Nicolas Cage on the ‘deeply humbling experience’ of sending up his public image

Nicolas Cage has said it was a “deeply humbling experience” to send up his outsize public persona by playing a version of himself in his new film (Ian West/PA)

Nicolas Cage said it was a “deeply humbling experience” to send up his outsize public persona by playing a version of himself in his new film.

The Oscar-winning actor, 58, best known for roles in Leaving Las Vegas, National Treasure, Raising Arizona, Adaptation, Face/Off and Con Air, stars in The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, playing a version of himself unfulfilled by his career and facing financial ruin while distanced from his teenage daughter, who thinks he is a self-involved narcissist.