Nicolas Cage Drank His Own Blood, Playing Dracula!

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By Joe Frank

28 March 2023

When portraying Bram Stoker's vampire Nicholas kept biting his own lip because his ceramic fake fangs were so sharp.

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Cage said, the teeth were real, ceramic, and rather sharp. So I did bite my lip a couple times, which caused me to drink my own blood."

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Cage claims. "I struggled to give the character a voice that was both smooth and fluid with so much ceramic in my mouth".

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Cage wants to imitate Christopher Lee's Dracula while also embracing the ridiculous and humorous parts of the character.

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Nicolas Kim Coppola was a Coppola family member born and has won an Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Nicolas Cage stated in an interview that he took inspiration from Sir Christopher Lee's legendary portrayal of the toothy Hollywood villain.

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Nicholas Cage might appear to be an original rendition of the well-known figure because of this new perspective. 

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Nicholas Cage added of his decision to play Dracula in the film by saying that "don't know how you say no to Dracula".

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Cage said, You should aim to create something distinctive and striking. Because Dracula is the true subject of the movie and not me.

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