Nicolas Cage: ‘I Didn’t Get Into Movies to Be a Meme’ and ‘I Had No Control Over It’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Nicolas Cage is one of the internet’s most beloved actors. Social media platforms like X/Twitter and Reddit are constantly flooded with clips of and tributes to his larger-than-life performances.
Google “Nicolas Cage memes” and you get list upon list devoted to the Oscar-winning actor. But such viral attention is an afterthought for Cage. “I got into acting because I was moved by film performance more than any other art form.
I didn’t get into movies to become a meme,” Cage recently told The Guardian on his press tour for A24’s “Dream Scenario,” opening in theaters this month. “That was new.
I made friends with it but it was an adjustment. I thought maybe they would compel someone to go back and look at the movies.
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