Lots of celebrities have crazed stalkers who send them freaky letters, sleep on their lawn, and threaten bodily harm. Leave it to bankrupt, rubbery Nicolas Cage to have the most dangerous stalker of all: a mime. He tells Parade:
“I was being stalked by a mime — silent but maybe deadly. Somehow, this mime would appear on the set of Bringing Out the Dead and start doing strange things. I have no idea how it got past security. Finally, the producers took some action and I haven’t seen the mime since. But it was definitely unsettling.”
Imagining the terror Nic Cage underwent is awful. You’re just hanging out on set, getting ready to shoot a scene, and you look off to the side and skulking around the corner is a man in white grease paint and suspenders. Your eyes meet. He slowly pretends to peel and eat an imaginary banana. You shudder. Without letting go of your gaze, he points to you, then steps into an invisible box, indicating his desire to see you trapped. “No!” you shout. “Begone, cur!’ Instead he narrows his eyes and lassos you with an invisible rope and with his diabolical gloved hands, slowly begins to pull you toward him. With every yank of the imperceptible lariat, you’re yanked closer and closer towards your tormentor until the producers 86 him, his mouth contorted in silent protest. Jesus Christ this is chilling.
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Maybe it was Ryan Murphy researching for the Matt’s little reign of terror as the ‘Mime Robber’ in NIP/TUCK. Considering how that show is of late (as if it was any good to start with), spooking Nic Cage would be the least of its problems.
I’ll be waiting for the inevitable incident where Mr. Cage tries to shoot a mime. Whether someone joins him or not, that would be a video worth every penny TMZ.com pays for.