Nicolas Cage 'could Have Died' Getting 'pounded To Smithereens' While Filming Latest Movie

Nicolas Cage precocious had a near-death experience. 

While filming for his latest domiciled successful "The Surfer," nan 61-year-old character revealed he "got pounded to smithereens" while practicing his surfing skills: a stunt, he said, that could've killed him. 

"I person surfed, but each clip I've attempted surfing, I've been pounded to smithereens," Cage, who plays a businessman who returns to Australia successful hopes of buying his puerility formation house, told Entertainment Weekly. "I surfed down connected Sunset Beach. When I was trying to learn, my coach gave maine a short board. I said, 'Look, I want a agelong board.'"

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Nicolas Cage revealed he "got pounded to smithereens" while practicing his surfing skills for his latest domiciled successful "The Surfer." (Getty Images)

"I conscionable sewage pounded and virtually sewage stuck successful nan rip tide, and they said they saw my board, they telephone it 'tombstone,' for illustration that triangle top," he continued, describing a business successful which nan extremity of his committee stuck retired of nan water. 

"I'm climbing up nan leash arsenic I'm somersaulting, and I could person died," he continued. "Now I person a young kid, I don't cognize if I want to do it anymore."

Not agelong ago, Cage, whose impressive career spans complete 4 decades, expressed his desire to perchance retire. 

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Cage revealed he "could person died" while surfing. (Eric Charbonneau/Roadside Attractions via Getty Images)

"I consciousness that I’ve, astatine this point, aft 45 years of doing this, that successful complete 100 movies, I consciousness I’ve beautiful overmuch said what I’ve had to opportunity pinch cinema. And I’d for illustration to time off connected a precocious statement and opportunity adios," Cage told Uproxx successful 2023.

"I deliberation I person to do possibly 3 aliases 4 much movies earlier I tin get location and past hopefully move formats and spell into immoderate different measurement of expressing my acting."

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Cage considered status successful 2023. (JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

"I would’ve liked to person near connected a precocious note, for illustration ‘Dream Scenario.’ But I person different contracts that I person to fulfill, truthful we’ll spot what happens," he continued. "I americium going to beryllium very terrible and very [stringent] connected nan action process moving forward. But for maine to do different movie, I do want to research different formats."

His extremity goal?

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"The extremity is to retire, surf, portion reddish vino and eat spaghetti," he told EW.