Nicolas Cage doesn’t just collect rare dinosaur skulls, get inspired by his pet king cobras and, oh yeah, pull off some pretty amazing performances. The Oscar-winning actor has also made plenty of impressive style choices.
For one thing, Cage rocked the same pair of Persol shades in two classic movies: 1990’s Wild at Heart, the oddball road trip flick directed by David Lynch and co-starring Laura Dern; and 1995’s Leaving Las Vegas, in which he won a Best Actor Oscar for portraying a desperate alcoholic romancing Sin City call girl Elizabeth Shue.
Cage’s fringe-dwelling characters in both movies wore the Persol PO2458S, and now the Italian sunglasses brand is bringing back these 1990s frames for a reissue.
The updated version features an arched metal bar outlining the frame front, creating a single line with newly-patented flex temples. They’re available now at Sunglasshut.com, starting at $310 in a variety of colorways.
Persol, of course, is no stranger to reissuing cinematic sunglasses. They recently released Tom Cruise’s shades from Cocktail and Steve McQueen’s from The Thomas Crown Affair.