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Happy birthday,Nicolas Cage!
TheFace/Offactor turns 59 on Saturday, after a year in movies that saw Cage star in films likeThe Unbearable Weight of Massive TalentandButcher’s Crossing.
Cage, who along with his wife Rikowelcomed daughter August Francesca Coppola Cagein September 2022, has a plenty busy year ahead of him. His first-ever Western film,The Old Way, released in theaters on Friday and the actor has geared up to take on iconic vampire character Dracula in theupcoming “modern monster tale"Renfieldalongside costar Nicholas Hoult, due in theaters April 14.
All told, the hard-working actor has six upcoming projects in various stages of development, including three movies scheduled for 2024 releases, according toIMDb.
As Cage fans celebrate the prolific actor’s 59th birthday, it’s time to take a look back at his wildest purchases over the years — a series of financial decisions that led to his 2009 lawsuit againsthis former managerfor $20 million for sending him “down a path toward financial ruin,” per Reuters.
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Here’s what Cagespent his mega millions on:
A Vintage Superman Comic
A Lamborghini Miura SVJ
Also in 1997, the Oscar winner bought this 1971 luxury sports car from the late Shah of Iran for $446,820. It was themost expensive car soldin an auction that year in Europe.
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Two Islands in the Bahamas
In 2006,Cage purchasedmore than 40 acres of private island living that had been on the market for $3 million. To go with the island, he also had four luxury yachts totaling $20 million, including one named Sarita that had a jacuzzi, a gym and slept 12 guests.
A Rare Tarbosaurus Head
Cage, a self-proclaimed history buff, outbidLeonardo DiCaprioin 2007 for a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skull that cost him $276,000. The artifact turned out to be stolen though and in 2015, theWeather Manstar had to return it to the Mongolian government.
Two Snakes and a Pet Octopus
15 Homes Across the World
PerCNBC, Cage once owned 15 residences, including a $15.7 million countryside home in Newport, Rhode Island, a $25 million waterfront residence in Newport Beach, the LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans, which he bought in 2007 for $3.4 million and is known as one of the most haunted houses in America. New Orleans also houses a nine-foot-tall burial tomb that he bought in 2010.
Over in Europe, Cage purchased two castles, one for $2.3 million and another for $10 million.
source: people.com
