It is not to be confused with Nick Cave. Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and filmmaker. Born into the Coppola family, Cage is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award .
Cage was arrested in New Orleans' French Quarter district on April 15, 2011 for suspicion of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public intoxication. A police officer was flagged down by onlookers after Cage allegedly grabbed his wife's upper arm while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol.
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By this stage of his career, Coppola had already directed Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman and Robert De Niro. To avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola's nephew, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
With his hangdog expression, soulful stare, and energetic sense of movement, Nicolas Cage is an actor whose dynamic performances have defined genres. Equally at home appearing in huge blockbusters, quiet independent movies, or surreal art-house fare, Cage always imbues his characters with complexity by turning his body and his voice into an emotional conduit.
He manages to stand out even with a huge cast of memorable characters, one of which is John Malkovich's hijacker Cyrus the Virus, to whom Cage delivers this steely vow.
He uses this line on Meg Ryan's cynical Maggie, a nurse who's seen too much death, in an effort to help her make sense of the unfairness in the world and believe in something greater than herself.
The Coen Brothers dialogue makes for some of Raising Arizona's best quotes, and it's this sort of line about disparate things like holding up someone for cash and Huggies that might come off as absurd in the hands of the wrong actor , but Cage makes sound perfectly normal. His knack for playing ridiculous characters 100% seriously is often what makes them so delightful.
Castor Troy is Cage at his most charming and his most depraved, The Joker in Versace wielding gold-plated Desert Eagles. Only an actor like Cage could make the plot of Face/Off work, where an FBI agent switches faces with a notorious crimelord in order to succeed in an undercover mission.
Playing dual roles as screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his identical twin brother David, Cage navigates a tightrope of surreal humor and melodrama as Charlie tries to adapt a bestselling novel into his next great movie and his brother does everything to ruin his chances of success.
Cage is allowed to be equal parts bashful, humorous (as in this line), and heroic, which is surprising for a Michael Bay movie featuring chemical warfare, huge explosions, and relentless action. Unlike other action heroes, Cage's nuanced approach grounds even the most ridiculous elements of the movie.
Actor Nicolas Cage, the Oscar-winning star of classic action films like The Rock and Face/Off, as well as more family-friend fare like National Treasure, was arrested early Saturday morning in New Orleans over unspecified domestic abuse allegations and disturbing the peace, TMZ reported. A source told TMZ that Cage was "very drunk" when a cab driver called the police to report a spat between the actor and his wife Alice.
New Orleans cops later said that the argument started when Cage and his wife disagreed over the exact address of the apartment they were renting in New Orleans. The couple was allegedly standing in front of the property he insisted they were renting. She maintained it was the wrong address, at which point he grabbed her by the arm to pull her toward the correct address. Growing angrier over their disagreement, Cage, according to the reports, began to hit parked cars and eventually got into a cab. The cabby, sensing something was not quite right with his passenger, called the police.