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The Introduction provides a detailed overview of Nicolas Cage’s childhood and the formative experiences that led to his interest in acting: how watching Jerry Lewis on television offered an escape from the pain of his mother’s mental illness, how he was profoundly affected by seeing James Dean in East of Eden (1955), and how he was influenced by his eccentric father, a literary professor. In this section, the author also provides a brief explanation of his own interest in Cage and reveals how the book was inspired by experiences both interviewing Cage in 2015 and writing a detailed article about Vampire’s Kiss in 2019. The Introduction gives a sense of the methodology of the book and explains why the author chooses to focus on the first era of Cage’s career.