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Nicolas Cage doesnโt โfully understandโ why he is often made into memes.
The โThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talentโ star hasnโt got his head around the โfascinationโ with his โface or facial expressionsโ that make it such good viral content.
In an interview with the April issue of GQ magazine โ for which he is the cover star, shot by Jason Nocito โ the 58-year-old actor said: โI still donโt really fully understand what the fascination is with my face or facial expressions that happen in these memes. Iโm like, well, but why? Just like, โWhat is it?โ
However, Cage admits that he is largely fine with it, saying: โYou canโt go against that which is.โ
One of his most expressive roles โ one that Nicholas almost didnโt take โ as Cherโs Loretta Castorini love interest Ronny Cammareri is now a โfavouriteโ of his credits, especially for what it did for the Italian American community.
He said: โNow looking at it, itโs definitely one of my favourite movies I made. Plus, I like the presentation of the Italian American as a loving family. Not just always the gangster.โ
Cage โ who was two sons Weston, 31, and Kal-El, 16 โ was left with money problems while coping with his father August Coppolaโs death at 75 โ who was the brother of the โGodfatherโ trilogy director Francis Ford Coppola โ so the โNational Treasureโ star was willing to do movies โback to backโ to support himself and his ailing mother, Joy Vogelsang, who died last year at 85.
Despite criticism about quality over quantity, he insists he was always cared about what roles he did.
He adamantly said: โWhen I was doing four movies a year, back to back to back, I still had to find something in them to be able to give it my all. They didnโt work, all of them. Some of them were terrific, like Mandy, but some of them didnโt work. But I never phoned it in. So if there was a misconception, it was that. That I was just doing it and not caring. I was caring.โ
After getting out of debt, Cage is planning on being โextremely selectiveโ about what he signs on for.
He said: โIโm just going to focus on being extremely selective, as selective as I can be. I would like to make every movie as if it were my last.โ
Read the full interview, โNicolas Cage Can Explain It Allโ by Gabriella Paiella, in GQโs April issue and on GQ.com.