Nicolas Cage claims he ate live cockroaches for film: ‘Never do that again’

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“Renfield” star told Yahoo Entertainment of his regrets. “I’m sorry I did it at all.”Cage claimed on the film’s DVD commentary track that he was the one that begged for the live insects, as the original script allegedly called for Cage to simply swallow a raw egg. “I saw it as a business decision because when people see the cockroach go in my mouth … [they] really react,” he reportedly said.

Meanwhile, in the new vampire horror comedy “Renfield,” which hit theaters Friday, it was co-star Nicholas Hoult’s turn to ingest some creepy crawlers — though his experience was a little sweeter. “The cockroaches I got to eat in this were caramel,” Hoult told Yahoo Entertainment. “I also had crickets that were actually quite yummy; they were salt and vinegar flavored or barbecue smoky flavored.”“[Nicholas] ate a potato bug, so he took it to another level,” Cage added about his co-star. “[Potato bugs] are terrifying to me, and so are cockroaches.”“The cockroaches I got to eat in this were caramel,” Hoult, who portrays Conde Dracula’s (Cage) titular servant Renfield, told the outlet. “I also had crickets that were actually quite yummy; they were salt and vinegar flavored or barbecue smoky flavored.”“[Nicholas] ate a potato bug, so he took it to another level,” Cage applauded Hoult. “[Potato bugs] are terrifying to me, and so are cockroaches.”The “National Treasure” actor continued with an interesting take on phobias and world hunger. “If you could get rid of your fear, your phobia of eating insects, you could solve world starvation,” Cage said. “High protein, no fat, excellent nutrients, abundance.