Nick Cave says he gets mixed up with Nic Cage “all the time”
nme.comNick Cave has said he gets mixed up with Nic Cage “all the time”.Writing on his Red Hand Files website, Cave recounted how frequently “people mix [him] up with Nicolas Cage,” adding: “Like, I’ll be going through customs and the customs officer will look at my passport and say, ‘Happy to have you with us, Mr Cave.
Loved you in Face/Off’. Or whatever. Sometimes it can be a bit of a pain in the neck, but you get used to it.”He then went on to recall how some fans confused him with Cage again, but on the same day as that, he claims he later met the actor in Victoria, Australia, in a chance encounter.However, it’s not clear if this event really did take place, as Cave’s response was in relation to a fan question that asked: “Do you ever add an untrue component to a story to make it more interesting than it actually is?”He explained: “Many years ago, I took Arthur and Earl, who were about seven at the time, to Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria to see the kangaroos and koalas and wombats and stuff.
Arthur decided he wanted a didgeridoo for Christmas, so we stopped at the gift shop on the way out and, typically, Arthur chose the biggest didgeridoo in the shop.
While we were waiting in the queue I noticed the girls behind the counter suddenly become super-animated and I heard one say, ‘Nic Cage is here‘ and they started sticking on lipstick and patting their hair, and I think, ‘Oh boy, here we go again.’“I get to the counter and buy the didgeridoo and while I’m paying, I say, ‘By the way, it’s Nick Cave.
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