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Nick Cave Has Claimed That He, Too, Is Mistaken for Nicolas Cage

Days after Nicolas Cage shared an anecdote about being mistaken for Nick Cave, the latter has now chimed in to say that theirs is a shared experience.

Cage’s comments were made in an interview with The Guardian last week, responding to a reader’s question about a 2022 tall tale from Cave which recounts the pair apparently meeting due to their similar names. Cave’s ensuing story saw him recounting a case of mistaken identity at the Healesville Sanctuary in his home state of Victoria, before apparently meeting Cage in the back of a local pub where the actor claimed that “Only one letter separates us!” “I told him that making Raising Arizona was the most extraordinary experience and a highpoint in my career, that John Goodman was a fascinating and complex character, and how it was a real privilege to work with the Coen brothers and that they were ‘masters of their craft’ and all this bullsh–t.”

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