Nicolas Cage reflected on the 'meme-ification' of his work after the rise of a viral 'Nicolas Cage Losing His S---' video: 'Nothing I could do could stop it.'
's best on-screen meltdowns, but the actor is revealing that he initially struggled with complex emotions over the clip — until he found a screenplay that allowed him to channel his frustrations into a juicy character.Toronto International Film Festival
, the 59-year-old revealed how his pent-up feelings over the YouTube compilation inspired his performance in the film as a man whose life turns upside-down after he inexplicably begins appearing in disturbing dreams shared by millions of people around the world. "What happened to me, I think I might've been the first actor who woke up one morning and somebody had put a montage of me, meltdown moments, cherry-picking from different movies, and then put it online," Cage told the audience during a post-screening Q&A. "I think it was calledNicolas Cage at TIFF world premiere of 'Dream Scenario.'"It kept exponentially compounding on itself and getting bigger," the Oscar winner continued.
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