They met at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles. was 24 years old, Patricia Arquette 19. The actor almost immediately announced that she would become his wife and decided to propose. Patricia told him to slow down a bit. “We haven’t been on a date yet.” Determined to win her heart, Cage ordered a list of items, like quests in the game. She would put the things she dreamed of on it, and after getting them and delivering them, Nicolas Cage would prove that she was perfect for a spouse.
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A request list full of pitfalls. Nicolas Cage coped in a spectacular style
Patricia Arquette gave in, but did not give Cage an easy task. She hoped to discourage an admirer. The list included Lisu tribe wedding dress, black orchid (a flower that does not occur in nature), or JD Salinger’s autograph. This is a real white raven, because the writer was known for his exceptional reluctance to sign souvenirs. “And one by one they started coming to me – Arquette. Cage even managed a black orchid.
“She didn’t want to come down, but I saw her looking down from the top floor. In my spectacular way, I pulled an orchid out of my pocket, then took out a can of paint and started painting black – Nicolas Cage in an interview with “Playboy”. Arquette was terrified. When she came downstairs, Cage simply handed her the flower, got on his motorcycle and drove away. He also handled Salinger’s autograph. He found a writer’s letter in an antique shop. It cost $2,500.
They met again in the same deli. The witnesses at their wedding were… sea otters
In the end, Arquette gave in and agreed – not to the wedding, but to the date. They were supposed to go abroad, but when the actor at the airport made a brawl, their paths diverged. They both had children from other people. After a few years, they met again. In 1995, eight years after their first meeting, they ran into each other again at a deli in Los Angeles. Two weeks later they got married. The only witnesses to the ceremony were the chief of the local police and “a pack of sea otters”. Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette divorced six years after their marriage. The relationship was considered stormy, and the media reported breakups and returns every now and then, but after the divorce they both emphasized that everything took place in a friendly atmosphere.
Patricia Arquette got engaged to actor Thomas Jan in 2002. They welcomed their first daughter in 2003 and married in 2006. Three years later, Arquette filed for divorce. It was finally finalized in 2011. Nicolas Cage married four more times: to Alice Kim, Erika Koike (whom he divorced four days later) and Riko Shibata.
Source: Gazeta
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