Nicolas Cage - Top 10 Fun Facts - as part of the celebrities series by GeoBeats.

10 – Cage helped Johnny Depp land his first acting gig. [imdb.com]
9 – He is an avid collector of comic books. [imdb.com]
8 – It took 3 takes for him to finally eat the cockroach for his role in ‘Vampire's Kiss’. [imdb.com]
7 – He practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. [imdb.com]
6 – His stage name, ‘Cage’ was inspired from a comic book character named ‘Luke Cage’. [imdb.com]
5 – In ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, Cage played Helen’s Hunt's dad, although he is younger than her in real life. [imdb.com]
4 – Cage obtained a Lamborghini that once belonged to the former Shah of Iran. [imdb.com]
3 – His real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. [imdb.com]
2 – Cage loves castles so much, he bought 1 in Hollywood and 1 in England. [tv.com]
1 – He confessed to purchasing a pet octopus, stating different living things help with his acting. [comcast.net]