As you know, there was a time when it seemed like Nicolas Cage was taking on any movie role that was thrown his way. I remember everyone talking about why he was taking on those kinds of roles and feeling it was because he was in debt, which seemed crazy to me for an actor as successful as Cage! But it turns out it was true!
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Cage recently admitted during an interview with 60 Minutes that he took on “cheesy” roles to get out of debt and explained why, saying:
“I was too invested in real estate. The housing market crashed and I couldn’t get out in time. I paid them all back, but it was about $6 million. I’ve never filed for bankruptcy.”
Cage shared that this was a “dark” time in his life, but taking those jobs kept him afloat and allowed him to get out of his debt. He added:
“Work has always been my guardian angel. It might not have been a blue chip, but it still worked. Even if the film is bad at the end, they know I’m not calling, that I care every time.
Even though some of the movies he’s been in weren’t that good, I like that he put a lot of effort into his work. This wasn’t the only time Cage spoke about his financial predicament. In 2022 he told GQ:
“When I was making four films a year, one after another, I still had to find something in them to be able to give my all. They didn’t work, all of them. Some of them were great, like Mandy, but some just didn’t work. But I never called him. So if there was a misunderstanding, that was it. That I was just doing it and I didn’t care. I cared.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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