This national treasure and member of one of Hollywood’s most prominent families lives in a “quiet, horrible nightmare” in his personal life.
The Family Man actor, who previously paid for his child’s imaginary friend’s plane ticket, is now living in a “hostile environment” created by his son’s ex-wife, which prevents him from visiting his four-year-old twin granddaughters.
Discover the celebrity whose name change drew inspiration from a superhero! When he was 15 years old, this actor asked his uncle, a well-known Hollywood filmmaker, whether he could feature in one of his highly praised films while they were in a car.
Show me an acting exam, and I will give it to you. “There was only silence in the car,” said the quirky star, who takes pride in his strange reputation. The actor rose to prominence at the age of 17, winning a minor role in the cult classic coming-of-age picture Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
Born Nicholas Kim Coppola in 1962, Nicholas Cage claims, “I was the target of jokes because my name was still Coppola.”
Because of Apocalypse Now, people would not stop saying things like, “I love the smell of Nicolas in the morning,” which made it difficult to work, so I changed it to Cage and said, “I don’t need this,” the actor says, explaining why he decided to drop the surname that had linked him to famous relative Francis Ford Coppola.
“It’s a combination of Luke Cage from Marvel comics, who was a character I liked, also named Power Man, and John Cage, the avant-garde composer,” he says, explaining why he chose Cage. It speaks a thousand words about everything I’ve done since.
He made his cinematic debut as Cage in Valley Girl in 1983. He stated that the character’s obscurity felt like a “weight coming off my body.”
“Whoa, this is really doable.” And that experience loosened me up,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. And Valley Girl makes it obvious that I am free. He refers to his character in his uncle’s 1983 film Rumble Fish, saying, “Whereas in Fast Times, or even Rumble Fish, I’m somewhat stuck.”
As a result of his back-to-back performances in the years that followed, Cage became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after performers. In 1988, he received two Golden Globe nominations: for Moonstruck (starring Cher) and Honeymoon in Vegas (starring Sarah Jessica Parker).
He also met Christina Fulton, an actor who gave birth to his first son, Weston Coppola Cage, in December 1990. Cage subsequently portrayed a younger version of his father in the 2014 film Rage. Cage, an Oscar-winning actor who featured in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995, has two children: August Francesca (born in 2022) and Kal-El (born Superman’s birth name), born in 2005 with his third wife, Alice Kim.
Before his formal divorce in 2002, Cage married Patricia Arquette (1995-2001) and Lisa Marie Presley (2002). In an interview with People, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent actor feels that family is “first and foremost.”.
“There isn’t a genuine Nick Cage who doesn’t love spending time with his children.According to the actor of Raising Arizona, Nick Cage has always prioritized his family over his work.
I needed to be home with my kid Weston, so I turned down both Lord of the Rings and The Matrix,” he says. “I didn’t want to go to New Zealand or Australia for three years.”
“Was once on a plane with Nicholas Cage and his son, and a seat had also been purchased for his son’s imaginary friend,” the actor Minnie Driver added, offering proof of the claim.
Even now, the Adaptation actor has a positive relationship with his children and two grandchildren, Sorin (2016) and Lucian (2014), whom he shares with his second wife. According to Cage, Weston, who formerly led two heavy metal bands, can now make music, sing, act, sculpt, and cook, as well as be a dedicated parent. “The closest thing I’ve ever had to a feeling of blissful completion is seeing my son with my grandson.”
The 33-year-old D-Day star also has twin girls, Cyress and Venice, with his third ex-wife, Hila Arounian, who were born in 2020. He’s been married three times.
However, none of the kids know anyone from their well-known Hollywood family. After a lengthy divorce in 2021, Hila was granted exclusive legal and physical custody of their twin girls, while Weston was denied visiting privileges, according to TMZ.
Weston’s mother, Christina, tells the US Sun that Hila has created a “hostile environment,” which includes “a request for a restraining order against her seeing the kids that were dismissed” in 2023.
“As a cultured, polite Hollywood family, we are outraged and surprised that Hila would do anything like this. It’s awful not to be able to visit these children. Regarding Hila’s “smear campaign” against her family, Christina says, “Nicolas and I haven’t been able to meet our two beautiful little granddaughters since they were born.” We are experiencing a dreadful, peaceful nightmare. It’s wild, intense, painful, and destroying.My son has a wonderful relationship with his sons, and I have an excellent relationship with my two baby boy grandkids.
“Not meeting the girls is painful, hurtful, and shocking,” Christina adds. Hila defends herself by writing a statement on Facebook in which she alleges her ex-boyfriend was “weaponizing influence, wealth,” cheating on her many times, and abusing the legal system.
In addition, she refers to Weston’s mental health concerns and addictions when she calls Christina a “sabotaging mother” and Cage an “enabling father” who “consistently hindered his progress.”
Hila just writes that Weston’s “behavior became a physical threat to our daughters and me, as well as our emotional well-being,” but makes no mention of withholding family time with the twins.
According to Christina, the Cage/Coppola family will not back down: “Our family’s resilience is being tested in these trying times.” However, we are still committed to overcoming these challenges and restoring peace to our family.
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