Top 10 Times Nicolas Cage Went Full Cage
2. Vampire’s Kiss (1989)
In this offbeat black comedy, Nicolas Cage plays a troubled publishing executive who slowly descends further and further into madness when he believes a bite from a strange woman has begun his transformation into a vampire.
The whole film acts as an exercise for Cage to indulge in his bizarre acting choices, letting him fully off the reins and, in doing so, giving us some of the most GIF-worthy takes of his career.
For this list though, we’re focusing on the ‘alphabet scene’ in which Cage’s character, Peter Loew, is having trouble understanding how someone can misfile a document. The result is a full-Cage explosion of dramatically reciting the alphabet before some hilariously over-the-top physical posing.
1. The Wicker Man (2006)
Few performances demand as much attention as Nicolas Cage’s in The Wicker Man.
There’s no getting around the quality of the film. It’s bad. Really, really bad. And it’s frequently regarded as one of Cage’s worst films (no mean feat considering some of the other entries on this list). But Cage’s ability to fully commit to whatever ridiculous scenario the script has him doing is one to be admired.
This film had it all. Cage yelling at small children, punching women in the face, and Cage in a full-blown bear costume, just… punching more women in the face. But there is one scene in particular had Cage dig deep to deliver one of the most excruciating takes of his whole career.
Having been caught by a predominantly female pagan cult on a secluded island, Policeman Edward Malus has both his legs broken at the knee and a nest of bees poured all over his face. Yelling such lines as “This won’t bring back your honey” and “The bees! They’re in my eyes!” should be enough to warrant this as number one on this list of Most Cage Moments.
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