8. Nic Cage Is A Vampire Who Has Lived Almost 150 Years
Nic Cage has had his fair share of insane rumours, yet he rarely goes out of his way to dispel them. He is definitely one of the most idiosyncratic actors working in the world today and the most interesting story about the mad cap actor is that he is far beyond human reach and is actually nothing but a modern day vampire. The rumour itself surfaced many moons ago, whilst filming Vampires Kiss, Cage ate a live cockroach and supposedly drank blood to get into character. Yet speculation was set alight when a man set upon eBay with a photograph of a man from 1870, who has a striking resemblance to Cage. The listing was up for a million dollars, with its author claiming 'I believe it is him (Cage) and that he is some sort of walking dead/vampire who reinvents himself every 70 years or so. 150 years from now, he might be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host.' - Tell your kids to tell their Grandchildren - you heard it here first.
True? Of course it isn't! Cage dispelled the myth on the David Letterman show when he was presented with the photograph February this year. Cage stated that 'There is a resemblance, but, how can I be polite about this, it is a slowed down version of me' implying that the man on question wasn't nearly as good looking as him. The photo never sold and vanished from eBay as quickly as it arrived, maybe Cage got in his bedroom at night, or maybe the seller had a moment of complete clarity about his mad assumption.