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Nicolas Cage Says Yes, It's 'Probably True' He Never Got Paid for 1995's Leaving Las Vegas

Nicolas Cage says it's "probably true" that he never got paid for his Oscar-winning performance in 1995's Leaving Las Vegas

Cage’s performance as alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor, and Figgis was nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. After a period of financial and box-office struggles in the mid-2000s, Cage has been enjoying some time back in the limelight for the past several years with starring roles in critically-acclaimed films like 2018’s Panos Cosmatos horror pic Mandy, 2021’s Michael Sarnoski drama Pig, and 2022’s Tom Gormican action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent opposite Pedro Pascal. My comic book collection just goes viral quickly, exponentially, and I feel like in some ways it’s eclipsed what I’m really reading,” he added, “like [Nikolai Golgol’s] “The Overcoat” or Herman Hesse.

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