Nicolas Cage’s longtime agent says people don’t realize how funny he is

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Nicolas Cage is actually really funny, according to his longtime agent and friend.
Michael Nilon praised Cage as “the coolest” and said they crack each other up all the time.
Nilon wrote the script for “Arcadian,” the new action horror movie Cage stars in.

Nicolas Cage has been in the public eye for decades now. But there are some things about him even his biggest fans probably don’t realize, according to his longtime manager.

On the red carpet for the premiere of Cage’s new film “Arcadian” at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, Michael Nilon, the actor’s agent and producing partner through their company Saturn Films, spoke to Business Insider about their yearslong friendship.

Nilon, who wrote the script for “Arcadian,” praised Cage as “an awesome dude” — but on top of that, he said, he’s just really damn funny.

“We take business very seriously — obviously, his career has been many decades, he’s had one of the most brilliant, greatest careers ever,” Nilon told BI. “But on a human level, just day to day, we really have a good time.”