Hollywood star Nicolas Cage has revealed he is loving the beach life in WA’s South West where he is spending the summer filming his new movie The Surfer.
The 59-year-old revealed that “life’s a beach” to two lucky local sisters Kelly and Janelle who stopped for a selfie with the star on Yallingup beach.
Cage has been soaking up the WA sunshine since October when he landed in the State with his wife Riko Shibata and their daughter August, before heading to the South West to begin filming for The Surfer.
The psychological thriller film follows Cage’s character returning to his Aussie beachside hometown after building a life in the US.
The two sisters had their day made when they spotted the movie star who was in a beach buggy wearing stylish sunglasses and sporting a smile.
In a brief video clip, he admitted to the siblings that he was loving the coastal life.
To make his stay in WA even sweeter, he is living it up in former pro surfer Taj Burrow’s beachside mansion.
The South West sisters weren’t the only locals to have their day made by the Gone in 60 Seconds star.
At the weekend, Yallingup surfer Joe Jordanoff also snapped a selfie with Cage who was bloodied and bruised with costume make-up on.
The fan photos come as Cage dismissed claims he was method acting during the making of Renfield.
Cage stars as Count Dracula in Chris McKay’s new horror comedy film but has denied claims made by the director that he did not come out of character during breaks from shooting.
“I just don’t have that recollection, I don’t know why Chris said that,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I had a lot of laughs in between takes with both Chris McKay and Nick Hoult, so maybe that was his experience, maybe because I still had the fangs in my mouth that made me speak a certain way, but that wasn’t my experience.”
Cage stars opposite Nicholas Hoult in the film, which follows Dracula’s tortured assistant as he seeks a life away from serving the vampire.
He said the blend of humour and horror appealed to him.
“With this Dracula, I was trying to fuse that which is scary and humorous even at the same time in the line delivery,” Cage said.
“It was just how can you be creepy and funny at the same time, that was the challenge.”
Cage reiterated how his father August Coppola was the biggest influence on his portrayal of Bram Stoker’s vampire and he took pointers from previous portrayals by the likes of Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman.
The star explained: “He always spoke with distinction, he was always very elegant and eloquent, he was always the smartest man in every room he walked in and he knew, and he made sure we knew.
“I think Dracula, being around for so many years, would have some of that aura.”