Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent: How Much Of Nick Cage's Life Is True?
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent stars Nicolas Cage as Nick Cage, but how much of the actor’s life is true and featured in the film? Directed by Tom Gormican from a screenplay by him and Kevin Etten, the film seems to blur the lines between reality and fiction by having the actor play a version of himself. When it comes to certain aspects of Cage’s life and film career, however, here is what the movie gets right and what is exaggerated for the sake of drama.
In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Pedro Pascal’s Javi encourages Nick Cage to take the wheel after they take LSD because he did his own stunts for Gone in 60 Seconds. In another scene, Javi says he knows Nick can run really fast because he did it while filming National Treasure, though Nick initially refutes this. These two behind-the-scenes tidbits are actually true. Cage, the real-life actor, did do his own driving and running stunts on each respective film. For Gone in 60 Seconds, the actor revealed he went to a high-performance driving school where he learned how to do 360s and more with a car. For National Treasure, there is a video that was filmed on location showcasing Cage running on set, the camera following his movements.
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When it comes to Cage’s personal life offscreen, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent couldn’t be farther from the truth. In the film, Nick Cage has an ex-wife, Olivia, and a teenage daughter, Addy. The fictional iteration of the actor spends a lot of time focused on himself and Cage's film career and love of movies is greater than his desire for a genuine connection
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