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Memes about the eternally overacting Nicolas Cage amuse people all over the Internet, but the actor himself is made sad. Cage said that he creates each of his crazy images on purpose and carefully thinks through, only the audience does not understand his work. But he aspires to the level of the classics of cinema and Western version kabuki theatre.

Nicolas Cage, known for his many roles in films of the nineties and zero, is dissatisfied with his status as an Internet legend: in his opinion, fans have paid attention to something that is not important to him at all. He spoke about this in an interview with IndieWire. The most memorable shots with his participation are so firmly rooted in Internet culture that it is already difficult to perceive them in isolation from memes, and this does not suit Cage.

A frame from the film "Kiss of the Vampire", which became a meme You don't say

Cage believes that due to the fact that for many viewers he has long become primarily a meme actor, the audience will look for all the same hypertrophied emotions in the new film with his participation - "Mandy" from director Panos Cosmatos. Many viewers felt that the thriller was filmed only in order to give Cage an environment in which his performance would be appropriate - which is why they liked the fact that they were.

With the advent of the Internet, these mashups appeared, where they select some moments and show them without the context of the whole film, it turns out such a meme, one might say. These [cuts] are called "Cage's rage" and they depress me.

In "Mandy" the actor really gives free rein to his desire for artistry, looking like a fit of madness. What is his heart-rending cry “You tore my shirt!”, addressed to one of the opponents, or the scene where the hero of Cage in shorts and with a bottle of vodka in his hand writhes in sobs for several minutes without saying a word. However, according to the artist, this is not at all important in the film.

I'm sure this is very frustrating for Panos, who has created a very lyrical, sincere and poetic work of art, and [on social media] only sees "Cage's fury" in his film. I would like to think that I can continue to work with Panos, but the Internet has done the film a very disservice.

Moments from films that diverge into memes, Cage does not consider replaying at all, although many viewers will not agree with him. According to him, people often evaluate these moments out of context, without looking back at why his characters behave the way they do. At the same time, Cage claims that throughout his career (and he managed to be both a star and an actor from a series of failed films), he specifically chooses heroes with the most unusual behavior. In playing their roles, the actor experiments with his own skills and with different styles games.

I confess honestly. I have sometimes chosen to fulfill my abstract and ontological fantasies about acting in films by playing the roles of people who were crazy, or people on drugs, or supernaturally possessed. This, you could say, gave me the right to reveal the style of German expressionism in my game or the style of Western Kabuki - as you like to call it.

Even to the strip bad movies In the 2010s, Cage constantly played characters who behaved unnaturally - the audience often perceived this as poor acting. But Nicholas assures: he carefully ensured that his characters were so specific. What looks like overacting or bad improvisation is, in his mind, part of an elaborate plan. And he calls some of the strangest roles based on how the classics of cinema worked.

I chose the role of Peter Low [in Kiss of the Vampire], a literary agent who goes crazy and considers himself a Nosferatu, to try out a style of acting like Max Schreck [one of the most famous German actors of the 1920-1930s]. I chose the role of Terence in "Bad Lieutenant", who takes cocaine to use drugs - not literally - and I added something from playing James Cagney [mid-20th century Hollywood star]. There is a reason behind all this. All this is very well thought out and carefully planned.

Classic movie legends in general often inspire Nicholas, judging by his reaction to the words of actor Ethan Hawke. A few years ago, Hawk compared him to the "troubadours of the past" and stated that Cage - the only artist since Marlon Brando, who brought something new to the art of acting. When asked by IndieWire what he thought about it, the actor replied that Hawke's words were very pleasant for him.

Look at James Cagney in "White Heat" when he says, "I'm on top of the world, ma!" Was it realistic? No shit. Was it exciting and believable? Hell yes. It would take a long time to list these ancient troubadours who devoted themselves to such charismatic and grandiose stylization. Such greatness, one might say.

