failed marriages respectively. In March of this year, he remarried Riko Shibata, a 26-year-old Japanese woman. And she has two children.
¡Nicolás Cage se casó por quinta vez! El actor, 57 años, contrajo nupcias con Riko Shibata, de 26 años, el 16 de febrero en el Hotel Wynn de Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/b1yweGUUmA
— Raúl Brindis (@raulbrindis) March 6, 2021
Interest in the paranormal
Throughout his career, Nicolas Cage has also been interested in the most paranormal and mysterious side of life. Among the many properties he acquired during his most buoyant days, there is a "haunted" house such as the LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans, which is considered one of the most famous and haunted in the country. Cage's link to New Orleans also includes a mausoleum, in the shape of a pyramid, in which his remains will rest. His obsession with the paranormal has also led him to star in experiences in places like HoiaBaciu, known as the Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania.
We accept octopus as a pet
It may be halfway between legend and reality, but the truth is that Nicolas Cage is credited with having kept an octopus, a shark, a crocodile and several snakes as pets. And the truth is, that at this point, nobody can be surprised since the actor does not prefer a dog or a cat.
2021: back to John Wick
And if you were wondering what was good about Nicolas Cage or if you missed him, you have nothing to worry about because he is still at the foot of the canyon. He has just released a thriller, Prisoners of the Ghostland, directed by the controversial Japanese director, Sion Sono, and in July the premiere of Pig is scheduled in which Cage plays a truffle hunter who lives alone in the forests of Oregon and that he must undertake the search for a sow, indispensable for his work, when she is kidnapped. And be careful with the jokes because the film comes from the hand of the production company Neon Films. Does anyone know Parasites? Well, that, which may be more than it seems. John Wick's car was stolen, his dog was killed and the party started. Watch out for Nicolas Cage.
