Nicolas Cage stopped by today to say hello to the Ghost Rider crew. He was filming in the area today and so swung by afterwards and watched a few sequences of the movie with us. His wife was with him and he talked a bit about loving what we were doing with the effects. Then I shot the crew photo with him. Of course I DIDN’T GET TO BE IN IT because I was too busy shooting it. Damnit, sometimes I hate being “the photographer”. Ha! Then it got all rushed for time and.. oh well.

Back in 1987 or so also I met him when he was trying to get his film “Vampire’s Kiss” a distribution deal. He screened it at my college where his father August Coppola was the Dean of Creative Arts. It had been finished for awhile but not released, and it sat on the shelf for another year or two before MGM gave it a go. I remember him getting asked about the cockroach scene a lot. It’s funny to separate the actor from the crazy roles he’s done. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Valley Girl, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, Birdy, Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstuck, RAISING ARIZONA!, Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off, Adaptation, etc. He’s cool, in that kinda crazy way.