Nicolas Cage won’t be borrowing from comics to name his next child.
The ‘Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ star – who is pregnant with wife Riko Shibata – says the names he chose are family-inspired.
In a profile published on Tuesday, Cage told GQ he plans to name his future bundle of joy Akira Francesco if it’s a boy or Lennon Augie if it’s a girl.
“Augie was my dad’s nickname,” he told the magazine. “And my uncle [director Francis Ford Coppola] has decided to change his name to Francesco.”
Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata at the premiere of Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent earlier this month.SUZANNE CORDEIRO via Getty Images
The baby-to-be will be his first with Shibata, who the “Pig” star married in Las Vegas last year. Cage has two sons from previous relationships, Weston, 31, and Kal-El, 16. The name Kal-El is Superman’s birth name, and Cage is a huge fan of the comic.
The 58-year-old “Leaving Las Vegas” star is also a big fan of the marriage. He was previously married to actress Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley), Alice Kim and Erika Koike. His marriage to Shibata, 27, is his fifth – and Cage told GQ it will be his last.
“I’m a romantic, and when I’m in love, I want to give that person everything I can,” he said. “It’s my expression to say, ‘I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you.’ And that’s it for me. … I mean, that won’t happen again. That’s it. That’s it.”
Regardless, Cage seems pretty excited about the arrival of a new kid.
“I think it’s so cute,” Cage said as he excitedly showed GQ a photo of a two-month sonogram on his phone. “It’s like a little edamame. A little bean.”
To read the full profile – which includes a very interesting tidbit about how he bought a two-headed snake for $80,000 – head over to GQ.