Director says he and Nicolas Cage were never paid for 1995 movie 'Leaving Las Vegas'

The director says Nicolas Cage had probably invested more into the film, both financially and emotionally, than anyone else on set. Photo: AFP

Nicolas Cage and director Mike Figgis went all in but ended up empty-handed after Leaving Las Vegas.

On a recent episode of the It Happened in Hollywood podcast, Figgis revealed neither he nor Cage, who won an Academy Award for his role in the 1995 film, received the US$100,000 each that they were promised for completing the movie.