No, Nicolas Cage is the nephew of a famous director Francis Ford Coppola. His given name was Nicolas Kim Cappolla. Which he changed to avoid the appearance of nepotism
I have read that he chose Cage as a nod to John Cage
John Cage was a composer, he specialised in genres such as minimalism. Check out '4:33' for arguably his most famous work. Really makes you think. I read somewhere that he said something like,...