Squandering like the wind, wealth like water, this is the legendary life of Nicolas Cage. From being captured in an Australian airport for a family of three to his divorce frenzy, this showbiz legend not only left the audience with countless wonderful movie shots, but also put a layer of drama on his life.
Nicolas Cage, 59 years old, holding his babbling little daughter in one hand and his debt-ridden wallet in the other, subverts our image of his film and television hero. His daughter is adorable and lively, as if she were a symbol of his fading wealth. His tired eyes seemed to silently tell the hardships of "whoever takes the child will collapse". As a member of a family of actors, Cage's interests and careers in the family are closely linked. Stepping into the entertainment industry as an adult, he showed excellent acting skills and an open-minded attitude towards filming. Pulling out two teeth, getting himself drunk, and swallowing live cockroaches, he can be said to have paid blood and sweat for the role.
However, despite his breathtaking acting skills, his arrogance in life is ridiculous. Shopping adventures become the invisible vampire of his fortune. The $270,000 Tyrannosaurus skull fossil turned out to be smuggled goods, and the two albinism cobras caused displeasure among neighbors and were eventually reported. As if he had a penchant for exotic objects, he bought pyramid-shaped tombs to make one wonder if he wanted to live the life of a pharaoh after death. Luxury cars, yachts, planes, Cage's shopping list is staggering. His properties span the globe and owns two deserted islands in the Bahamas, 15 mansions and the famous haunted Lalaurie House. However, behind these luxuries lies a loss of wealth, which makes his wallet quickly bottom out.
Not only that, but Cage's married career is also a legend. Five marriages, five divorces, each accompanied by the division of property and the expenditure of alimony. From American actress Patricia Arquette to Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie to Asian American woman Alice King, every marriage is a storm. The fourth marriage was even more dramatic, and he regretted the marriage after only 4 days, which makes people wonder if his marriage was a decades-long farce. Such a marriage trajectory, coupled with his frequent divorces and remarriages, has caused billions of fortunes to slip away like flowing water. In order to cope with heavy debt, he had to sell his property and travel to the filming site in an attempt to fill the financial gap with film revenue. However, his works have been rated as bad movies many times, becoming the "worst actor" of the Golden Raspberry Award in the United States, and the status of the former actor is in jeopardy.
His shopping spree, divorce spree, and movie fiascos have made audiences see an ordinary man in trouble through the eyes of an "international superstar". Perhaps, success is not eternal, and wealth is not inexhaustible. Cage's experience is a vivid example of how to value what is in front of us and prevent success from blinding us. Netizens have a variety of comments about Cage. Some people praised his performance in film and television dramas, and spoke highly of the degree of restoration of the role. However, more people expressed confusion and dissatisfaction with his extravagant life and the frequency of divorces. Some netizens jokingly called him a "shopaholic", and some ridiculed his marriage as a "money game". On the Internet, Cage's name has become a special pronoun for those extravagant, theatrical lifestyles.
Time flies, and Cage's legendary life may be a symphony of success and depravity. He was once a superstar in the film industry, and became the king of bad movies overnight. He had a mountain of wealth, but now he was in debt. His story is not only a legend in the entertainment industry, but also a lesson in life.