Actor and icon Nicolas Cage is well-known for his crazy onscreen outbursts, but every now and again he opens his mouth and something rather genuine and profound falls out of it. This time, it relates to 2019’s comedy-drama movieMarriage Story, a movie that Cage believes should be required viewing for anyone thinking about divorce.
“I think that’s a very important movie. I think anyone who’s even considering divorce - and the families - it should be required viewing. Having been through it, family law is absolutely the worst.”
Alright, so maybe this statement being profound is a bit of a stretch, but it is interesting to know that someone who has been through the drama of divorce (whichNicolas Cagehas four times, no less) can see the reality of it reflected on screen inMarriage Story. The actor discussed this year’s Oscar nominations whilst attending the premiere of his new movieColor Out of Space, where he also admitted that it is an especially competitive year and believes that they’re all deserving of recognition. Though it sounds likeMarriage Storyholds a special place in his heart.
TheFace/Offstar could not resist gushing over Adam Driver’s agonisingly realistic performance, a performance which has earned the actor a nomination for Best Actor. He will be going up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Joaquin Phoenix, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce in the Best Actor category.Marriage Storyhas also received five other Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, for this story of a married couple, played by Driver and Scarlett Johansson, who are struggling through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.
Having been met with critical acclaim and currently sitting at 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie hasobviously struck a chord with everyone, but especially with those, like Cage, who have experienced the pain of divorce.
As for Cage’s next big screen venture, he will be starring inColor Out of Space, an exciting H.P. Lovecraft adaptation that follows a family after a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm. Cage then finds himselfbattling a mutant extraterrestrial organism, because of course he does, as it infects his families' minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare.
This is only one of several intriguing projects in Nic Cage’s future, such asThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talentwhere Cage will be playing an exaggerated version of himself in a movie that sounds like it could only star Nicolas Cage. Alongside that we also havea potential National Treasure follow-upand the sci-fi martial arts movieJiu Jitsu. The man really can do anything.
Color Out of Spaceis due for release on 25 June 2025. This comes to us fromExtra TV.
