Nicolas Cage has claimed he gets mistaken for musician Nick Cave every day because of their similar names.
Nicolas Cage gets mistaken for Nick Cave every day.
The ‘Surfer’ actor admitted there is a lot of confusion around the similar names he and the Australian singer have, something he was quick to point out to the 67-year-old musician when they met.
He told The Guardian newspaper: “I don’t think there’s a day that goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave.
“People also say, ‘Hey, Nick, you were great in ‘The Hunger”, which is this great David Bowie movie [that I’m not in].
“I do remember that Cave was very nice. We were at an animal sanctuary, I believe – I think Sealy Animal Hospital in Texas – and he was terrific. I said hello and wanted to shake his hand.
“I said, ‘Only one letter separates us – G. Nick Cave, Nick Cage.’ “
Meanwhile, the 61-year-old actor revealed he gave the iconic snakeskin jacket he wore in ‘Wild at Heart’ to co-star Laura Dern as a reminder of their experience because he had enjoyed working with her so much.
He said: “I found the snakeskin jacket in a secondhand store on Melrose in Los Angeles called Aaardvark’s – it reminded me of the jacket Brando wears in ‘The Fugitive Kind’ – and I knew at some point I was gonna put it in a movie.
“I ended up giving it to Laura Dern because she was such a terrific actor, I enjoyed our time together on that movie with David Lynch, so I wanted her to have it.”
Despite being known for his eccentric ways, Nicolas – who has Weston, 34, and Kal-El, 19, from previous relationships, and two-year-old August with wife Riko Shibata – insisted he is actually boring and rarely socialises beyond his family.
Asked what about him would surprise people most, he said: “I think people have an idea about me from the characters they’ve seen me play in movies. But the reality is, I bore myself. I don’t really go out. I’m at home all the time.
” I’d rather just spend time with my two year old, and I don’t really go and socialise. Not that I’m antisocial, but I have my daughter and I have my little life that I enjoy and it’s pretty simple, so perhaps that would be a surprise.”
Nicolas Cage gets mistaken for Nick Cave every day
