Nicolas Cage Defaults on $2 Million Loan

I guess he'll be rooming with Wesley Snipes soon

Yeah... Wesley will move right into his bum.

Hell Nic might as well move in Wesley's hole. By now there's gotta be room for two or three

maybe he'll change his name back to Coppola and uncle Francis will help

6.3 million... that's probably the cost of that giant rock he gave Lisa Marie Presley. I bet he feels like a fool now.
Hang in there Cage. There's a sofa on my front porch if you ever need a place to crash.

dam,how much do they pay him? for being a veteran actor,you'd think he'd get paid so much that $2 million would be a joke to him.seems like a bad time for him to turn down that villain role in green hornet.

hey cage, i know the "economy is falling" but what the hell are you at? you have ten thousand times more money than all the people on this site, what's the problem?! faggot.

btw. taxes are BS, so dont pay it. its just another way for the GVNMT to take your hard earnings. thats the way she goes.

@Syman - '...have ten thousand times more money than all the people on this site' - speak for yourself poor boy.

Cage's salary (in the same year actually) can range from $2mil - $20mil.

• National Treasure (2004): $20 million
• Adaptation. (2002): $2,000,000
• Windtalkers (2002): $20,000,000
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001): $7,000,000
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000): $20,000,000
• Bringing Out the Dead (1999): $1,000,000
• Snake Eyes (1998): $16,000,000
• Face/Off (1997): $6,000,000
• The Rock (1996): $4,000,000
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995): $240,000
• Vampire's Kiss (1988): $40,000
• Valley Girl (1983): $5,000.00

And these people have a LOT of support staff to pay, taxes... and Nick bought TONS of real estate, and the market has gone soft.

Syman - go back to yammering about Beckinsale and using the word 'faggot' on each of your posts (clearly you're a closet homo pathetically trying to deflect that obvious fact). Nick's (and my) finances are a lot over your head.

Don't get me wrong Mr Ranger. They are always on my mind. But the fact is that Cage is running into the ground yet he has the talent to say otherwise. I'm just waiting for him to take up a role that is NOT ghost-rider 2. I want to see something... breath-taking?! That's all I'm saying. I don't want Cage to do a 1408 and up with a sad 2012... that's all.

Or actually is it the other way around? 1408 was BAD. I could piss on myself in the mirror, lick the shit out of it, and sleep, and it's still better than 1408. 1409 maybe?... Sad...

Hey Syman... thx. for the pleasant reply. OK, I get your comment(s). Nice does have the talent. But so many wonder WHY these actors pick certain roles, when it's more of a case of they taking what is OFFERED to them. If Nick wanted more control of his career, he should produce (which may be a reason he's selling off everything). Also people don't realize, that the 'take home' pay isn't even close to their pay checks that keep getting published publicly. So these actors don't have the control over the power in Hollywood... they still work for others.

Nice = Nick.

Yeah i saw the mistype. But at the same time I just realized that 1408 had amazing reviews, well a 78% at Tomatoes (screw them). Its off-topic but at the same time, how is that a good movie?! Just wondering what your opinion is on that movie.

I haven't seen that movie Syman.

Again, passionate actors just like to work. And not only is being in debt a great motivator (Nick has accepted more projects this year than ever before), but it does show (on he taking on Ghost Rider 2) that everybody has their price. Nick is taking the jobs for the cash... not for his career. And you have a good point... re: awaiting for he to take on something breath-taking... it's another testament that Hollywood doesn't have that much to offer (in the way of great roles).

OK. I just REALLY want to see Nick take something that seriously takes my mind off the plate. Kinda like Bold BBQ doritos, or French cheese (never heard of it).

I agree. I think the man has game. I've like HIM in most of his movies (even if I didn't like the movie that much). And to be honest... I do exactly the same thing in his position. $2 - $20mil for 4 to 5 (after the media junket to promote your movie) months is good cash. I'd take the cash too that they're offering even if it was a bit of a blemish on the resume. Worst thing an actor can do over doing mediocre movies is not to be working at all.

@Ranger. At the same time, I have to wonder, they hire him knowing he just wants money? That makes me laugh.

Yep... Hollywood is one of the sleaziest Industries going. Everyone is whoring themselves out. But, Nick's name on the Marque still sells tickets over a no-name. And as long as everyone is being paid well... no harm. I think 'pride' takes backseat to money a lot of the time.

Syman... I see you're new(ish) to this site. Sorry for dropping the hammer on your earlier. You're a good guy. I just read you swinging in here with some sweeping statements... and you're certainly entitled to them. It'll be nice to see your posts here and there.

