An in-depth look at one of the film industry\'s most audacious working actors In 1982, a gangly teenager named Nicolas Coppola made his film debut and changed his name to Nicolas Cage, determined to distance himself from his famous family.
Here is the origin story of an actor who truly is wild at heart and weird on top..
No other modern actor has explored such profound creative extremes while bending the boundaries of good taste.
Brimming with previously untold stories and insights, How Coppola Became Cage both revels in and demystifies Cage\'s onscreen eccentricities.
These were all crucial ingredients in the creation of a singular acting style that rejects the limits of realism.
Drawing on more than 70 new interviews with Cage\'s key collaborators--including David Lynch, Martha Coolidge, John Patrick Shanley, and Mike Figgis-- How Coppola Became Cage offers a revealing portrait of Cage\'s wildly intense devotion to his performances behind the scenes and his creative self-discovery as he drew on influences as far-flung as silent cinema and German Expressionism.
Author Zach Schonfeld traces Cage\'s rise through the world of independent cinema and chronicles the stories behind his career-making early performances, from the method masochism of Birdy to the operatic torment of Moonstruck and abrasive expressionism of Vampire\'s Kiss , culminating with the astonishing pathos of Leaving Las Vegas .
How Coppola Became Cage takes readers behind the scenes of the beloved cult movies that transformed this unknown actor into an eccentric and uncompromising screen icon with a wild-eyed gift for portraying weirdos, outsiders, criminals-and even a romantic capable of seducing Cher.
Once he achieved stardom as the rebel hunk of 1983\'s Valley Girl , Cage began a career defined by unorthodox risks and left turns that put him at odds with the stars of the Brat Pack era.
An in-depth look at one of the film industry\'s most audacious working actors In 1982, a gangly teenager named Nicolas Coppola made his film debut and changed his name to Nicolas Cage, determined to distance himself from his famous family
