Popular actor Nicolas Cage recently got involved on Reddit’s AMA alongside his Renfield costar Nicholas Hoult.
One of the questions involved another universally loved actor, Keanu Reeves.
Nicolas Cage reveals how he was defeated by Keanu Reeves
One fan asked Cage for his favorite Reeves movie, and he had a surprising reply. Nicolas Cage shared the time when he and Reeves played billiards one night.
“Well…Keanu kicked my ass at billiards one night. He came up to my house on his motorcycle, and he was making these impossible shots,” Cage explained. It seems like Reeves might have hustled Cage, just a little. “He said ‘Now I dunno if I can get that shot or this shot’ and he made every single shot.”
It’s not surprising that Reeves would be good at these things, as he notoriously became “too good” at performing car stunts. That seems threatening to Cage, who is also good at car stunts…in his own way.
He continued, “So I have mixed emotions about the skill that Keanu has because he completely dominated me at pool.”
Maybe he didn’t watch the behind-the-scenes feature from Point Break where it became apparent that Reeves is a bit of a professional when it comes to pool.
Fans might wonder what is Cage’s favorite Keanu Reeves movie then. Cage is seemingly a fan of the older stuff, “I like some of the early stuff like Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. I thought he was great in River’s Edge. He was just great in that movie.”
Maybe if Cage explored the John Wick universe he would find that he has a lot in common with his characters. Hoult, on the other hand, had a simpler answer to the question: “I liked the first John Wick. Speed as well.”
