Idris Elba: Nicolas Cage Once Spent the Night in Dracula's Castle

Nicolas Cage and Idris Elba

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By Alex Heigl

@alex_heigl

09/22/2014 AT 02:00 PM EDT

Idris Elba's Reddit AMA provided a few key facts about Elba's career. He would totally play James Bond, and he loves Mary Poppins, but perhaps most importantly, it added a crucial detail to the ever-expanding web that is The Nicolas Cage Mythos. Elba talked about an odd incident that occurred while the two were shooting Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance together in Romania in 2010.

In Elba's own words:

"… Nic Cage came back one day on set … and he looked a little bit tired, a little bit – kind of like he'd been up all night. So I was like, 'Hey Nic, man, how you doing, man?' and he said 'I'm alright,' and I said, 'You seem a little spooked out,' and he said, 'Yeah man, I went up to Dracula's castle … the ruins up in the mountains, and I stayed the night,' and I said 'What?! Why?' and he said, 'I just had to channel the energy, and it was pretty spooky up there.'"

"We were shooting in Romania, Transylvania, and he just went up there to spend the night, as you do. And then he walked away. True story."

So, is Nic Cage really a vampire? The truth is out there.

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