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So I was there for two and a half years. It was great. It was during the pandemic. I lived next to Nicholas Cage, which was cool. Caratops, actually the one that reintroduced me to him. So, and I had known Nicholas Cage because we went to the same high school from back in the day.
So, when we connected, it was fucking, it was weird because I'm like, you, huge fan. Yeah. I mean, he's been doing it for 40 years. And his movies are, you know, it's one of the best actors. So when I'm, he'll hit me up. He'll be like, yo, come out. Let's go. And then he'll like text me and he'll be in his $500,000 Ferrari.
I'm like, where are we going? He's gonna get some sushi. So we'll go get sushi. And then we'll drive down Las Vegas Boulevard. I'm like, dude, you don't need, he's got eight cars. I'm like, you don't need this. He goes, yeah, but it's badass. That's his answer to it. It's badass. I'm like, all right. He's correct. It's true. And his house is awesome. Yeah, but you're like, you're a little more sensible. Okay. Yeah. What are you doing, Nick? Yeah. Slow down. He's trying to be Nick Cage. Yeah, he is. He's doing it. He loves it. And his house is cool and he's great.
Very, very, but he doesn't, you know, he's not on social media. We signed an NDA. He made me sign an NDA that I can't like put any videos or photos anywhere. No, I'm just kidding. He didn't sign it. But I'm just saying, but he, but the one of the first conversations with him is when I came over to his house, he's like, he's like, come over. You're my neighbor. I don't know where, right? So I come over. We start having a nice glass of wine. And he says, I'm not doing your podcast. I'm like, I didn't ask you to fuck up beyond the podcast. I'm just here, what's up? And he goes, just one thing promised me, he goes, don't ever post any pictures or videos of us together because I want to be private. I'm like, cool. And ever since then, it's been, it's been cool. Yeah. That's cool.
But I do have a lot of photos and videos of his, of his penis and the whole skin. No, but he is funny, dude. I'm sure he is. Yeah. He seems like a real character. And it's so fun that he changed his last name because he was connected to France for Coppola, right? Because of his nephew, is that what it is? Yeah, no, what he said, what Nick said is when he first started acting, he was on the set of, I think it was fast times that Rich Mont-Hai.
He is with, I think it was Sean Penn. And there was different, different actors. And they go, oh, you're just here because your uncle is Francis Fort Coppola. So he didn't want to be known as that. So he didn't want to be known as that. So he wanted his own identity. And it worked. You know, because America or the world, they don't think like, oh, that's Francis Fort Coppola's nephew, you know, because his father was Francis Fort Coppola's brother. Right. That was the 60 minutes thing, right? Yeah. I'm talking about it in there. The 60 minutes things was fun. It was very fun. But that's what a great move, too, and name yourself after a fucking superhero. Yeah. Nick Cage. It's awesome. Yeah. And he's been in so many fun movies, man. Yeah. I mean, that guy was in what's the Arizona movie? Raising Arizona. Raising Arizona. Yeah.
I mean, Moon struck and leaving Las Vegas. But raising Arizona was fucking amazing. So many, so many fucking great movies. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he's a good dude. We hang out at this sushi bar in Vegas on Sahara. It's pretty good. Wow. And we just, you know, he's just, you know, he's very sensitive as you can imagine, but he's a sweetheart. I'm sure. I would expect nothing to do.
Yeah. He's smart of him staying off social media, dude. Yeah. You don't need it, buddy. Yeah. It's not his thing. You don't need it anyway. You're a Nickless Cage. And he goes from, he goes from one movie to the next movie to the next movie, and he loves acting. Dude, how about leaving Las Vegas? Yeah. Remember that movie? Hell yeah. Holy shit. Yeah. That movie was heavy. Yeah. Heavy. Woo. Did you see pig?
No. That's his favorite movie that he did. Really? You got to watch pig. It's fucking great. It's really good. Yeah. Yeah, it's fucking great. That and guest house, my movie guest house. Watch mine stone. Yeah, look at him right there. What is pig about? Someone steals his, someone steals his truffle pig. Oh, no. Yeah. And he's not happy about it. Oh, he looks wild as fuck. Yeah. Look at him. Where is he supposed to be living? I think it's in Portland in the woods. Oh, wow. Yeah, no shit. Yeah, he's such a sweetheart. He's such a great guy and such a, you know, I'm very, you know, happy that I got to connect with him.
Who has my pig? Is this an action movie? Does he fuck people up? It's like a drama movie. Is there like John Wick with pigs? Not quite. Not quite. But close.