Hollywood A-lister Nicolas Cage is now formally/ officially... Nicolas Cage. We shall explain. When he was born, he was given the name Nicolas Kim Coppola (director Francis Ford Coppola is his uncle). But he came into films with the adopted surname Cage to avoid accusations of nepotism.
So why did he change it now after 62 years? The actor has revealed the following in an interview: ‘I am Nic Cage. I changed my name legally last year. I’m Nic Cage in life, and I’m Nic Cage on camera. ‘Tis better to be the patriarch of my own little family than the clown cousin on the margins of someone else’s. So I decided I’m going to bring it on and be ‘Cage’’ He added that the inspiration for the name came from the Marvel character Luke Cage and the composer John Cage.
Gosh. . . so many cages for a single man. . .