Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage is to host 'History of Swear Words' - a new series about profanity that will drop on Netflix in January, per Variety.
According to the publication, the Cage-fronted series will center around the origins, pop culture usage, scientific and cultural impacts of swear words including “f*ck,” “sh*t,” “b*tch,” “d*ck,” “p*ssy” and “damn.”
Comedians set to guest star on the series include "Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn, and Isiah Whitlock Jr."
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This venture is Cage's latest foray into the small screen, after it was reported earlier this year that the actor would be portraying Joe Exotic - the subject of the wildly popular documentary Tiger King - in an upcoming scripted television series.
According to the publication, the eight-episode series is being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios, and is due to be taken to market in the coming days. The series is based on the Texas Monthly article: Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey into the World of a Man Gone Wild, which was written by Leif Reigstad.
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Meanwhile, earlier this year Nicolas Cage told the story of how he once won $20,000 in a casino and subsequently gave it all to an orphanage.
In a discussion with his long-time-friend Marilyn Manson in the latest issue of Interview, the 56-year-old Leaving Las Vegas star shared a thirty-year-old anecdote about what it took to convince him to give up gambling.
Betting $200 in a casino in the Bahamas, the actor struck lucky and managed to bag himself a large amount of cash, and told Manson:
"I was in the Bahamas, and I walked into a casino and felt like I had my mojo with me. Like nothing could go wrong. My game was roulette."
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He continued:
"I went in with $200, and I didn’t miss a number, so much so that even the lady spinning the wheel said, ‘Nothing sweeter than a repeater.'
"In 20 minutes I turned $200 into $20,000, so I went and found an orphanage in the Bahamas, met all the kids and the headmistress and said: ‘This is for you.’
"I put the 20 grand in her hand, walked away, and never gambled again. Because if I did, it would ruin the power of that moment."