Nicolas Cage honored his commitment, even though it meant tearing himself away from his wife and new born baby girl.
The 58-year-old actor rushed to the airport shortly after he and wife Riko Shibata, 27, welcomed their first child together.
The little one, named August Francesca Coppola, was born Wednesday, September 7 in Los Angeles.
Smiles: Nicolas Cage, 58, was all smiles at the Toronto International Film Festival where he supported his film Butcher’s Crossing. The actor rushed to the airport following the birth of his new daughter to honor his promise to the festival
After being assured that both mother and daughter were well, the Oscar winner jumped on an airplane and headed to the Toronto Film Festival to promote his latest film, Butcher’s Crossing.
‘I literally just left the hospital and got on a plane, and came here,’ he explained at the People and Entertainment Weekly photo booth. ‘The deal was: ‘Look, if my daughter has not arrived yet, then I’m not going, but tell them I most likely will go.’
‘I would not have been here, but I kept my word, and I’m here honoring my commitment — but I’m looking forward to getting back to my wife and my daughter.’
Oh baby!: The Oscar winner and his wife, Riko Shibata, 27, welcomed their first child together, August Lennon Cage Wednesday, September 7
August is Riko’s first child and Nicolas’ third. The Kick-Ass actor has son Weston Coppola Cage, 31, with ex Christina Fulton and son Kal-El, 16, with ex-wife Alice Kim.
Nicolas and Riko married in a small ceremony in Las Vegas in 2021.
During their ceremony, Riko wore a black handmade Japanese Bridal Kimono from Kyoto that required three layers. She held a bouquet of yellow and red roses that offset her bright red lipstick, while she wore her long dark hair falling straight around her shoulders.
Wedded bliss: Nicolas and Riko married in a small ceremony in Las Vegas in 2021. During their ceremony, Riko wore a black handmade Japanese Bridal Kimono from Kyoto that required three layers
Nicolas and Rico met in Japan in 2020 when he was filming Sion Sono’s Prisoners Of Ghostland. She landed a role in the movie playing one of the four Mannequin Women.
After the wedding, the bride and groom held a small celebration attended by Nicolas’ third wife Alice – with whom he has remained good friends – and their son Kal.
A state of Nevada marriage certificate obtained by DailyMail.com earlier showed that Riko had taken her husband’s name and is now known as Riko Cage.
Met at work: Nicolas and Riko met on the set of Sion Sono’s Prisoners Of Ghostland. She landed a role in the movie playing one of the four Mannequin Women
This is the actor’s fifth marriage. Nicolas was previously married to Patricia Arquette (1995-2001), Lisa Marie Presley (2002-2004), Alice Kim (2004-2016), and Erica Koike (2019). Cage and Koike were married to for four days in March 2019 before he filed for an annulment.
Five months after tying the knot, the couple made their red carpet debut at the LA premiere of the movie Pig.
In April, Nicolas confirmed the sex of the pair’s then-unborn child during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
‘I’m gonna have a little girl,’ he told Clarkson and her studio audience. ‘I’m thrilled. It’s going to be the biggest adventure of my life [being a girl dad]’
Girl dad: Earlier this year, the actor, who has sons Weston Coppola Cage, 31, and Kal-El, 16, from previous relationships told Kelly Clarkson he was excited to a girl dad, ‘I’m thrilled. It’s going to be the biggest adventure of my life’
During his sit-down with the American Idol winner, Nicolas said he planned to name their little girl Lennon Augie, after the late John Lennon and his late father August ‘Augie’ Coppola. But the Nation Treasure actor and his wife apparently had a change of heart as they decided to name their daughter, August Francesca, upon her birth.
Nicolas has been the picture of bliss since wedding Riko, telling the LA Times earlier this year that he believes he ‘got it right’ this time around.
‘I’m really happily married. I know five is a lot,’ he said, in a reference to the number of times he has tied-the-knot, before adding, ‘But I think I got it right this time.’
Got it right: After walking down the aisle five times, the National Treasure star told the LA Times,’ ‘I’m really happily married. I know five is a lot, but I think I got it right this time’