Nicolas Cage Says He Hopes to Relearn Fatherhood With Birth of Baby Girl (Exclusive)
etonline.comNicolas Cage is learning to be a girl dad, and he's thrilled about it!While on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting his new Western drama,, Cage spoke to ET's Rachel Smith and opened up about life as a new father.
He and wife Riko Shibata welcomed their first child together earlier this month, August Francesca Coppola Cage, and the new father's relearning that sleep's going to be hard to come by as a new dad.«Well, I actually had about five hours sleep and total over five days,» he said. «So I was getting one hour a night.
And then I came here and I actually got five hours last night, so I think that's what brought me back for this.»This is the first child for Shibata, while Cage is already a dad to Weston, 31, and Kal-El, 16, from previous relationships.
As a new girl dad, he's ready to soak it all in.«I want to learn, you know,» he said. «I want to learn.»Cage also dished on the meaning behind his daughter's name, though Cage fans and movie buffs may have figured it out rather quickly.«Well, my father is August and my uncle is [director] Francis [Ford Coppola] and I wanted to honor both of them,» Cage said.In, Cage shaved his head for the role, and he said he loved it.
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