Nicolas Cage arrested for 'drunken' New Orleans row

[Gerald]

Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested after an alleged drunken argument with his wife in New Orleans.

Mr Cage has been charged with domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness.

He and his wife Alice Kim were arguing outside a house in the French Quarter that the 47-year-old star said they were renting, a police statement says.

Ms Kim said it was not theirs and the Oscar winner grabbed her arm, and started hitting cars, it adds.

He then shouted at a police officer who had seen his behaviour.

Mr Cage is being held in the Orleans Parish Prison before an initial court appearance later on Saturday, police say.

Mr Cage won the 1995 Best Actor Award for Leaving Las Vegas, in which he played an alcoholic with a death wish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13106628


Note: 16 April 2011 Last updated at 19:00 GMT

[Platapus]

What is with the moron rich movie people. :nope:

[Dowly]

I like Cage. :yep:

EDIT: That sounded bad. I like him as an actor!

[Torplexed]

Another recent graduate of the Mel Gibson School of Improvisational Imploding. :doh:

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[Gerald]

Well .. in my eyes I like Cage, so this Mel School is not for him..

[Torplexed]

Well .. in my eyes I like Cage, so this Mel School is not for him..

I used to like Mel Gibson. Now, not so much.

[Gerald]

I used to like Mel Gibson. Now, not so much. He has "tracked" out part of last year, I liked him more self-earlier

[Dowly]

I don't judge actors by their real life (they are just humans too after all), but their performance. Both Cage and Gibson are actors I very much like, steady performance most of the time. Hell, I even like Tom Cruise most of the time, Top Gun, Last Samurai, both were good performances. Oh, and as for Charlie Sheen? Let him do what he wants, remember Hot Shots? Hot Shots 2? PLATOON?! Let the guy be and do what he wants, it's his life after all.

[Fish In The Water]

I don't judge actors by their real life (they are just humans too after all), but their performance.

A good policy me thinks...

I've never understood how some people have such a hard time separating the two. Of course Nic Cage is screwed up - news flash - everyone is screwed up. The guy's done some good work and that's good enough for me.

[Feuer Frei!]

I've never understood how some people have such a hard time separating the two.
It's quiete simple really.
Because so-called stars are in the spotlight.
And they should realise that ANYTHING they do will attract the wrath of the media hounds and the general populous.
Like me.
If Joe Blow from next door did something like this you wouldn't know or read about it, but because it's a famous or well-known identity then of course it will get plenty of exposure.
And that is where these morons go wrong, time and time again.
Surely they realise that they are idolised, followed, looked up to and/or imitated in some cases by the fans.
So when something like this happens, it's either a major letdown to that fan or, worse case scenario, they follow their lead.
Because you are famous doesn't give you a license to do what you want in life.
So, you see, it is easy to seperate the two. Very easy.
With famosity comes responsibilty. Accountability. Why should we have to abide by rules and regulations but if you are famous, it's an open license.
Pah! :nope:

[Jimbuna]

I judge people by their actions and whilst those mentioned are undoubtedly fine accomplished actors they are sadly flawed in other qualities...but aren't we all in one way or another?

[kiwi_2005]

I fail to see what he did wrong, obviously the whole story aint told but what ive just read is he was having an drunken argument with the wife, grabs her arm, hits some cars. Sounds pretty normal to me. :haha:

Nicolas Cage in 'Lord of War' One of his best performances for me.

[Gerald]

I judge people by their actions and whilst those mentioned are undoubtedly fine accomplished actors they are sadly flawed in other qualities...but aren't we all in one way or another? Could not have expressed myself better...

[Jimbuna]

I know :smug:

[Gerald]

I know :smug: NATURALLY!

[Fish In The Water]

So when something like this happens, it's either a major letdown to that fan...

Why should it be a major letdown? If it is, it suggests the fan probably had a false assumption that the star is somehow above human flaws.

Because you are famous doesn't give you a license to do what you want in life.

Of course not, but it doesn't stop you from being human either.

So, you see, it is easy to seperate the two. Very easy.

Sorry but I think we missed the point. I was referring to the seeming inability of many people to separate the 'stars' professional work from their obvious character flaws.

I've encountered a large number of people who lose respect for certain individuals based on a new found (scandal driven) perception that they are suddenly no longer larger than life. Whereas the truth was, they never were in the first place.

Personally, I'm not disappointed in Cage because I already knew he was flawed before any of this broke.

Since I was able to appreciate the quality of his work before, I have no reason to change my opinion now (even if I happen to think he's a low-life in his private life). An easy distinction in my mind, but for a lot of people a difficult one.

With famosity comes responsibilty. Accountability. Why should we have to abide by rules and regulations but if you are famous, it's an open license.
Pah! :nope:

We're in complete agreement here... :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

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