Eric Stoltz - Nicholas Cage?

Stoltz's mom was an Academy Award winner, but the dad was a violinist and schoolteacher. Because of that, he decided to separate himself from the family name and rebranded as Nicholas Cage. He named himself Cage in honor of avant-garde composer John Cage - whose most famous piece is called Four Minutes Of Silence.

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