- Nicolas Cage says he has legally changed his name from Nicolas Kim Coppola.
- The 62-year-old actor, nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola , dropped his family name early in his career to forge his own identity.
- He confirmed to Variety that the legal name change occurred last year, saying he is now “Nick Cage in life” and “Nick Cage on camera”.
- Cage explained his decision was to be the “patriarch of my own little family” rather than a “clown cousin on the margins of someone else’s”.
- The actor said his chosen surname “Cage” was inspired by comic book hero Luke Cage and composer John Cage.
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