What happened to Nicholas Cage?

[CyberB0b]

I never thought he was a great actor, but he made a lot of good movies in the late 80s through the late 90s. His career has tanked over the last decade or so. He does about 20 straight to video movies a year now.

What happened?

 

[timb2]

He went bankrupt I believe divorce hurt him bad. He is past his prime to be a Action Hero hoping for good roles but taking anything

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

He's still around. He is the main guy who now advertises Underoos for Adults.....

 

[Longboysfan]

Leaving Las Vegas.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

His last well selling movies were gone in 60 seconds and Lord of War. After that it was flop after flop like Wickerman and GHost Rider. He was good in Kick-*** but for the most part he was burning producer's money. Same thing happened with Jim Carrey.

 

[Runwildboys]

His last well selling movies were gone in 60 seconds and Lord of War. After that it was flop after flop like Wickerman and GHost Rider. He was good in Kick-*** but for the most part he was burning producer's money. Same thing happened with Jim Carrey.

Except Jim Carrey is annoying in 60 seconds.

 

[diefree666]

double whammy: box office was not there and he started acting crazy.

 

[cowboyec]

I actually liked Ghost Rider.
My favorites are The Rock,Con-Air and National Treasure.

 

[MonsterD]

Amazing that such a bad actor actually won an Oscar.

 

[Hoofbite]

 

[Tabascocat]

Hollywood ran out of original movie ideas for bad yet entertaining actors. Also, age has caught up with him for those wheelhouse roles since he can't really act.

I liked classic Cage, he just can't pull off those action roles anymore. Drama among others are not his friend at this point.

 

[3rd_n_inches]

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Nicolas Cage has been a cat since 2010

 

[Stash]

I never thought he was a great actor, but he made a lot of good movies in the late 80s through the late 90s. His career has tanked over the last decade or so. He does about 20 straight to video movies a year now.

What happened?

Bad choices.

Bad, bad choices.

If there was a wrong choice to be made, Nicholas Cage made it.

I think you would be hard-pressed to find someone who did a worse job managing their money. And now he's in such a poor financial state that he has to essentially take every role offered to him.

 

[trickblue]

Typical Hollywood revolving star. They burn the public out on them then move along...

Think of other actors that have gone the same route...

 

[Stash]

Typical Hollywood revolving star. They burn the public out on them then move along...

Think of other actors that have gone the same route...

I've recently noticed Bruce Willis going the same route. A miserable jerk showing up to collect a paycheck for direct to video crap.

And some Hall of Fame actors as well like Deniro and Al Pacino.

 

[Khartun]

 

[BigStar]

I actually liked Ghost Rider.
My favorites are The Rock,Con-Air and National Treasure.

Face Off was a good one too; similar to The Rock/Con-Air (just fun action movies with cliche humor). Last one I saw him in was Bad Lieutenant, playing a dirty cop in New Orleans. Wasn't great.

 

[CouchCoach]

He contracted Seagalese and has been D-T-V ever since. Statham will catch it next. And I watch movies from all 3 of these guys but mainly watch Seagal to see when that widow's peak is going to meet his nose. I can't figure out if he's dying his hair or his scalp. In a survey I got a call on last week, I voted for Seagal to be the last person I would want to play "Patty Cake" with. The man could bittchslap King Kong and Godzilla simultaneously and make both cry. However, Chuck Norris could kick all 3 of their butts at the same time.

 

[CouchCoach]

I've recently noticed Bruce Willis going the same route. A miserable jerk showing up to collect a paycheck for direct to video crap.

And some Hall of Fame actors as well like Deniro and Al Pacino.

I don't hold that against them, it's their living. How many roles are there for them? If Deniro hadn't re-invented himself as a comedic actor, he would have gone that route a lot earlier.

What we call art, they call a living. The actor that was actually the pioneer of the D-T-V movement is Andrew Stevens. I saw an interview with him and he was really candid. He said the roles weren't being offered to him and he loved acting, being the son of an actress, but there were opportunities in the lower budget films which ended up being the D-T-V ones.

They can't all be Eastwood, creating roles for himself. Ones where he gets to kiss the girl.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I've recently noticed Bruce Willis going the same route. A miserable jerk showing up to collect a paycheck for direct to video crap.

And some Hall of Fame actors as well like Deniro and Al Pacino.

I used to be a big Bruce Willis fan but he's barely been in anything watchable this decade.