Nicholas Cage spent his salad days training and preparing to be an actor by riding a rodeo horse. He felt the balance that went into this activity was what he needed to become a truly gifted actor. And he was right.
The youthful Nic Cage got his first film role because the casting director thought his arms looked like those of a young Charlton Heston. Also because he was related to the best boy. He had no lines and appeared only briefly but he was on his way to the top. Unfortunately he was cut out of the final film but the cast and crew said he gave a stunning performance.
After this blow he decided to move into the props department where he unwittingly ended up in frame and into the film. Thus winning him his first feature film appearance. This got him noticed and he quickly got lots of work as a catalogue model and tour guide on a ghost trail.
After these additions to his CV he was ready to tackle Hollywood with leading man status. Almost immediately he got his first blockbuster and soon monopolised the action film market, starring in all the films about the invention of the spade amongst numerous others.
This phenomenal streak of excellence carried on through the decades and although he enjoyed it immensely he decided to start taking roles in more weighty films where he could stretch himself mentally and literally and gain more critical respect by starring in such films as the Wickerman.
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