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r/onetruegod • u/zzzzaaaacccchhh • Oct 10 '25
Live! I spent four years writing a book about Nicolas Cage. AMA!

Hello Reddit! This is Zach Schonfeld. I'm a freelance writer and reporter, regular Pitchfork/Stereogum contributor, and the author of "How Coppola Became Cage," the first reported biography of Nicolas Cage. After a lifetime of fandom, I spent about four years obsessively researching all things Cage, and this book is the result. It was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
The book chronicles Cage's early years and rise to fame in the 1980s and early 1990s. I worked on this book for four long years and interviewed more than 100 people, including a range of notable filmmakers and actors who worked with Cage on beloved films like Valley Girl, Birdy, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Raising Arizona, Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas, and many others. It is a deep, deep dive into Cage's origin story. For this book, I investigated Cage's early years, tracked down his high school friends, interviewed everyone from David Lynch to Amy Heckerling to Bridget Fonda, tracked down some of Cage's high school friends, watched a ton of obscure Cage movies, attempted to read Cage's father's erotic novel, and gradually lost my mind.
Empire Magazine described the book as "a rollicking, entertaining and impressively probing journey through the embryonic years of a unique artistic force of nature." I am fairly proud of it.
Anyway, I will be doing an AMA right here starting at 12 p.m. EST on Friday, October 10. You can post your questions before then. Ask away.
r/onetruegod • u/lionsgate • Apr 29 '22
hi r/onetruegod, here is my favorite deleted scene from MASSIVE TALENT. you're the first to see it.
r/onetruegod • u/BuckTonka1988 • 8d ago
Anyone else gonna be at NYCC to see the man himself?
I was thinking of what I could bring to possibly get signed and realized I've had this in my bar the whole time.
r/onetruegod • u/GeoTheDude • 8d ago
Did you guys play the Nic Cage content in Call of Duty?
r/onetruegod • u/papadinsky • 9d ago
We are doing it
The whole cinematography from front to back. For the next ~ 1.5 years, this is the only thing we're watching. May the Lord have mercy.
Follow our progress and reviews here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lQrPauE52zuasdZboxLFuRa-2hUs8ZYuj-6t8GWVAgk/edit?usp=sharing (best viewed on desktop).
Currently entering the 90s. We have a long way to go.
So far it's been better than couples therapy.
r/onetruegod • u/CemeteryPicnic • 11d ago
Between Worlds 2018
Joe Majors may be one of Nic’s finest gifts to us.
r/onetruegod • u/juuzo_suzuya_ • 12d ago
Just watched Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance in 3D, loved it
I rrally don't get the hate for this one, it's one of the best comic book adaptation ive ever seen it has SO MANY good ideas to adapt the rider in live action, the action sequences are FANTASTIC nic cage is INSANE and the 3d is one of the best 3d experiences ive ever had ever. Must watch for adepts of the Cage
r/onetruegod • u/DudeWithNoKids • 14d ago
My Collection
My Cage movie selection, along with some art displayed in my media closet.
r/onetruegod • u/AdMaleficent1234 • 14d ago
My collection so far
Started my collection in December. I currently have national treasure 1 & 2, red rock west, 8mm, and the rock on the way. What should I get next?
r/onetruegod • u/HovercraftSecure6543 • 15d ago
I think it should be here. Spoiler
galleryr/onetruegod • u/ropony • 14d ago
How come Nicholas Cage was in so many movies back in the days when he’s not even that great of an actor?
time to put the bunny back in the box
r/onetruegod • u/AlivePassenger3859 • 21d ago
Cage Match
All the Cage incarnations are assembled. All of them.
I mean Stanly Goodspeed, Red Miller, Grug, Terence McDonagh, Castor Troy, but also more obscure ones like Zoc and Hank Forrester.
They are all put in a hunger games situation. Its in a heavily wooded area that none of them have been in. A variety of waepons in the middle, grab and run. Last Cage standing wins.
For fairness reasons, Ghost Rider can’t access his supernatural powers. And no Superman.
Scenario one: five minutes beforehand the situation is explained to them, then they are warped in. Who wins?
Scenario two: they have one week of “networking” and planning time. During this time, they don’t have access to the arena, but any Cage can contact any other Cage to try to persuade, cut deals, negotiate etc. In other words there is a social/charisma level to this one. Who wins?
Again, ANY role Cage ever played in a movie is here. Even Al Columbato from Birdy. Except no Superman.
Top three?
For reference: https://affotd.com/2020/07/11/nicolas-cages-characters-ranked/
r/onetruegod • u/fake_fakington • 22d ago
The God up in this piece
My latest metal poster for my pop media corner
r/onetruegod • u/ReelReviewsWithJen • 22d ago
MANDY (2018) MOVIE REACTION VIDEO AND REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
r/onetruegod • u/AlivePassenger3859 • 24d ago
Rank the Holy Trinity.
The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air. Are they rankable? Is it sacrilegious to even suggest so?
r/onetruegod • u/Hot-Calligrapher8440 • 25d ago


