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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare
I can answer the Nick Cage question, it's because he's in a metric ****ton of debt so he'll take anything for a paycheck
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This is definitely true.
Prior to that situation though, he was an interesting guy. Starts out by switching his name from Coppola to make his own way, and really does some nice roles as a young man like Birdy, Racing with the Moon, Raising Arizona.
Then he starts to cultivate the over the top thing as a style and becomes a weirdo IRL. I have to admit, I love Vampire's Kiss, but most of them are really a work in progress searching for a role that requires that kind of energy. Then he finally found that role in Wild at Heart and I kind of got what he was doing. I loved Sailor Ripley and think it is an iconic character.
Then he just turns bizarre in general but still manages to do something really special once every 5 years or so like Leaving Las Vegas and Bringing Out the Dead and Lord of War. With tons of total crap in between.
The money must be good on that in between crap.