I've been here for a while, just haven't thrown in my comments. It's hard not to, after a while.

lol... I'll bet. There have been some pretty entertaining debates on here.

Isn't there a National Treasure 3 in the works? If he can stay out of jail long enough..that movie will pay all those bills and more. Call me a sucker, but I am a fan of those film haha.

Umm NT3 is as entertaining as any chick flick with a sequel goes. It came from nowhere, you smile because why the hell would you do it, and then it went on. Pointless, won't gross the budget, and honestly, won't catch anyone's attention. As much as I hate it, it's like saying Lindsay Lohan's cunt was coming back. Who gives a flying fuck?

I'm not saying its a masterpiece. What I am saying is that the general population of movie-goers will enjoy that movie because it will have something to do with tying US history with Atlantis or something of that sort. It doesn't have to be an amazing movie. He will probably make a decent amount of money from it and thus should be able to work him out of his financial troubles. Sure, they're entertaining but would I rate them as my favorite films of all time? Of course not. What they will do, is pay the bills.

The way this is all going, Snipes is going to have him some choice Nic Cage ass to trade for a carton of Pall Malls down on the B wing of Celebrity Prison.

"He will probably make a decent amount of money from it and thus should be able to work him out of his financial troubles. "

At this point, Cage should be living in a box on set, funneling *all* his earnings into the hole of a life other people would call 'extravagant debt', just to stay afloat.

@mink

Maybe someone else has addressed it, but don't movie actors have accountants that are responsible to take care of their bills?

lol. With all this Cage jail talk I cant help but think of the scene from Raising Arizona with Cage, Goodman, Forsythe, and the black dude that "got the menstrual cramps REAL HARD".

It is kind of sad to see Cage so broke. This definitely accounts for his lack of discretion between roles and the seemingly endless pile of crap he's been stacking for the last 10 years. Still, its pretty cool that, for once, Hollywood hasn't booted one of its true sons to the curb in his greatest time of need. Its amazing that all of his film still get theatrical release and up and coming directors still want him in their movies. I hope he bounces back, the good ones always do.

Here's a thought. Go the Bruce Willis route. Shave Nic's head, lose the "average guy" act, and just start playing a hard ass. Cage was great in Kiss of Death playin a tough guy and everyone loves a badass. With the rebirth of the Manly movie genre kickin off, it might be a good way for Cage to get back in the game.

Not sure if someone else said it, but Nick should have stuck with Green Hornet.

what a fuckin idiot.

I'm not so sure he's actually broke. I read that there was a good portion that he's contesting. He wrote off quite alot in business expenses which they argue were personal expenses.
He's probably writing the checks as we speak. The guy has the cheddar.

I think he's just trying to leave the country, didnt he sell more homes then he should of? I'm sure he met what IRS claimed with all the estate(s) he sold.

@The Ripper - not if his equity positions in that real estate was bare minimum. If he got in with low downs, he may have to sell off $50mil worth just to pay off most of the $6mil he owes the IRS. Plus most/all the places have probably gone down in price since he bought them... so re-financing (at any reasonable) is out of the question (more so if he had such low/no equity).

@rabid - you're right. I don't think Nick is 'broke-broke' - just not as liquid as he'd like to be.

@Mink - nice to see you back.

@mdp - accountants are like mechanics. Sometimes you get a bad one, or sometimes they only follow the instructions of the client and have no say in the matter. No... this is all Nick's fault. He signed on the dotted line (unless he gave his Accountant authority to do so).

Zombieland is the official top winner this weekend. But it didn't make as much as one might think. I loved it though...silly and I had a great time with my popcorn and little wines I sneak in.

Oh, and by the way, while I scrounge for the little extra spending money I can come up with, I have no sympathy for Nick or any other actor that can't manage millions. Sorry, I just don't give a shit.

@mdp - you're right. No one should feel sorry for him.

Nice to read your review on Zombieland. I'll take it in when it goes to DVD. I'll bet Woody's dry sense of humor was the topper.

@Ranger...

I had a blast and you know what, to each his own. You'll enjoy it, I think.

The trailers look good.

I never did understand celebrities who couldn't pay taxes. But then again, there's M.C. Hammer. Good God. Nic Cage is going to end up like M.C. Hammer. Paging John Woo and Michael Bay STAT!! NIC CAGE NEEDS YOUUUUUU!

There's a few now: MC Hammer, Xzibit, Snipes, Cage... who else?

get off his back who really cares, its his personal life

this is all a lie made by nic cage to make more bad movies with bad hair...