Hollywood star Nicolas Cage was seen taking his lunch at a restaurant in the Athens port of Piraeus during a break from shooting for his new movie, The Carpenter’s Son.
The restaurant owner, Kostas Kefalas, proudly posted a series of photos of the world-famous actor, including one where they were posing together.
Speaking to local network SKAI TV, Kefalas said Nicolas Cage had ordered a few different Greek traditional delicacies, like handmade tzatziki, vine leave dolmades, and meatballs.
The star was reportedly accompanied by his wife and son, and their security team.
Nicolas Cage new movie shot in Greece
Greece is no new filming destination to Nicolas Cage. He has previously filmed Captain Corelli’s Mandolin on the island of Kefalonia in the Eptanese, where he co-starred with Penelope Cruz and Christian Bale.
The star’s new film, The Carpenter’s Son, which explores the childhood of Jesus Christ, started filming in Greece in September.
The set location is a remote area on a mountainous near the ancient city of Megara, south of Athens, on the way to the Peloponnese peninsula.
The entire area, once a refuge for the town’s inhabitants during times of peril, has been transformed into a biblical village to accommodate the narrative of the film, which is described as a thriller movie.
Nicolas Cage shoots two horror films in a year
According to Deadline, The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt. The son, known only as ‘the Boy,’ is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, the Carpenter, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, both natural and divine.
The screenplay was inspired by the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas, dating back to the 2nd Century AD.
Nicolas Cage stars as The Carpenter, while FKA Twigs co-stars as the Mother, and Noah Jupe as The Boy.
This is the second horror movie Nicolas Cage has starred in this year following Arcadian, a 2024 post-apocalyptic action horror film directed by Benjamin Brewer from a screenplay by Michael Nilon.
Nicolas Cage plays the father of two teenage boys, all trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. The film is an international co-production between the United States, Canada, and Ireland.
Arcadian premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2024, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on April 12, 2024, by RLJE Films. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.
