Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer, that has been on theNicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer, that has been on the big screen for over three decades. He remainsto be one of the most prolific actors working in Hollywood. Nicolas Cage has a new movie , a political drama called The Runner that will hit the theaters on August 7. 

The 51-year-old Oscar-winner Cage, will play the role of Colin Pryce, an idealistic and ambitious Louisiana congressman who rises to prominence by leading the fight to compensate victims of the 2010 BP oil spill.

Cage talked about the ethically compromised politicians and sex scandals, Nicolas Cage said, "That's exactly why I made the movie. I wanted to reflect something that I - from a place of neutral - see happening at an increasingly high rate of speed in our country: the decline and fall of politicians who mean well, but get derailed by personal issues that snowball in the media and become the story and eclipse any chance they have of staying in office."

The former professor of literature Nicolas Cage, was promoting his upcoming film The Runner, and during the conversation the subject of the doomed Superman Lives came up. Cage was asked about the documentary that was recently released, titled The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?

Nicolas Cage stated, "I will say that I had great belief in that movie and in what Tim Burton's vision was going to be for that movie. I would've loved to have seen it, but I feel that in many ways, it was sort of a win/win because of the power of the imagination. I think people can actually see the movie in their minds now and imagine it and in many ways that might resonate more deeply than the finished project."

Director Tim Burton's vision of Superman's home world, Krypton, which apparently had a real effect on Nicolas Cage, the Oscar winner said, "Tim is the total artist, a pure artist with a real vision, and I've often said that he can create worlds and that's exactly what he does. I saw some of the tests of different characters and costumes for Krypton and they were just so surreal and so magical and beautiful. He's definitely one of my favorite filmmakers because of his originality, because of his vision."