IT was one of the oddest entrances on British TV — Nicolas Cage performing a somersault and high kicks in a leather jacket then flinging cash at Terry Wogan’s audience.
In the 30-plus years since, the Oscar-winning actor has continued to bewilder fans and friends with his odd behaviour. Whether it was taking his Elvis Presley obsession so far that he married The King’s daughter Lisa Marie, collecting dinosaur bones or sharing magic mushrooms with his cat, Cage likes living life on the edge.
And at 58 it seems he may have wrong-footed everyone again by announcing his dislike for the “obnoxious” Cage of the Wogan era — as it hasn’t stopped him revisiting that over-the-top persona for a new movie in which he plays himself.
In quirky action film The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, a gangster pays Cage to attend his party. The normally self-confident star of movies such as Face/Off, Con Air, Wild At Heart and Kick-Ass says he was “terrified” of appearing as himself in a movie.
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