If you’ve suspected the stories about could-have-been Superman actor turned Flaming Skull Guy, Nicolas Cage, naming his boy after the Last Son of Krypton were stuff of urban legend, they are indeed true.

That fact alone may not be a surprise, but you may be amused to learn why Cage and his third Mrs. Cage chose Kal-El and read a few choice tidbits about why Tim Burton’s long dead Superman project, pun intended, never got off the ground by reading this Electric New Paper interview.

By the way, Flaming Skull Guy set a record (WAHOO!) with $52 million for the four-day President’s Day holiday weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.

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