After “plowing” and paying off his debt, Nicolas Cage happily raised his children at the age of 60
American actor Nicolas Cage will turn 60 in January 2024. Currently, the male actor has paid off all his debts after many years of diligently filming. Going forward, Cage will allow himself to rest.
At the age of 60, Nicolas Cage plans to reduce the frequency of filming to enjoy fatherhood. Cage welcomed his third child into the world with his fifth wife in July 2022.
Cage and his new wife have been married since February 2021. The actor’s current wife is a Japanese woman named Riko Shibata (28 years old). The age gap between the two is up to 31 years.
American actor Nicolas Cage will turn 60 in January 2024 (Photo: New York Post).
Sharing in a recent interview, the male actor said: “The age of 60 is coming to me. Within the next decade, I want to read a book every week, I want to spend more time with myself. little daughter. I will pay more attention to what I consider important. Maybe I will act less.”
From previous relationships, actor Nicolas Cage has two sons, Kal-El (18 years old) and Weston (32 years old).
For Cage, the birth of his daughter August Francesca was a completely new experience, because the actor did not really accompany his two sons on their journey to adulthood. Cage doesn’t want this to repeat with his young daughter’s childhood.
“I missed accompanying my two sons as they grew up. I was not there to witness their developments. I missed out on many small but memorable experiences. So, I “I really wanted to have more children. My two sons are grown, so having a little daughter is very special to me at the moment,” Cage shared.
Having spent almost 150 million USD, Nicolas Cage once “swallowed his tears” and accepted a bad role to pay off his debt
Nicolas Cage’s acting career has long been quiet. The poor quality film projects that Cage accepted to participate in made many fans feel shocked because those projects were not worthy of a highly rated actor like Cage.
In his acting career, Nicolas Cage won the Oscar for Best Male Lead for his role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Cage received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role in the film Adaptation (2002).
Currently, the male actor has paid off all his debts after many years of diligently filming. In the near future, Cage will allow himself to rest (Photo: New York Post).
Cage is also known for films such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). However, the actor also agreed to appear in low-quality film projects, making fans “bewildered”.
Recently, Nicolas Cage officially spoke out about his ups and downs in his acting career. According to the actor, his career began to witness decline after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
“I invested too much in the real estate sector. At that time, this sector was heavily affected by the crisis and became devastated. At one point, I myself suddenly fell into debt. I remember when I owed $6 million,” Cage said.
After falling into debt, Cage accepted almost all the acting offers sent his way. Although the actor clearly knew that there were many films of poor quality right from the script stage, Cage still accepted the offer to act. There were times when Cage accepted to star in several such films a year just to quickly have money to pay off his debts.
At a time when economic pressure weighed heavily on his life, Cage found his life quite dark and gloomy. It is the movies that are considered “bad” that help the actor gradually get out of debt and not have to declare bankruptcy.
“Without a doubt, acting has been the guardian angel of my life. Even though there are films that make me criticized, those films are still valuable to my own life. “, Cage said.
Some movies that made Cage criticized a lot include The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010), Outcast (2014), Left Behind (2014). The actor admitted that his failed investments in real estate caused Cage to lose all his assets, have no savings, and even go into debt. This caused Cage to suddenly be strongly influenced by money problems.
There were times when Cage thought he had hit bottom and had only one option left: to declare bankruptcy, but then the actor decided to continue acting in film projects that were considered low quality.
Cage and his new wife have been married since February 2021 (Photo: New York Post).
However, there comes a point where Cage’s easygoing nature no longer works. Acting invitations are gradually decreasing because Cage’s reputation is no longer what it used to be, and even “instant noodle” film projects no longer invite Cage. At this time, Cage had to find a way to pay off debt, pay taxes and also have to spend a lot of money because his biological mother had mental health problems.
Cage doesn’t want to let his mother go to the hospital for treatment, but quality outpatient treatment services for patients with mental health problems cost Cage up to 20,000 USD/month . . Cage fell into a situation where he didn’t have enough money to spend. After that, the actor had to sell some real estate at a loss to have money to pay the bills.
Looking back at the bad movies he has ever acted in, Cage has a respectful view: “When I did up to 4 movies a year, working continuously without a break between projects, I was always trying to find something meaningful.” It means I can put my best effort into the project I’ve accepted to participate in.”
Nicolas Cage appeared at the airport with his wife and children (Photo: New York Post).
Nicolas Cage was once known as one of the actors who made a lot of money in the film capital of Hollywood. The actor once had a fortune of up to 150 million USD, but then Cage quickly collapsed his entire fortune because of real estate investments and wasteful spending.
From spending millions of dollars on villas that were sold at a loss, to collecting… dinosaur skulls and many other strange items, Cage quickly made his fortune “fly away”. After a period of being in debt and at risk of bankruptcy, it is now estimated that Cage has built up a fortune of about $25 million.
