Nicolas Cage accidentally drinks own blood in new movie Renfield Entertainment News
Mar 28, 2023
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Nicolas Cage had drank his own blood by accident while portraying Count Dracula in new movie Renfield.
The 59-year-old actor sank his teeth into the role of Bram Stoker's vampire opposite Nicholas Hoult as the bloodsucker's downtrodden servant and he's revealed he kept biting his own lip because his ceramic fake fangs were so sharp.
In an "ask me anything" session on Reddit, Cage explained: " No reason in terms of method, but the fangs were genuine fangs, they were ceramic and quite pointy. So I did bite my lip a few times which made me drink my own blood."
The actor previously told The Sun newspaper he decided to wear the fangs as much as possible so he could get used to speaking with them in.
He explained: "I was trying to give the character an eloquent and elegant voice that was pretty hard to do with all the ceramic material in my mouth. But I got used to it by taking them home, leaving them in when I was in my hotel room."
Cage previously insisted he took inspiration from Sir Christopher Lee's iconic portrayal of the toothy Hollywood villain.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 8:12 am