Nick Cave and Nic Cage keep getting mistaken for each other — and neither seems to mind
Australian musician Nick Cave and American actor Nicolas Cage — two artists whose last names are separated by a single letter — have both revealed they are frequently mistaken for one another.
'There has always been a persistent and somewhat perplexing confusion surrounding our names,' Cave wrote in his Red Hand Files newsletter this week, responding to a recent interview in The Guardian in which Cage remarked, 'I don't think there's a day that goes by where I'm not mistaken for Nick Cave.'
Cage, who is currently promoting his new film ' The Surfer,' recalled a chance meeting with Cave at an animal sanctuary in Texas.
'Only one letter separates us — G. Nick Cave, Nic Cage,' he reportedly told the musician.
Cave, who is scheduled to perform at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 14, confirmed the story and added one of his own: a strange encounter that took place years ago in São Paulo.
While at a bar in the Brazilian city, Cave met a man named Diego who, upon hearing his name, was told by the bartender, 'Dude, you're talking to f—ing Nick Cave!'
'Diego suddenly became super-animated, jumping around on his stool, saying that he loved me, that he was my greatest fan,' Cave wrote. 'He kept looking at me, then at his drink, shaking his head in wonder and saying, 'Nick Cave. F—ing Nick Cave.''
The mood shifted when Diego began to cry, explaining that his wife had kicked him out because 'she thinks I'm stupid.' But, he added, 'She f—ing loves you. Just completely loves you … 'Peggy Sue Got Married' is her favourite film. She's watched it like a hundred times.''
Cave said he chose not to correct the mix-up. Instead, he leaned into the role.
'I told him that making 'Raising Arizona' was the most extraordinary experience and a highpoint in my career,' Cave recounted, 'that John Goodman was a fascinating and complex character, and how it was a real privilege to work with the Coen brothers and that they were 'masters of their craft' and all this bulls—.'
Diego eventually decided to return home to win back his wife, asking Cave, whom he still believed to be Cage, to come with him. Cave said he declined but wrote a note: 'Dear Ana, Diego is not stupid. He's a good guy. Love, Nic Cage.'
As Diego stumbled out, Cave said the bartender deadpanned, 'His wife's got a point.'
Reflecting on the confusion, Cave added that he is a fan of Cage — a former San Francisco resident who, for the record, was born Nicolas Kim Coppola.
'Have you guys seen 'Mandy'?' Cave said of the 2018 surrealist action horror starring the Oscar-winning actor. 'My God. What a film.'
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are currently on tour in support of last year's album 'Wild God,' performing the new material alongside classics like 'Into My Arms,' 'The Mercy Seat' and 'From Her to Eternity.'
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