Nicolas Cage Convinced Him To Become An Actor
Long before Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson first hit it off, Depp was close to another celebrity with an insane personality, Nicolas Cage. In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Cage explained that he and Depp first met in the early ‘80s, and soon became roommates. One night while playing Monopoly, Cage told Depp, who was trying to make it as a musician at the time, to start acting.
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