US EditionNicolas Cage Is Mistaken for Nick Cave So Often It Feels Like a Daily Occurrence
- Nicolas Cage stated in a 2025 Guardian interview that he is mistaken for Nick Cave almost every day due to similar name spellings.
- This frequent confusion arises amid Cage promoting his new psychological thriller The Surfer, while Nick Cave tours North America and Europe.
- Cage has joked about the mix-up, noting their names differ by only one letter and recalling they met at an Australian animal sanctuary.
- He remarked, "Only one letter separates us- G," highlighting the common misunderstanding and the connection between the two figures.
- The ongoing cases of mistaken identity underline the occasional challenges in public recognition between the actor and the goth rock musician.
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With his latest film (The Surfer) recently released in the United States, actor Nicolas Cage, 61, has a lot to tell. A few days ago he explained to Entertainment Weekly in an interview how he had been about to die during the shooting of this psycho-thriller, in which he plays a man who returns after many years to his hometown, where he ends up forced to defend the beach from his childhood. According to his testimony, he was caught by the tide wh…
Nicolas Cage is one of the most recognizable faces on the big screen, but fame and specifically his name have brought him funny drags. Or that’s what he assures, at least. The actor is promoting his new film, The Surfer, and went through a cycle of questions and answers organized by The Guardian. However, the instance gave way to a funny revelation of Cage. The movie star like Raising Arizona, Lord of the Flies or Adaptation received several que…
Nick Cave and Nicolas Cage: the ultimate identity crisis
If you’ve ever confused musician Nick Cave with actor Nicolas Cage — or vice versa — you’re not alone. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Cage said, “I don’t think a day goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave.”Cave previously shared some of his own Cave/Cage mix-up stories in 2022 on his Red Hand Files blog, where he wrote, “People mix me up with Nicolas Cage all the time,” and went on to recall the first time they met:“Suddenly, a s…
The actor Nicolas Cage spoke again about the scenario of Lords of War, the continuation of the 2005 film Lord of War currently in development. Nicolas Cage has a CV long as his arm with more than a hundred feature films to his credit. So if you can find everything and anything in his filmography, this one [...]
There are celebrities who look a lot alike and are often confused: Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard, Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel, Stanley Tucci and Mark Strong, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson, Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey...and the list could follow and follow. However, sometimes the confusions do not come by the faces but by the names. And if not, ask Nicolas Cage. The actor, who is currently promoting his new film The Surfer, spoke …
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