Nicolas Cage Won’t Be at Taormina Film Festival: “Personal Reasons, Something’s Happening at Home”

John

By John

Hello, Taormina Film Festival, I am very sorry I cannot be with you, I really appreciate the honor you were so kind to give me…“. This is how the apology video broadcast on social media by the actor begins Nicholas Cagewho was supposed to be one of the guests of honor at the Sicilian festival. The actor canceled the appointment due to personal reasons. Behind this cancellation, there could be the recent legal troubles of his firstborn son Weston, who was arrested in Los Angeles a few days ago.

Weston Coppola Cage Charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon following a violent argument with the American actor’s mother and ex-wife, Christina Fulton, who said her son was in the throes of a mental breakdown. Cage was supposed to present the preview of the psychological thriller he stars in, The Surfer, his latest film and not yet released in Italian cinemas. Cage then concluded: «I hope you will enjoy The Surfer, Lorcan (Finnegan, ed.) is a great director and a good friend of mine»