Nicolas Cage definitely isn't the kind of actor you cast as any old "everyman" character, but hey, that's exactly why his fan base loves him. While so many people hide their eccentricities away from the world, Cage seems to wear them on his sleeve. Here are a few of the weirdest. It may sound like something someone would fake as a prank, but the real Nicolas Cage really did lay down the winning bid of over $270,000 on the gargantuan skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar. So why did he actually want a dinosaur skull? Well, nobody's really sure, but prehistoric remains must have some weird appeal to A-list actors, because Cage wasn't the only one bidding on the skull either. One of his top competitors was fellow actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
This whole thing is probably best explained by the fact that dropping massive amounts of cash on weird stuff is kind of Cage's thing. Unfortunately for him, his dinosaur skull purchase didn't turn out so well. Six years later, Cage got the sad news that his prized skull wasn't really his: The seller, a guy named Eric Prokopi, had stolen the skull from the Gobi desert in Mongolia. Obviously, the theft wasn't Cage's fault, but the actor amiably agreed to give the skull back to the original owners. All in all, this whole scam just goes to show why you should never trust an independent dinosaur skull retailer, no matter how trustworthy their website looks.
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Jurassic Cage | 0:16
A long, strange trip | 1:26
Nouveau Shamanic | 2:20
Home and away | 3:29
Stalkers | 4:17
Losing out | 5:13
Love to eat | 6:20
His last bow | 7:22
Sky high | 8:29
Superhero origins | 9:33
Immortal | 10:23
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