Ah, Nicolas Cage.
He's often described as one of the craziest actors in Hollywood, but he's probably not
given enough credit for what a hard-working actor he is.
However, what people might not know is that he's been working hard at finding love almost
just as hard as he works in front of the camera.
Don't believe us?
Earlier this year, the actor walked down the aisle for the fifth time, and we at Rumor
Juice couldn't help but wonder, who else has been previously known as Mrs. Cage, and why
didn't she stay that way?
How did a four-day marriage turn into the actor’s worst nightmare?
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Patricia Arquette 1995 – 2001 The actor's first wife was actress Patricia
Arquette.
The two met at a restaurant in 1987, and Nicolas was so struck by her that he asked her to
marry her right on the spot.
"And we were just kids, I was 19 and he was like, 'And you're gonna marry me soon,'.
I was like, 'No, man, we've never even gone on a date.
Let's slow it down.'"
Patricia recalled the night they first met.
Cage eventually convinced the young actress to go on a date with him, and it seemed to
be going well at first.
However, they soon split, with Arquette claiming that it was all too much too soon.
She was only 19 years old at the time.
Eight years later, Arquette picked up the phone and called Cage and said, "I'm ready
to get married," adding, "It was very romantic."
Patricia put Nicolas on quite a whirlwind during their time together.
She told Andy Cohen that she requested ten things from Cage as part of a scavenger hunt,
including a J.D. Salinger autograph and a black orchid.
It shouldn't surprise you that the actor managed to get everything on that list for her.
The reasons for their split have remained a bit of a mystery.
It was reported that the pair separated nine months after marrying and spent years filing
and withdrawing divorce papers before citing "irreconcilable differences" finally in 2001.
Arquette, however, says the rumors of their early separation were untrue.
"There were times when we weren't living together because we were fighting, but it wasn't as
reported and I didn't feel that I needed to explain that,"
Though their union reportedly found a "mutual and respectful" end, Cage admitted in 2018
that he and Arquette hadn't spoken, "in a long time."
Lisa Marie Presley 2002 – 2004 Before Lisa was married to Nicolas, she took
the big plunge with the famous pop star Michael Jackson.
They were only married for two years before calling it quits, and then she was swept off
her feet by Cage, unfortunately, their love story was just as short-lived.
Cage met Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, at a party in 2000.
The two married in August 2002 and filed for divorce 107 days later.
Their divorce wasn't finalized until May 2004.
In an interview, Cage said there was a "sense, a logic" to marrying the singer-songwriter,
given they both came from famous and artistic families.
"Oftentimes when you have two people who are very strong and their own personalities, and
rather intense, sometimes you can have a hard time meshing.
We got into this unfortunate pattern of breaking up and getting back together again."
He also admitted that he continues to miss Lisa every day, and he wished that they hadn't
rushed into the marriage and regretted that they went on to rush into the divorce.
However, looking back, he confessed that maybe things might not have changed either way and
weren't going to work out.
Lisa Marie noted their instant connection was ultimately their downfall, "It was one
of those things where you're marrying hoping that you're going to either stabilize it or
it's going to, you know, accentuate all that was going on prior to what was problematic
… so it kind of did the latter, that's all."
Nicolas also touched on his relationship with Lisa Marie, saying that he and Lisa perhaps
had too much in common, two very big personalities that were both too stubborn and not willing
to compromise.
Alice Kim 2004 – 2016 In 2004, Nicolas and Alice - who is 20 years
younger than the actor, might we add - met at a restaurant in L.A. where the brunette
beauty worked as a waitress.
They were engaged two months later and married later that same year and soon welcomed their
first child, Kal-el Coppola Cage.
"We did it because we loved each other," Cage stated.
It seemed that Kim brought the best out of Nicolas, and he credited his stable lifestyle
to her.
The couple was together for 14 years until Kim suddenly filed for divorce which broke
the actor's heart.
He had admitted that he didn't count any of his previous marriages, his relationship with
Kim had been the real deal because they had been together for so long and shared a child
together.
