Few directors have impacted modern cinema quite like Francis Ford Coppola.
Even Coppola’s father, Carmine, earned an Oscar for his score of “The Godfather II.”
I really think it’s a good idea if you would cast me.
I think I could play this part,'" Cage explained.
What’s in a name?
But eventually, Cage tired of the buzz that surrounded him as a Coppola.
His fellow actors weren’t easy on him about it, either.
“I was the brunt of jokes because my name was still Coppola,” he explained.
Now, all these years later, Cage has become a star in his own right.
