Nicolas Cage posed up a storm on the arm of his fifth wife Riko Shibata at Tuesday’s New York premiere of his new horror comedy Renfield.
The 59-year-old movie icon is playing Count Dracula in the film, a horror comedy named after the vampire’s bug-eating protégé.
For his latest sensational public appearance, Nicolas unleashed his animal instinct in a wild pair of shimmering zebra print trousers.
He heightened up the glitz factor of the look by modeling a gleaming black leather blazer perfectly suited to the Gothic tenor of the event.
Meanwhile Riko, 27, who married Nicolas in Las Vegas in 2021 and welcomed their daughter August last year, complemented her husband in a slinky black gown.
On the town: Nicolas Cage posed up a storm on the arm of his fifth wife Riko Shibata at Tuesday’s New York premiere of his new vampire film Renfield
Who’s who: The 59-year-old movie icon is playing Count Dracula in the film, a horror comedy named after the character’s bug-eating protégé
Swanking about: For his latest sensational public appearance, Nicolas unleashed his animal instinct in a wild pair of shimmering zebra print trousers
The look: He heightened up the glitz factor of the look by modeling a gleaming black leather blazer perfectly suited to the Gothic tenor of the event
With a fringe that hooded her eyes and a slick of blood-red lipstick to provide a pop of color, Riko glowed as she stood hand in hand with her husband.
Her off-the-shoulder frock featured a striped animal pattern that went elegantly with Nicolas’ trousers as they walked the black carpet side by side.
As he swanned around the new premiere, Nicolas also managed to mingle with The Great heartthrob Nicholas Hoult, who plays Renfield himself.
Nicholas swanked about the premiere in a completely cream ensemble, including not only his velour suit but also his shirt and shoes.
The Tolkien sizzler opted to go without a tie and left his top couple of buttons beguilingly undone over his chest.
Nicholas and Nicolas shared a warm hug on the black carpet before turning to face the photographers for a string of pictures.
Over the course of the festivities the dynamic duo also had their picture taken with their co-star Ben Schwartz, who plays a New Orleans mobster.
The premiere welcomed several of Renfield’s cast members, including child star Chloe Adona and Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo.
What a pair: As he swanned around the new premiere, Nicolas also managed to mingle with The Great heartthrob Nicholas Hoult, who plays Renfield himself
Hunk-tastic: Nicholas swanked about the premiere in a completely cream ensemble, including not only his velour suit but also his shirt and shoes
Nicks unite: Nicholas and Nicolas shared a warm hug on the black carpet before turning to face the photographers for a string of pictures
Troika: Over the course of the festivities the dynamic duo also had their picture taken with their co-star Ben Schwartz, who plays a New Orleans mobster
So many stars: The premiere welcomed several of Renfield’s cast members, including child actress Chloe Adona (left) and Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo (right)
Busty bombshell Precious Lee, who is not in the film, served up a generous helping of cleavage in a plunging black top that barely contained her ample assets.
Adrian Martinez swung by the premiere in an on-theme black and scarlet look, while Jenna Kanell showed off her chiseled midriff.
RM Renfield is a character out of the original 19th century Gothic novel Dracula by the Irish author Bram Stoker.
He is introduced in a mental hospital being treated for ‘zoophagous mania’ which causes him to eat insects and then progressively larger animals.
As the novel goes on it emerges that he is in fact a burgeoning vampire whose condition can be traced back to other than Dracula himself.
In the book his doctor describes Renfield as being of ‘Sanguine temperament’ and ‘great physical strength’ but also being ‘morbidly excitable’ and experiencing ‘periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out.’
For part of the novel Renfield is willing to go along with Dracula’s machinations in order to obtain eternal life through the fulfillment of his bloodlust.
However his better nature eventually prevails and he throws in his lot with Van Helsing’s vampire hunters to fight Dracula – with tragic results for himself.
Busty bombshell: Precious Lee, who is not in the film, served up a generous helping of cleavage in a plunging black top that barely contained her ample assets
Names galore: Adrian Martinez (left) swung by the premiere in an on-theme black and scarlet look, while Jenna Kanell (right) showed off her chiseled midriff
Top brass: Renfield is directed by Chris McKay (left), who has previously helmed such films as The Lego Batman Movie and The Tomorrow War
The new movie places Dracula and Renfield in contemporary New Orleans where the latter develops feelings for a traffic cop played by Awkwafina.
Renfield is directed by Chris McKay, who has previously helmed such films as The Lego Batman Movie and The Tomorrow War.
Onetime Rick And Morty writer Ryan Ridley adapted the screenplay from a story outline by Robert Kirkman, who co-created the Walking Dead comic books.
Actors who have previously played Renfield range from Dwight Frye in the 1930s to Tom Waits in the 1990s to Mark Gatiss in 2020.
Meanwhile the luminaries who have played Dracula onscreen include Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Frank Langella and Thomas Kretschmann.
The first screen star to play Nicolas Cage’s new role was German actor Max Schreck, whose character in the 1922 film Nosferatu was an unauthorized takeoff on Dracula.
Nosferatu set off a scandal when Bram Stoker’s widow Florence successfully sued for copyright infringement and got almost all the prints of the film incinerated.
However a surviving print was circulated and copied until the movie went down in history as one of the reigning classics of the Silent Era.
Incoming: The new movie places Dracula and Renfield in contemporary New Orleans where the latter develops feelings for a traffic cop played by Awkwafina
By the way: Onetime Rick And Morty writer Ryan Ridley adapted the screenplay from a story outline by Robert Kirkman, who co-created the Walking Dead comic books
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