Wild at Heart (1990): Nobody does cinema insanity quite like David Lynch, so a union with Nicolas Cage was almost inevitable. Playing Sailor Ripley, Cage brought his own obsession with Elvis to the role along with a snakeskin jacket. "A symbol of my individuality and belief in personal freedom," he says. When Lynch first read Barry Gifford's Wild at Heart novel he instantly thought of Cage for the Ripley role.