Nicolas Cage claims he remembers being inside his mother's womb, and, well, we need a minute to process that.
But honestly, if anyone could make that statement believable, it would be him.
Cage was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week where he participated in "The Colbert Questionert."
After answering life's tough questions like "Apples or oranges?" and "Window or aisle?" Cage was asked about his earliest memory.
The Renfield star pondered a moment and then revealed:
"Listen, I know this sounds really far out, and I don't know if it's real or not, but sometimes I think I can go all the way back to in utero and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something."
He continued:
"I know that sounds powerfully abstract, but that somehow seems like maybe it happened."
He completed his response:
"Now that I am no longer in utero, I would have to imagine perhaps it was vocal vibrations resonating through to me in that stage going way back."
"That comes to mind."
You can watch the clip below.
Nicolas Cage Takes The Colbert Questionertyoutu.be
Viewers of the segment were highly entertained by Cage's response... but also not in the least surprised.
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Well if anyone could have womb memory powers\u2026 it would be Nic Cage\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
\u201c@IGN That tracks, actually \ud83d\ude02\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@IGN\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@IGN if anyone could....it would be either Nic Cage or Chuck Norris.\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@IGN He's the only person on the worth that can say this and have me believe them\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@IGN Both Nicolas Cage and Jack Black are the two only people in the world I wouldn't need any context for, I could see them doing ANYTHING and be like "yeah that checks out"\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@IGN He\u2019s not going far back enough; if he tries harder, I bet he could remember creating the universe.\u201d— IGN (@IGN) 1683057666
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Sounds about Cage to me.\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Don\u2019t ever underestimate the unbearable weight of massive talent \ud83e\udee3\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
\u201c@DiscussingFilm This is the most Nic Cage thing that he\u2019s said lmao\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
\u201c@DiscussingFilm This is the most Nic Cage thing ever and I don't doubt it\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
\u201c@DiscussingFilm This is on brand Nic Cage. World needs more of this from him.\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1683056031
After hearing Cage out, Colbert replied:
"I buy it. I buy it."
And, honestly, we think we might, too.