Not Even Japanese TV Can Faze A Cool Nicolas Cage
This clip, courtesy of BWE.tv, features a Zen-like Nicolas Cage on a Japanese TV show called SMAPXSMAP. Over the course of the interview, the actor professes his love for all manner of subjects—from Japanese cuisine to comic books to beautiful girls!—unaware that the actual point of the show is to induce a nervous breakdown in the celebrity guest by subjecting them to sneaky, sensory-overloading stimulation, such as a team of iron chefs, a loud beeping noise, two interviewers speaking simultaneously, and a low-volume song running throughout. The easy Ghost Rider never once raises his pulse above 50 bpms, however, or abandons his country-club-lockjaw delivery—an impressive feat, considering former guests Cameron Diaz and Madonna both left the taping restrained to hospital gurneys and mumbling random sushi varieties, to the hysterical laughter of the studio audience.