Things You May Have Forgotten About the Oscars Posted on February 25, 2017November 10, 2017 by TFE Times Prev1 of 5Next Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in ‘Dumb and Dumber’ (1994). However, Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called ‘Leaving Las Vegas’. ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996. Related