It's Nic Cage's World. We're Just Living In It.

The man, the myth, the legend. All Nic Cage, all the time! [View this email in your browser]( [04232022-header] This weekend sees the release of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, so we've been thinking a lot about Nicolas Cage. We've looked back at his famous roles ([The Wicker Man](, Face/Off), as well as his underappreciated ones ([Pig](, [Bringing Out the Dead]([)](, and also movies he merely [could have starred in](. He's the man we all meme over—fans hold [marathon film festivals](, joke that he's a [vampire](, and occasionally literally [stalk him](. His real life lives up to the hype, whether he's [spending all his money]( on [magic artifacts]( (or on saving children from war), getting high and [getting arrested](, or having adventures at sea. Here's a look back at the facts we learned this week. The links all lead to full articles with much more info, so click every one that interests you, else we will [release the bees](. [smc_features-01] [04232022-1]( [15 Roles That Were Almost Played by Nicolas Cage]( Cage’s career has taken him all over the film spectrum, but still there are dark corners whose swamps he didn’t venture into. He could have played Aragorn. He could have played Neo. He could have played Doctor Doom, and he could have played Shrek. [Read it here](. [04232022-2]( [The Intentional (and Unintentional) Comedy of Nicolas Cage]( As we count the days until we can see Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, let’s cycle back through Cage’s other comedies -- both intentional and unintentional -- for a reminder of all the ways he’s made us laugh. [Read it here](. [04232022-3]( [The 15 Awesomest Ways Nicolas Cage Spent His Money]( [In 2009, Nicolas Cage sued his business manager for being so bad at managing business that he was left in deep debt. He can’t say he wasn’t at least a little complicit in his financial downfall, though.]([Read it here](. [04232022-4]( [15 Facts About Nicolas Cage Movies]( We will also be rating the Cage films from one to four bees, with one bee being a terrible movie you should watch instantly, four bees being a great movie you should watch instantly, and other ratings made up whenever needed (and it’s needed quite often). [Read it here](. [04232022-5]( [Nicolas Cage's Weird History With Stalkers]( One stood over Cage's bed naked, eating a Fudgesicle. Nic said he talked the guy out of the house and didn't call the police. Another was a mime who sneaked onto the set of one of his movies. [Read it here](. [04232022-6]( [Nicolas Cage's Wildest Movie (Had Real-Life Death Threats And Werner Herzog)]( There's one bonkers Cage movie that doesn't get the cult love it perhaps deserves: 2009's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. A New Orleans cop hurts his back, gets hooked on Vicodin, and then gets hooked on … pretty much every drug you could possibly imagine. [Read it here](. [04232022-7]( [Nicolas Cage Is Down For A Musical (So We're Picking Which One)]( Cage has shown that he can do everything: From action blockbusters to playing brooding pig owners to impersonating John Travolta impersonating himself, somehow. Which is no mean feat, so of course he can do a musical. After all, let's not forget that the man can sing. [Read it here](. And More Cage For You: - [His healing hands saved a shooting victim](. He was riding in an ambulance to prepare for his role as an EMT in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, then [things got a little too real](. - [He lost a $100,000 treasure at sea](. His fiancée, Lisa Marie Presley, chucked her engagement ring off his yacht, and [divers never managed]( to retrieve it. - [He once did magic mushrooms with his cat](. Said Cage, the cat kept raiding the fridge, so he decided [they must do shrooms together](, resulting in an hours-long shared trip. - [An antiques dealer auctioned off "proof" Cage is a vampire, for $1 million](. This was a Civil War–era photo featuring [someone who looked like Cage](. - [Nicolas Cage was once bailed out of jail by Dog the Bounty Hunter](. Police booked him after a [drunken night in New Orleans](, but the charges fortunately didn't stick. - [He actually tried to find the Holy Grail](. After [traveling the world](, he concluded that the grail only made sense as a metaphor. - [Cage chooses his diet based on animals' mating habits](. He avoids pork, because he says pigs have dirty sex, but he eats [fish and poultry, since fish and birds mate respectably](. - [He's spent millions (to rehabilitate child soldiers)](. Not all his vanished money has gone to arcane relics. He's also known for [giving a bunch to charity](, - [He crashed a Nicolas cage film festival](. He read Edgar Allan Poe to the audience, unprompted, then stayed to view [five of his own movies]( back-to-back. [fb]( [tw]( [yt]( [Logomark_DIGITAL_Red_50X50-px] [insta png]( [tiktok png]( Literally media Ltd. 190 West St, Suite 17B, Brooklyn NY 11222 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2021 Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd. [Unsubscribe](