Nicolas Cage Thought He Was an Alien When He Was a Kid and Was Shocked to Find Out He Wasn't
Nicolas Cage recently shared during an interview that when he was kid, his father would tell him that he was "such an alien," and Cage’s young mind took that literally. He assumed what his dad was telling him was true and that he was an alien from another planet.
That led to a pretty funny experience when he went to the doctor, which is where he learned he was not from another planet. In an interview with Rampstyle, Cage shared: "I was shocked the day I went to the doctor's office as a child and I found out that I had normal organs and a normal skeleton because I was certain I was from another planet."
The actor added: "I had difficulties connecting with people. When I saw David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth, I realized I needed to do something, so I became an actor."
Cage is one of the most entertaining actors working today, and he’s always experimenting and doing different and unique projects. I love the actor that Cage has become. When previously talking about his career in an interview with Vanity Fair, he said:
"Much of it is by design—I kind of actively wanted to shape a perception of myself when I was really young. I've been doing this since I was 15…sometimes when you start out that young, you really want to make a mark. And I did things as a young person in the industry and in magazine interviews and on television in England, for example, that I can't imagine doing again at 57, but nonetheless I did do it. I wanted to create a kind of wild and artistic and bizarre image. I have changed in terms of what I want to express, and what I want my perception to be.
"I personally think I'm very boring. I find myself perfectly content staying at home and playing with my cats or spending time with my boys, who are now older and into their own interests. I spend a lot of quiet time at home alone with my wife, Riko [Shibata], and with our pets. I don't see [my life] as dangerous or wild, although I do think there is a certain pleasure that is taken in imagining that I am crazy."
I just thought that was a funny story about Cage being so surprised to learn that he wasn’t alien.