Sunday, September 21, 2008

Will he live this down?

The Super Action channel has been running Nicholas Cage movies all day. The actor is sort of popular in Korea, I guess, because he married a no-name Korean woman a few years ago. The channel has commercials that advertise the "한국인이 사랑하는 액션 스타." He does pretty well for himself, in spite of being among the most boring and uncharismatic actors in the business, but nevertheless I still hold him accountable for his comments from 2004:
Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage expressed a strong attachment to Korea on Monday, calling the homeland of his wife a "part of my home" that has food he likes and values he admires. "I wasn't really able to enjoy vegetables until I discovered Korean vegetables. Kimchi is in my spirit and in my mind, it balances my soul," Cage, 40, said, referring to Korea's spicy pickled vegetables during a press conference in Seoul.

I'd like to try kimchi some day, but it's too spicy for me. Do you know kimchi?

3 comments:

Simning said...

Douche. I bet he has a hanbok as well.

This reminds me of the doorknobs who come to Korea and within one month they are claiming to eat ONLY Korean food, throwing out all their furniture and claiming that the United States is afraid of a unified Korea.

Brian said...

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not. I know you have a Korean wife . . . the jab wasn't against international couples, or foreign men who wear hanbok.

When I came to Korea I went on a "go native" kick, a pretty impressive feat for living in Bundang. Korean food all the time, except for the occassional company get-together at a sandwich place. However, after about six months I finally broke down and got some Burger King.

Simning said...

No jabs felt at all.