Nick Cage – keen to stand out from his family

Wild and wayout actor Nick Cage is back in a well-reviewed (mainly) “Spider-Noir,” his first TV leading role, about a Depression-era private investigator pulled back into his  crime-fighting Spider-Man alter ego.  Cage’s surrealistic method of acting attracts divided opinion.  Film director David Lynch described him as “the jazz musician of American acting”; others say he overacts. He describes his intentionally extreme performances as “mega-act