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Nicolas Cage recently had a near-death experience.
While filming for his latest role in « The Surfer, » the 61-year-old actor revealed he « got pounded to smithereens » while practicing his surfing skills: a stunt, he said, that could’ve killed him.
« I have surfed, but every time I’ve attempted surfing, I’ve been pounded to smithereens, » Cage, who plays a businessman who returns to Australia in hopes of buying his childhood beach house, told Entertainment Weekly. « I surfed down on Sunset Beach. When I was trying to learn, my teacher gave me a short board. I said, ‘Look, I want a long board.' »
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Nicolas Cage revealed he « got pounded to smithereens » while practicing his surfing skills for his latest role in « The Surfer. » (Getty Images)
« I just got pounded and literally got stuck in the rip tide, and they said they saw my board, they call it ‘tombstone,’ like that triangle top, » he continued, describing a situation in which the tip of his board stuck out of the water.
« I’m climbing up the leash as I’m somersaulting, and I could have died, » he continued. « Now I have a young kid, I don’t know if I want to do it anymore. »
Not long ago, Cage, whose impressive career spans over four decades, expressed his desire to possibly retire.
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Cage revealed he « could have died » while surfing. (Eric Charbonneau/Roadside Attractions via Getty Images)
« I feel that I’ve, at this point, after 45 years of doing this, that in over 100 movies, I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema. And I’d like to leave on a high note and say adios, » Cage told Uproxx in 2023.
« I think I have to do maybe three or four more movies before I can get there and then hopefully switch formats and go into some other way of expressing my acting. »
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Cage considered retirement in 2023. (JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
« I would’ve liked to have left on a high note, like ‘Dream Scenario.’ But I have other contracts that I have to fulfill, so we’ll see what happens, » he continued. « I am going to be very severe and very [stringent] on the selection process moving forward. But for me to do another movie, I do want to explore other formats. »
His end goal?
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« The goal is to retire, surf, drink red wine and eat spaghetti, » he told EW.
