Nicolas Cage: This role did not bring him a dollar, but he received an Oscar!

Known for his roles in many B-movies as well as successful action blockbusters, Nicolas Cage began his career in the service of many arthouse films.

And so in 1996, after playing in Arizona Dream by the Coen brothers, Birdy by Alan Parker or Sailor and Lula by David Lynch, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in Mike Figgis’s Las Vegas Leaving.

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In this disappointing drama, he played the character of Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic and depressed screenwriter who decides to go to Las Vegas and drink himself there.

However, even if Nicolas Cage’s interpretation earned him recognition from the profession, his role in the film did not bring him a cent! Indeed, as director Mike Figgis recently said on a podcast It happened in Hollywood from The Hollywood ReporterThe $100,000 salary he was originally promised was never paid by the Lumiere Pictures production.

1 Oscar, but not a dollar!

“They said the film didn’t make a profit.”– said the film director, who was not even paid a salary.

“Nevertheless, then my career took off again, and I paid very well in the next film. And within a year, Nicholas Won $20 million, so that was pretty good. “

Since he starred in the film Leaving Las Vegas and won an Oscar, Nicolas Cage has actually appeared in many bigger budget action blockbusters such as Rock, Hell’s Wings and Flip/Face.

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