True, from the explanations of the artist it is still not clear what his idea was when he was dressed in Kazakh folk clothes, and in response he made such a suffering face, as if he had just seen a portion of memes about himself.

But no matter how Cage's performance is explained, the audience still loves the actor for his memetic facial expressions. Some even make pillows with his face - however, if such a pillow is not properly handled, she is. And Cage isn't the only actor whose weirdness is making fans love him. Actor and director Tommy Wiseau made the film "Room", which is considered one of the worst in history, but his non-standard behavior the audience liked it so much that now they are happy to watch it.

Nicolas Cage is good Hollywood actor, which in Lately something is removed in any slag. I followed the path of Bruce Willis and takes not quality, but quantity. Very big amount. Which is of very low quality. But let's not talk about sad things, but just analyze one popular meme on the Internet with Nicolas Cage. It’s immediately clear that this meme came from a movie, but from which one?

The photo shows the actor with a sarcastically surprised expression on his face, which seems to be telling you: "Come on!!!".

It is used in cases where it is necessary to show the interlocutor that his statement is so banal and obvious, or so absurd that one wants to say: “What are you talking about.” As a matter of fact, they call this meme with Nicolas Cage "Come on", or, if you use it original name, "You don't say?".

Where does the “Come on” meme with Nicolas Cage come from - from which movie?

So, what movie did the “Come on” meme with Nicolas Cage originate from? In the photo with the meme, an attentive viewer will immediately notice that the film is not very new, and will be absolutely right. The film from which the Come On joke originated is called Kiss of the Vampire, and it came out way back in 1988. It tells about an ordinary employee named Peter, who met the one and only. True, a certain abnormality was then discovered in the relationship, due to the fact that the unique one turned out to be a vampire, as a result of which all the fuss arose. We will not spoil, we suggest you watch this movie better. With the film, the situation seems to have cleared up, we can even specify more precisely where the “Come on” meme with Nicolas Cage began to roam the Internet - this is about the fortieth minute of the film.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage has played in films such as Ghost Rider and National Treasure, but Internet users love him not for this, but for memes with the actor.

The most popular meme with Nicolas Cage "Come on!". Represents the face of an actor with an inimitable expression of amazement. The original sounds like "You don't say?". Sometimes the phrase is translated as "Come on?", sometimes as "Seriously?". Emphasizes the absurdity and inadequacy of the interlocutor's statement, or the banality of the phrase.

The shot with the actor is taken from the 1988 film Kiss of the Vampire. The plot is about a man who thinks he has been bitten by a vampire. At 40 minutes main character scolds the secretary and makes such a facial expression, which will then become a meme.


Later, a variation of the meme appeared in a drawn form, as well as a female copy of Nicholas. Among Russian speakers meme users more commonly used by students.

The most comprehensive meme - "Nicolas Cage is everywhere" came from a blog where a face American actor attached to the most unexpected pictures. The meme site was NicCageasEveryone.blogspot.com. The blog was founded in November 2009. The author of the site believes that this is how he pays tribute to the talent of Nicolas Cage.


Not only filming a movie about vampires, the actor became famous, on September 16, 2011, a rumor spread that Cage was a vampire. Quite a strange statement. But at the heart of it is an 1870 photograph of a man who looks like the star's twin. The examination showed that this is not a photoshop, but a real image. The meme was not as widespread as the previous ones.


Another meme is Nicholas running, shouting “NO BEE”. The frame is taken from the horror movie The Wicker Man. In the film, a detective investigates the crimes of pagans on a remote island. The film failed miserably, and Nicolas Cage overdid it with acting. The first funny moments on YouTube were posted by Enoosti on January 19, 2007. There were over 4 million views. There the meme “ONLY NOT BEES” was born.


There is a rarely used "Nicolas Cage in a Cage" meme based on the consonance of his pseudonym with English word"cell". Basically, the meme was made on the basis of frames from the movie "Wicker Man".

The meme "Your arguments are worthless" came from the footage from the filming of the film "Prophet". The hero of the film says the phrase: "Your arguments are worthless." Later, instead of hair, the actor was painted with an eagle and made a meme.


Most interesting fact about memes with Nicolas Cage - that their hero knows that Internet visitors are laughing at him. And has nothing against it. So he told one of the magazines.

On July 23, actor Nicolas Cage arrived in Kazakhstan for the opening of the Eurasia Film Festival. There Hollywood star dressed up in a fur hat and a national Kazakh costume - chapan, and in this form he was photographed with People's Artist Kazakhstan Aiman ​​Musakhodjaeva. The picture became an occasion for jokes and fotozhabs, like many other appearances of Western celebrities in Russia and the CIS countries.

We have collected six more such examples: with, and Tom Hardy.

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Nicolas Cage

In Astana, Cage performed at the Five Continents Children's Film Festival, and began a welcoming speech in Kazakh. At the request of the host, the actor solemnly planted a tree.

The Oscar and Golden Globe winner said that the directors of the country could make a film about the arrival Hollywood stars to Kazakhstan and it would have been a success at the box office. He also recorded a video message to the residents of Kazakhstan, in which he praised national cuisine, the architecture of Astana and the friendliness of the inhabitants of the city: “I have never met such a warm welcome, although I have been to many places. I will invite everyone I know to Kazakhstan.”

Combination national costume and the confused look of Cage has become a fertile topic for jokes on social networks.

One of the main ideas was this: Cage does not get his passport back until he praises Kazakhstan.

The representative of PornHub in Russia, Dmitry Kolodin, published a redesigned poster for the movie The Martian.

The second reason to practice wit is the fermented milk drink koumiss. Some suggested that Cage ended up in Kazakhstan after drinking too much koumiss, while others simply photoshopped a bottle of drink to the actor’s picture.

Others joked more subtly and put the American on a par with the Kazakh biys.

The American was placed in reality post-Soviet space: with carpets, five-story buildings and street markets.

The actor was replaced by Vladimir Putin in a photoshopped picture from the G-20 summit, which was actively distributed in RuNet in early July.

Not without a ten-year-old meme "Witness from Fryazino".

Popular microblogger Nikita Brovchenko posted a photo of the actor on Repin's painting.

Cage was made the hero of the film "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession" and other Soviet films.

Instead of Ippolit Georgievich in the frame from the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!".

Based on all these photo-toads, someone created a set of stickers with Nicolas Cage for the Telegram messenger.

Keanu Reeves in St. Petersburg

The actor wanted to live in Russia for a couple of months before filming the film "Siberia". For Reeves, this is a rule when preparing for a role: before filming the film "Master of Tai Chi", he spent six months in Hong Kong. People who accidentally see famous actor in St. Petersburg, they began to take pictures of him and post them on social networks.

The actor arrived in Russia a few months after the premiere of the action movie John Wick 2, in which he played the main role.

Kanye West at the exhibition

In November 2016, unexpectedly for many, photos of the American rapper Kanye West, who arrived in Moscow, appeared on social networks. West posed at the exhibition with Russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinsky. It turned out that Rubchinsky would be working on a collection for the Yeezy brand, which is run by the American rapper.

In Moscow, West visited the exhibition of photographer Alexander Rodchenko at the Multimedia Art Museum and went to the Public Bar.

In the summer of 2016, photos from the meeting between actor Steven Seagal and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko appeared on the Internet. Seagal came to the country to meet with representatives of the Belarusian IT company Wargaming, which created game World of tanks.

At the same time, the action hero of the 1990s visited country house Lukashenka also ate vegetables from his garden, which caused a lot of jokes like “Lukashenko treated Seagal with his carrots.”

And in 2013, Steven Seagal came to Chechnya and danced a lezginka there.

Jared Leto in Perm

In 2015, the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, in which actor Jared Leto plays, went on a tour of Russia. The appearance of the Oscar winner in the market of Perm caused a stir in social networks.