Bad Lieutenant star contacts Old Bank DVD in LA after store launches Facebook campaign to reclaim outstanding loans
Nicolas Cage has finally settled his DVD-rental debt with an LA store which has been relentlessly capitalising on his failure to do so.
Staff at Old Bank DVD on Main Street, Los Angeles, became so frustrated at their efforts to contact Cage about his late discs that they took to Facebook in retaliation, posting mocked-up shots of the Oscar-winning actor's head superimposed onto the bodies of Andre the Giant and Demi Moore, among others. The story was promptly picked up by a number of US newspapers and a somewhat ruffled Cage promptly got in touch to arrange reimbursement for the missing items.
"So, just got off the phone with Nic and while he was somewhat put off by the media circus surrounding the issue of his late DVDs that were supposed to have been returned by an assistant before going on location. He seemed generally understanding of our good-natured (though slightly honey-badgerish) goofing," the store posted. "Anyway, Old Bank DVD would like to offer a sincere apology to Mr Cage for any aspersions cast upon his character by our efforts to retrieve our movies. Nic, who is a great customer [who] still supports local brick-and-mortars like us, has kindly and quickly taken care of the matter by reimbursing us for the DVDs and [paying] a token amount of late fees in accordance to our standard (and generous) policy."
"As a token of our appreciation for all the fine work Mr Cage has done in film, with any rental this weekend our customers may also pick one Nicolas Cage movie for free – and that's like half our store. I mean, seriously, that's one hardworking actor. Welcome back anytime, Nic."
According to sources, the two titles in question – the 1954 Judy Garland musical A Star Is Born and Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy – were hired in April. Old Bank has made clear it will not be charging Cage the full amount in late fees – though the store couldn't help namechecking another famous customer in the process. "For all the folks visiting for the first time wanting to post a snarky comment about the Nic Cage thing," an update stated, "we have never charged the full amount of accrued late fees (except the one time Ryan Gosling insisted upon it)."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/sep/03/nicolas-cage-fine-overdue-dvds
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