In a timeline full of weird cultural overlaps, there’s one that keeps on giving, namely: Nicolas Cage getting mistaken for Nick Cave “almost every day.”
Now, let that settle in your brain. One’s a Hollywood madman with a face built for chaos; the other is Australia’s most beloved goth-poet-provocateur. And yet, apparently, the world still can’t tell them apart.
Promoting his new film The Surfer, a psychological beach thriller where Cage does exactly what you’d expect (lose his mind beautifully) — the actor told The Guardian that the mistaken identity thing has become part of his daily routine. “Only one letter separates us,” he quipped. “Nick Cave. Nick Cage. G.”
Fair enough. But still, one can see some overlap there. I mean, same bone structure? Same haunted energy? Same leather-jacket-in-summer energy? Different continents, sure, but on vibes aline? They’re practically parallel universes.
The two Nicks actually have met too. At an animal sanctuary in Texas of all places. Cage said Cave was “very nice,” which, if you’ve followed either man’s career, is both sweet and vaguely unsettling. A little too normal for two icons whose brands lean heavily on the beautifully unhinged.
Cave himself addressed the confusion a couple of years back on his Red Hand Files blog, recalling customs officers praising his work in Face/Off. Can’t blame them. Cave could absolutely play a demented priest with dual identities and a secret vendetta.
The crossover potential is almost too good. Nick Cave scoring a Cage meltdown. Cage doing Cave’s spoken-word bits. A Bad Seeds x National Treasure live collaboration.
While Cage battles beach demons on-screen (and some real life lawsuits), Cave is wrapping a massive North American tour with The Bad Seeds, delivering “Skeleton Tree” live for the first time in years and new cuts from Wild God. Still preaching the gospel of emotional depth while slamming social media as a modern curse. It’s classic Nick Cave.
Two legends. One letter. Infinite confusion. Honestly, I’m here for it.
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