Nicolas Cage, star of so many, many memes, is still surprised to learn about “Caging”
Cage recently called a fan who’s been Caging the city of Austin during SXSW, too
The internet’s love of Nicolas Cage memes is profound enough that even a famous actor who spends his days talking to his pet crow, hanging out with king cobras, and eating mushrooms with his cat can’t avoid them. They are everywhere. The memes are, for better or (more likely) worse, as much a reason for Cage’s current level of fame as his acting.
And yet, despite this kind of saturation, Cage can still be surprised by the extent to which people gain joy from making jokes based on him, as was the case when he was introduced to the practice of putting up photos of the actor on other people’s stuff to surprise them: A prank called “Caging.”
During an interview with Variety to promote The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, a movie where Nic Cage plays a fictionalized “Nick Cage” that makes even the man himself uncomfortable, castmate Lily Mo Sheen explains that she used to practice Caging in middle school. Sheen would tape up photos of Cage on lockers, which she clarifies she did out of admiration for the actor (excuse us: thespian). When director Tom Gormican asks what it would be like “to Cage Cage,” Sheen says it would “be an honor.”