# Naive Nicolas Cage Conned into Marriage; Seeks Annulment after Four Days **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752 "2019-03-30T07:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/1 "2019-03-30T07:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > “Prior to obtaining a marriage license and participating in a marriage ceremony, [Cage] and [Koike] were both drinking to the point of intoxication,” Cage’s lawyers state in the document. “As a result of his intoxication, when [Koike] suggested to [Cage] that they should marry, [Cage] reacted on impulse and without the ability to recognize or understand the full impact of his actions.”… > > Cage also claims that there is grounds for annulment since Koike didn’t “disclose to [Cage] the full nature and extent of her relationship with another person.” > > On top of that, the Oscar winner claims that Koike didn’t inform him of her “criminal history,” including “additional active criminal proceedings.” The document doesn’t specify what the alleged criminal history or active proceeding is. > **[Nicolas Cage Claims He Was Too Drunk to 'Understand' He Was Marrying His...](https://people.com/movies/nicolas-cage-too-drunk-to-marry-erika-koike/)** > > Nicolas Cage laid out his case to annul his four-day marriage to Erika Koike This vaguely reminds me of movies I’ve seen before (nothing current–probably 1940s to 1960s). Anything come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/2 "2019-03-30T07:54:00Z")
Since whet does Nicholas Cage need booze to act “on impulse and without the ability to recognize or understand the full impact of his actions”? For him, that’s just Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/3 "2019-03-30T10:53:41Z")
Were they visiting Joey in Los Vegas? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/4 "2019-03-30T13:27:03Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This vaguely reminds me of movies I’ve seen before (nothing current–probably 1940s to 1960s). Anything come to mind? It’s from 2008, but [_What Happens in Vegas_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJBXRF_N84) is on point. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/5 "2019-03-30T13:58:01Z")
Cage has a fucking Oscar? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/6 "2019-03-30T14:31:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Cage has a fucking Oscar? 😕 I think his is just the little gold guy standing there just like everybody elses. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/7 "2019-03-30T14:49:01Z")
> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#): > > I think his is just the little gold guy standing there just like everybody elses. Hey, you don’t know what he does with it when the lights go out. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/8 "2019-03-30T15:05:02Z")
So, Nicholas Cage at 55 has equivalent competency to Britney Spears at 22? Damn. What days we live in. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/9 "2019-03-30T15:09:07Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hey, you don’t know what he does with it when the lights go out. Obligatory [anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/anythings-a-dildo-if-youre-brave-enough) comment. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/10 "2019-03-30T15:19:23Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This vaguely reminds me of movies I’ve seen before (nothing current–probably 1940s to 1960s). Anything come to mind? They’re more recent than that, but _The Hangover_ and _Viva Ned Flanders_ from the Simpsons come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/11 "2019-03-30T15:25:48Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > So, Nicholas Cage at 55 has equivalent competency to Britney Spears at 22? At 55 and with 3 divorces already under his belt. Is anybody supposed to believe he’s never heard the word “marry” before? ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/12 "2019-03-30T16:01:02Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This vaguely reminds me of movies I’ve seen before (nothing current–probably 1940s to 1960s). Anything come to mind? _Shall We Dance_ (the Fred Astaire movie from 1937, not the more recent Richard Gere thing) had Fred and Ginger getting fake-married for immigration purposes, then falling in love. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/13 "2019-03-30T16:12:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Cage has a fucking Oscar? 😕 It was for playing a hopeless alcoholic in _Leaving Las Vegas_, so it evidently wasn’t much of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/14 "2019-03-30T17:07:24Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > _Shall We Dance_ (the Fred Astaire movie from 1937, not the more recent Richard Gere thing) had Fred and Ginger getting fake-married for immigration purposes, then falling in love. Oops, I see it was for publicity purposes, not immigration purposes. Same difference. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/15 "2019-03-30T18:56:23Z")
He’s capable of being a very good actor, but he’s also made some gawdawful choices in his movie roles… and, clearly, his personal life. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/16 "2019-03-30T19:08:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Cage has a fucking Oscar? 😕 So does Halle Berry, Sean Penn, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Being awarded an Academy Award is no assurance of great skill or craft in acting. FWIW, Cage can be a good comedic actor in the right role (e.g. _Raising Arizona_), or in an oddball role like the (real and fictionan) Charlie and Donald Kaufman in _Adaptation_, though in the latter director Spike Jonze reportedly told Cage to ignore his instincts and just follow direction, which caused him to get an Academy Award nomination. In general, some actors are definitely well served with strong direction. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/17 "2019-03-30T20:24:12Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > So does Halle Berry, Sean Penn, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Being awarded an Academy Award is no assurance of great skill or craft in acting. FWIW, Cage can be a good comedic actor in the right role (e.g. _Raising Arizona_), or in an oddball role like the (real and fictionan) Charlie and Donald Kaufman in _Adaptation_, though in the latter director Spike Jonze reportedly told Cage to ignore his instincts and just follow direction, which caused him to get an Academy Award nomination. In general, some actors are definitely well served with strong direction. > > Stranger The Afflecks and Damon have four between them I believe. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/18 "2019-03-30T20:46:35Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > So does Halle Berry, Sean Penn…Being awarded an Academy Award is no assurance of great skill or craft in acting. Sean Penn’s courtroom scene in _Judgement In Berlin_ (1986) showed me that he is a very good actor. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/19 "2019-03-31T02:26:23Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Sean Penn’s courtroom scene in _Judgement In Berlin_ (1986) showed me that he is a very good actor. I’ve not seen much films with Sean Penn, but his performance in Woody Allen’s “Sweet And Lowdown” is Oscar worthy IMHO. I love this film and especially his performance. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752/20 "2019-03-31T02:59:39Z")
I don’t agree with Stranger’s first sentence, but understand where it comes from. However, Penn doesn’t belong on that list. He just doesn’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naive-nicolas-cage-conned-into-marriage-seeks-annulment-after-four-days/831752.md?page=2)