It's no wonder that he was shocked by the file for divorce, the actor finally thought
that he had found his lifelong partner.
"It was a shocker for me - I definitely didn't see it coming, and those feelings had to go
somewhere, so they went into the performance."
The actor remained tight-lipped about what led to the couple's split, but said that they
have remained on good terms to co-parent their son.
Erika Koike 2019 – 2019 Nicolas' whirlwind romance with Erika — a
makeup artist who is 20 years younger than the actor — ended just as quickly as it
began.
Just four days after marrying in Las Vegas in March 2019, the actor filed for an annulment.
The couple had been together for a year before they decided to get married; unfortunately,
everything seemed to go downhill from there.
"There was a recent breakup.
I don't really want to talk about it," Nicolas confessed, "I was pretty upset about that
and the way things happened."
He also confessed that when he woke up the next morning, he had no idea he was married.
In court documents, Cage claims that they were both intoxicated and he "lacked understanding
of his actions in marrying [Koike] to the extent that he was incapable of agreeing to
the marriage."
Perhaps things got a little carried away in Vegas, and they had made an impulsive decision
to get hitched.
As
it turns out, Cage soon found out that his new wife hadn't been as honest as she should
have been when he said, "I do."
However, Erika was allegedly against the idea of the divorce and denied all of Cage’s
claims that they were intoxicated when they decided to get married.
Following the divorce proceedings, Cage’s fourth wife then continued to demand spousal
support from the actor even though they were only married for four days.
Erika explained the need for financial support from Nicolas because his claims against her
have ruined her reputation and prevented her from getting work as a makeup artist.
Cage also claimed that there were grounds for an annulment since Koike hadn't bothered
to, quote, "disclose to [Cage] the full nature and extent of her relationship with another
person."
It seems that the claim might mean that she had been seeing someone else when she walked
down the aisle in Vegas.
The Oscar winner alleged Koike didn't inform him of her "criminal history," including "additional
active criminal proceedings."
However, the document didn't go into the details of what the alleged criminal history or active
proceedings had been.
Poor Nicholas, it must have been terrible to wake up the next morning and find out that
the person you're now married to is someone you don't know at all.
Riko Shibata 2021 - Present Nicolas met 27-year-old Shibata in Japan more
than a year ago.
The couple was first photographed together in February 2020 while making a visit to Cage's
nine-foot pyramid-shaped tomb at a New Orleans cemetery.
Cage told his brother that they had spent almost six months apart due to COVID-19.
It seems like distance does make the heart grow fonder, because Cage made the decision
to propose to Riko over facetime.
He admitted, "I got her a black diamond engagement ring.
Her favorite color is black, so she wanted the black gold and the black diamond.
I customized and personalized it, and I actually sent it to her FedEx."
Can you imagine how surprised she must have been to open the post one day only to find
a ring in the envelope?
"We're really happy together and we're really excited to spend that time together so I finally
just said" Look, I wanna marry you" The actor shared.
Close friends to the actor said in a statement that the pair "are very happy" after they
tied the knot in Las Vegas in February.
It was a gorgeous affair followed by a celebration that was even attended by Nicolas's ex-wife,
Alice Kim.
The date of their wedding holds a special meaning as it honors the birthday of Nicolas's
late father.
Shibata, who wore a handmade Japanese Bridal Kimono from Kyoto, walked down the aisle to
"Winter Song" by Kiroro — her favorite song.
Cage, who wore a Tom Ford tuxedo, and Shibata exchanged traditional Catholic and Shinto
vows with poetry from Walt Whitman and Haiku also included in the ceremony.
After the happy news was made public in March, the pair were spotted keeping the romance
alive, taking a horse and carriage ride around Central Park.
Unfortunately, there's not much known about Riko, other than that she's 31 years younger
than her new husband, and she lives her life out of the spotlight.
That will most likely change now that she's married to a famous movie star.
Cage fans can only hope that he's finally found happiness and that his heart has been
mended after being broken so many times.
She might be his fifth wife, but we hope for Nicolas that fifth time is really the charm.