Nicolas Cage Fun Features

This is the section for all our "FUN" Nicolas Cage information - please enjoy!

Did You Know?

… that Nicolas attended Beverly Hills High but dropped out before he graduated in order to pursue his acting career full-time.

… that Nicolas is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola. Nicolas changed his last name to Cage when he began auditioning for roles in order to avoid any hint of nepotism. However, he has made three movies with his uncle: Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club and Peggy Sue Got Married (pictured here).

… that Nicolas was married to actress Patricia Arquette, you can see them together in the movie Bringing Out the Dead.

... Nicolas seems to have a thing for castles. He lived in a house that looked like a castle in LA and now he has bought a real one. Click here to see a picture. It's a beautiful castle and apparently from an aerial view it is shaped like the ace of clubs because the man who built it won his fortune in a card game in 1775.

... Nicolas Cage named his son Kal El, Superman's birth name on the planet Krypton.


... Nicolas appears for a few seconds in one of the faux trailers created to be shown with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's exploitation movie double-feature Grindhouse. The trailer was directed by musician turned director, Rob Zombie and was for the fake horror movie "Werewolf Women of the S.S. and you can watch it below:

On Location

In the early 1960's, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce developed the idea of the "Hollywood Walk of Fame." The sidewalks of the most famous streets in the heart of Hollywood were lined with "stars" recognizing celebrities' life-long contributions to the entertainment industry. Receiving a star is still to this day considered a huge honor. Here's where you can find Nicolas Cage's star:

Walk of Fame Star
(Motion Pictures)
7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA