Nicolas Cage was never paid for film that won him an Oscar: director

The movie raked in $32 million globally -- however neither Nicholas Cage or director Mike Figgis acquired a penny from it.
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It seems a shiny new Oscar is the one factor Nicolas Cage gained after engaged on the 1995 movie “Leaving Las Vegas.”

Regardless of rising victorious within the Greatest Actor class, Cage — actual identify Nicolas Coppola — truly didn’t receives a commission for being the lead actor within the movie.

Showing on The Hollywood Reporter’s It Occurred in Hollywood podcast, “Leaving Las Vegas” writer-director Mike Figgis revealed that he, in addition to Cage, didn’t see a lot as a cent hit their financial institution accounts after the movie.

“Nicolas and I by no means acquired paid,” Figgis mentioned.

Figgis claims he was due $100,000 for his directing price, which he by no means acquired.

“They mentioned the movie by no means went into revenue,” he mentioned of the now-defunct Lumiere Photos, which financed the $4 million movie.

Nicholas Cage mentioned the one factor he was awarded for after engaged on the movie “Leaving Las Vegas” was the Oscar.

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The movie, tailored from the 1990 John O’Brien novel of the identical identify, follows Cage’s character Ben Sanderson, a Los Angeles screenwriter who strikes to Las Vegas and endures a grueling battle with alcoholism

It raked in $32 million globally, in keeping with Field Workplace Mojo. The movie was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, together with greatest director, best-adapted screenplay, greatest actress for Elisabeth Shue, and greatest actor for Cage, which he received.

Figgis isn’t dwelling over the dearth of compensation over 27 years later.

Mike Figgis claims he was due $100,000 for his directing price, which he by no means acquired.

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“No matter,” he mentioned. “I imply, my profession then took off once more, and the following movie I did, I acquired rather well paid. And inside a 12 months (Nic) was incomes $20 million a movie, in order that was fairly good.”

The movie served as a monumental turning level in Cage’s profession, quickly after which he landed roles in “The Rock,” “Con Air,” and “Nationwide Treasure.”

He quickly turned the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, nevertheless it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the enjoyable was over, and he was left owing a whopping $14 million to the IRS, and tens of millions extra to different collectors, in keeping with a March profile in GQ.