What comes next after we die? While no one among us can really say for sure, actorNicolas Cagehas some ideas. On Monday, Cage appeared as a guest onThe Tonight Showfor a new interview with Stephen Colbert. The two discussed a variety of topics as part of a “Colbert Questionert,” presenting some rapid fire questions for the actor to answer. This includes such reveals as his preference of oranges to apples, his fear of centipedes, and his failed attempt to get an autograph from Pete Townshend.
After some more fun and lighthearted questions, Cage is asked point-blank what he thinks happens when we die. While theRenfieldstar notes how no one knows for certain, he shared where he stands on that topic.
“Oh, wow," Cage responded. “Nobody really knows, I don’t know. They say that electricity is forever eternal. That the spark keeps going. I like to think whatever spark is animating our bodies, once the body passes on, that the spark continues to go. But whether or not that electricity has consciousness or not, who can really say?”
Colbert has gone viral in the past when asking this same question to another celebrity. In 2019, he quizzed beloved Hollywood star Keanu Reeves about what happens after death.Reeves kept it simpleby only noting, “I know the ones who love us will miss us.”
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Nicolas Cage Might Remember Being in the Womb
During the Colbert Questionert, Cage provided another peculiar answer that caught the viewers' attention. He was asked about his earliest childhood memory, and according to the actor, he has some memories that may go back to before he was born. Cage describes seeing “faces in the dark” and wonders if that’s him actually remembering when he was still in his mother’s womb.
“I know this sounds really far out, and I don’t know if it’s real or not, but sometimes I think I can go all the way back to in-utero, and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something. I know that sounds powerfully abstract, but that somehow seems like maybe it happened,” Cage explains. “Now that I am no longer in-utero, I would have to imagine it was perhaps vocal vibrations resonating through to me at that stage. That’s goingwayback. So, I don’t know. That comes to mind.”
Taking a moment to process, Colbert responds, “I buy it. I do, you’re Nic Cage. Who am I to say you don’t remember being in-utero?”
Meanwhile, Cage also declares Bruce Lee’sEnter the Dragonas his favorite action movie; he prefers cats over dogs; and the one song he’d pick if there could be only one to sing for the rest of his life would be the classic birthday song. You can watch the full segment below, and if you want to see more of Cage, and you can head out to the theater to see him as Dracula on the big screen with his role inRenfield, now playing in theaters.
