Nicolas Cage Reacts To Ethan Hawke's Praise Of His Acting

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Nicolas Cage responds to Ethan Hawke's praise and humbly brushes his compliment aside. Cage is well known for his prolific career and expressive style of acting which has also made him the face of countless memes. With a film career spanning four decades,the actor is well known for his roles in action thrillers like Con Air and Face/Off, and even managed to snag an Oscar for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. On the opposite end of the spectrum, his ability to become a meme is due to his more eccentric films such as his starring role in the 2006 remake of the horror film The Wicker Man. Recently, he garnered critical attention for his role in the poignant film Pig,where he continued to demonstrate his wide range of acting abilities despite being snubbed by the Academy Awards for a nomination. His newest action-comedy, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, comes out at the end of this month and will serve as an homage to many of Cage's most iconic and memorable roles.

Marlon Brando is another actor who was well known for his inspired approach to acting and is considered by many to be one of the best actors of the 20th century, if not one of the best actors to ever grace the silver screen. One of his most influential roles was as mafia patriarch Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film The Godfather. Brando won an Oscar for his performance but declined the award to draw attention to Hollywood's inaccurate portrayal of Native Americans in film. Ironically, Nicolas Cage is related to the legendary director of the Godfather trilogy, but changed his name early into his career to avoid accusations of nepotism. Back in 2013, Hawke originally made his appreciation of Cage's acting clear with a comment about how Cage