Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has revealed that he legally modified his identify final yr and is now formally often known as “Nick Cage.”
Talking to Selection, the Oscar-winning actor mentioned he determined to totally embrace the Cage identification each professionally and personally.
“I’m Nick Cage. I modified my identify legally final yr,” he mentioned. “I am Nick Cage in life, and I am Nick Cage on digicam.”
Born Nicolas Kim Coppola, Cage mentioned he wished to step away from the shadow of the well-known Coppola household dynasty.
“‘Tis higher to be the patriarch of my very own little household than the clown cousin on the margins of another person’s, so I made a decision I’ll convey it on and be ‘Cage,'” he added.
The actor mentioned he selected to maintain the primary identify “Nicolas” as a result of it was given to him by his father, though he joked concerning the French spelling of the identify, which regularly leads folks to incorrectly add an “h.”
Cage beforehand defined that his adopted surname was impressed by Marvel character Luke Cage and avant-garde composer John Cage.
“I made a decision, I do not want this, and I modified it to Cage,” he earlier informed Wired, describing the identify as “brief and candy.”
Regardless of the authorized change, the actor mentioned he’s snug with followers referring to him as both Nicolas Cage or Nick Cage.
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