Owing $6.3 million in back taxes and facing financial ruin, Nicolas Cage, star of such hit films as Ghost Rider, National Treasure, and Con Air, has sold his Bavarian castle and put several of his homes on the market. Where did Cage’s money go?
Invested heavily in nationwide Face/Off-themed chicken-and-biscuit franchises that were a complete bust
Handed Tom Waits $1,000 every time he asked
Unbeknownst to Cage, he was an executive producer of Battlefield Earth
Charismatic uncle kept approaching him with costly harebrained schemes to make a movie
Lost $5 million to Keanu Reeves in a high-stakes monotone-delivery competition
Forgot that multimillion-dollar heist he pulled in
Gone In Sixty Seconds was fake
Spent millions to have miniature replicas of all his clothes tailor-made so that he and his 1995 Best Actor Oscar could always be dressed alike
Threw lavish parties where there was music
