Nicolas Cage is making himself right at home in Western Australia.
Hours after arriving in the state from Sydney to film his upcoming psychological thriller, The Surfer, in the Margaret River in coming weeks, the Hollywood star stocked up on supplies for his stay.
The 59-year-old was seen grocery shopping with his wife, Riko Shibata, in the small town of Busselton where he was spotted pushing a trolley outside a Woolworths supermarket.
The US actor’s cart was filled to the brim with items such as potatoes, paper towels and nappies for the couple’s one-year-old daughter, August, who is also in Australia.
Cage and Japanese-born Riko, 28 – who were both in casual attire – also stopped by local Asian store Food of Asia, where they reportedly spent $400 worth of goods, including Japanese sauces, kimchi and eggs.
Understandably, the staff were starstruck upon seeing Cage, who posed for photos with the delighted employees.
“Nicolas Cage @ Busselton food of Asia,” they wrote on the store’s Facebook page alongside a number of photos with the star.
Roberto Archie Riconalla Carampatan, who is a friend of the shop owners, also shared a Facebook post about the store’s famous visitor.
“My friends who run Food of Asia at Queen Street, Busselton were ecstatic when a customer came in. Despite the sunnies and the beard, they recognised an A-list Hollywood actor, Nicolas Cage. Looks like he is here for a shoot!” wrote Roberto, adding that the staff told the star, “You look like Nicolas Cage!” to which he responded, “I am!”
In a few week’s time, production gets underway on The Surfer, in which Cage plays a man returning to his beachside hometown in Australia years after moving to the US.
After he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim ownership over his local beach, a territorial war breaks out.
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The movie comes months after the actor admitted he starred in a series of “crummy” box office flops because he was in debt.
“I was over-invested in real estate,” Cage told US 60 Minutes in April. “It wasn’t because I spent $80 on an octopus. The real estate market crashed, and I couldn’t get out in time. I paid them all back but it was about $6 million.”
“No doubt work was always my guardian angel. It may not have been blue chip, but it was still work.”
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