Princewill Pius
Known for his “Nic Cage Freakout” approach in flicks such as Mandy and Vampire’s Kiss, Nicolas Cage’s romantic life is just as unexpected. The actor has been married a total of four times — first to Patricia Arquette, followed by Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley, then waitress Alice Kim, then make-up artist Erika Koike.
According to a crazy retelling by Paper of Cage’s union with Arquette (via a 1995 Rolling Stone feature), he proposed to the Boyhood starlet the moment he met her in an L.A. deli in 1987. Arquette said no, but sent him on a procuring quest, “including, but not limited to …’J.D. Salinger’s autograph, a black orchid and a Bob’s Big Boy statue.'” The best part? Cage’s enthusiasm to actually get it all done, returning with the autograph and flower. As Paper goes on, the actor almost got her the giant sculpture, too. “I’m going back tonight with the right tools,” he declared.
A satisfied Arquette agreed to “go away with [him]” to Cuba, but a mix-up with the tickets caused Cage to melt down at the airport, and they ended up parting ways. By a stroke of luck, the two reunited in 1995 at the same deli, where Arquette proposed to him. They were married two weeks later, yet a quiet divorce followed in 2000. “I was living out my fantasies of what I thought an exciting man should be. I wanted to be unpredictable,” Cage told Rolling Stone in 1999. Sure enough, he was.
Written by: Nicki
