Nicolas Cage Says He Is "a Little Bit Homeless" After Malibu Sinkhole

Nicolas Cage says he is "a little bit homeless" after a sinkhole opened beside his Malibu home in September. He made the remark at a panel at Los Angeles Comic Con on Halloween, October 31, as Variety reported.

The hole opened on September 8 near the driveway of the property on Sea Level Drive. A sinkhole is a pit that forms when the ground underneath gives way. According to Variety, it measures 25 feet deep and 30 by 60 feet across.

The collapse led to the evacuation of 31 nearby homes, including the mansion Cage shares with his family. The City of Malibu said on September 11 that the mandatory evacuation order and red-tag designations, which mark buildings as unsafe to enter, would stay in place until conditions were judged safe. Page Six describes the house as a $10.5 million beachfront mansion.

At the panel, Cage described his living arrangements in plain terms. "I'm currently a little bit homeless," he said, adding that he is "just sort of living in hotels" after what happened to the house. Coverage of the remarks drew on fan video shot during the appearance, according to Yahoo Entertainment.

Officials have not yet determined how the sinkhole formed, Variety reports. The hole is likely to have been caused by Hurricane Marie, which affected the area in early September.

Cage's work calendar keeps moving in the meantime. Variety reports that he has been revealed as a cast member of Season 5 of HBO's True Detective, alongside Antonio Banderas. He also stars as American football coach John Madden in Madden, an Amazon MGM film set for release on November 11.

For fans, the most striking detail may be how ordinary the setting sounds. Cage is a famous actor, but he is describing the same problem many families face after a natural disaster: a home that cannot be lived in, and a stay in hotels with no set end date. Neither the city's evacuation order nor the cause of the hole has been formally settled, so the situation remains open.