During his appearance on The Late Show, Nicolas Cage recently revealed a fascinating personal tidbit to Stephen Colbert.
The actor claimed that his earliest memory was of being in his mother’s womb.
Cage stated, “Listen, I know this sounds completely out there, and I have no idea if it’s true, but occasionally I feel like I can go back to being a fetus and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something.” He added, “Listen, I know this sounds completely out there.”
During his “Colbert Questionert” segment, Colbert questioned the 59-year-old actor, and the odd revelation was made.
Cage surprised everyone by responding that his earliest memory was of being in the womb when the host inquired about it.
“Now that I’m not a hatchling any longer, I would need to expect it was conceivably vocal vibrations reverberating through to me at that stage,” he proceeded. That is incredibly dated. I don’t know. That comes to my mind, even though I don’t remember being in the womb. However, the idea has come to me.
In 2021, a study published in the journal Memory found that we are still able to recall information from when we were two and a half years old. In the past, it was believed that people could remember things from approximately three and a half years old.
Even though it can be difficult to pinpoint a person’s “earliest memory,” the 21-year study found that many people can recall events from much earlier than was previously thought, and how much a person remembers depends on a variety of conditions.
A person’s culture, gender, upbringing, and even the way the question is phrased can affect their earliest memories.
Is it possible for Nicolas Cage to remember what it was like to be a baby, or is he just lying to fool us?
