Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Independent TV

Showing now | Culture

Nicolas Cage's pet snake tried to hypnotise him

01:14

Nicolas Cage reveals his pet snake tried to ‘hypnotise’ him

Nicolas Cage has revealed that his pet cobra once tried to "hypnotise" him.

"It would try to hypnotise me by showing me the pattern of its eye on its back and then turning around to attack," the actor recalled.

He then explained that he mimicked the snake's behaviour for his Ghost Rider performance, where his character "would do that weird Axl Rose dancing."

Mr Cage also shared that a nightmare about the death of his cat also inspired his acting in Pig.

Click here to sign up for our newsletters.

Up next

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in