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CINEMA Cage gains respect with new role Nf: W YORK (AP) In the movies, even wnen he's gomg honkers. Nicotes Cage >$ srro-o o-o-th In persorv even when he's just Sitting down for a tittle lunch 't can be a rocky road The Hollywood journeyma' gaming renewed respect for h<s portrayal ot mobster Littie Junior Brown in Kiss ot Death >& the first to admit he's no tough gUy "M was nauseating tome. ' Nr says o! how he wheezed life nto the brutal asthmatic viflam of director Barbet Schroeder s tiim noir I concern myself with whether or not I need my neu roses to be able to do this Cage says, shaking h»s head, his unique throaty voice reduced to a near whisper Thinning on fop and ghostly pate, he's a tar cry from the grotesque Little Junior, looking especially harmless in a dark blue suit and inch-wtde tie Ner vous almost jittery, he has no stomach for hot food H<s bodyguard hovering near by. Cage orders sashimi and teed tea He liddles with his jew elry and eyes the dining room at the Four Seasons Hotel, check mg to see if he's attracted any undue attention It turns out that the mam thing bothering him is stage fright I'm terrified about doing David Letterman." he says antsy about his first appearance on the late-rught show I'm not CourtO* amok Nicolas Cage said his role In Kiss of Death was “nauseating ' to him By the way." he says, the reason I've got makeup on my face is that I've been doing TV at! day Not to worry Ncotas, you look mah-velous Tve done interviews with makeup before and the writer got the wrong idea," he explains Cage's early career featured edgy ro us <• B"dy V\X>osins k Rating Amona Vampire's Kiss and W>k1 at Hear} He followed that string with nice guy parts tn Honeymoon in Vegas Guarding Tess and It Could Happen to You Red Rock West started a round trip that rewed full throttle in Kiss of Death l wanted to try and go back to that darker corner of my mmd and come up with something. Cage says "I liken it to a carbon ciean-out which is when you take a race car and blow the engine oul, dnve it over 100 mph t felt that I was getting gummed up and I needed to return to explosive, wild behav NICOLAS CAGE FILMOGRAPHY In approximate chronological order Ekrdy Moonstruck Raising Arizona Vampire s Hiss Wild at Heart Honeymoon m Vegas Guarding Toss tt Could Happen To You Red Rock West Kiss of Death Up next , Leaving Las Vegas A Simple Plan it didn't make sense before It was ke I was a halt moon and i met the other half and every thing became circular" It was the first marriage 'or both, each of whom are parents Of young children Cage's son, Weston s-t The boy's motf t.a is actress Krstma F ulton Arquette. ?/’, had l’ to (> a th rocker Paul Rossi ci iu!sy yuy Big movie star frightened by TV goofbait7 'i really admire him," Cage says That’s why I’m so ner vous. because his wit is so sharp He's a heavy dude Letterman heavy? Yeah, so is Mr Rogers Cage. 31, relaxes somewhat when he finally gets down to talking, but his overall intensify remains largely undinumshed Srrnies are nonexistent Dripping remorse, he tells about his shaky star! making kiss of Death He got so deep mto Little Junior during the film's violent opening scene that he split open a stuntman's head, sending him to the hospital for stitches "I started crying, thinking I had killed somebody on my hist day of shooting, " Cage says And Barbet Schroeder, he knew that we nad only one take, one snot of J and he said. We-' we re going to have to use it He said. Unfortunately, but perhaps fortunately. >t wi-i have ail the messmess of reality Slimmed down from the bulky physique he amassed for the roie. Cage points out without being asked that he refused to take steroids to build muscle mass, relying on weight Sifting and a hign-caione diet He's also self-conscious IOf After I ittle Junior, he plays a suicidal alcoholic opposite Eliza beth Shue m Leaving L as Vegas, which finished shooting ,ist fall Next, he’ll do A Simple Plan, another grim picture directed by John Dahl (Red Rich Wes!) I'm at a point where I don t want to feel homogenized I don’t want to sell pancakes,’’ he says, digging r»s chopsticks into a pile of raw tuna l want to stay pure to myself and my instincts That means. I think I’m going to make small movies for a white, ” he says The stuff that plows my skirt up is the stuff that provides me an opportunity to Change and to keep growing Speaking of personal growth, how about marrying actress Patricia Arquette (True Romance) after she proposed Out the blue in early April** I AM a newlywed, he says growing bright at the mere men tion of it 'Once l mamed Patri cia. I knew my Me made sense Born Nicoias Uoppoia. the nephew of filmmaker f ranos Ford Coppoia changed his name to ensure everyone knew at (he Outset that he meant to " iMt •: ” t- •' . r ■ t. , ms own Now that he s done that ' >■ can enjoy his artiste bloodline a little more "It's an interesting family. Cage says, resorting to understatement it s loaded with Italian competitions and grudges and things ske that come up and then go away and come up again It s just a pas s onately charged family Cm proud that I m part of it The future looks bright tor Cage Just don! expect any flood of smites Whether or not it's necessary tor an actor to be neurotic fo act, I don’t know " he says, bit ing h:s Sip But I made up my mmd that i really wanted to con centrate on that, just acting, that I really warned to become an actor That s who l arn " DaaaooW LAUNDRY WITH FUN OPEN 24 HOURS 13lh * Pit1mon 3*2-1727 ^ Shoot tho National Guard National Guard vs. Civilian Shootout Free Admission • April 23 & May 7 • 12-4 p.m. vouDuyy°f v ownp**'1' 14th & Mam, Springfield • 746-7220 R U Predator or Prey? ■w* HOME SK FERMENTER CENTER Beer & Wine Making Supplies largest Selection in the Valley Since 1979 BEER KIT SPECIALS « HELPFUL ADVICE Open Mai Sat ♦ 123 Monroe St ♦ 485 6238 ECLECTIC RHYTHMS IWf 11. im • • OO 9 m Iwr—1 TWHr* • |M (wMi H* 9m Ar«> T^*^» jn 90 <v4 #*&*• ten <* • hMMMw) ««**#•«• f ■.. ,4**4 «*"** #r* U.»«» »«**■ twl ‘.*--i V*. l.» *M«NA(«C • X 0** *•% •*.<* a ****- ■■ tn N* »•-»)•. 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