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Nicolas Cage says sharks and rip tides got in the way of surf lessons for The Surfer: 'I could’ve died'

The title of Nicolas Cage's new movie might be 'The Surfer,' but the actor tells EW that he didn't have much success learning to stand on his board. Strong rip tides and reports of sharks were just part of the problem.

Nicolas Cage has pulled off some wild stunts throughout his storied career, but learning to stand up on a surfboard for his new movie proved more difficult than stealing the Declaration of Independence. In The Surfer(now in theaters), Cage plays an unnamed businessman who returns to his Australian hometown in hopes of fulfilling his dream of buying back the beach house he grew up in. While the actor "loves the way the movie ends" and "wouldn't change a frame," he admits he dreamed of recreating a surf scene from 1979's Big Wednesday.

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