Once upon a time, Nicholas Cage was a respected actor in Hollywood. In 1996 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. He comes from a movie family, he is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire and is cousins with both Roman and Sophia Coppola as well as Jason Schwartzman. Unfortunately for Cage, financial problems as a result of his unchecked spending habits has caused him to accept what seems like every role he's asked to do. This, coupled with some bizarre acting choices, has caused Mr. Cage to be regarded as one of the worst actors in Hollywood. I disagree with this. I firmly believe that the man can act. If you don't believe me I encourage you to check out his work in films like Bad Lieutenant, Kick-Ass, and Adaptation (for which he was nominated for Best Actor in 2003). The fact remains however, that Nicholas Cage is in a lot of terrible movies, and I believe this trend can be traced to it's origin in the 2006 remake of the 1973 horror movie, The Wicker Man.
