If there’s one actor who knows how to handle chaos, it’s Nicolas Cage. However, even he wasn’t ready for a swarm of bees to crash the set of his upcoming horror movie, The Carpenter’s Son, a religious horror-drama in which he plays Joseph, the biblical figure. While internet sleuths might be tempted to call the bee attack karma, the Ghost Rider vet insists this wasn’t a case of divine retribution. Still, I have to admit, what took place behind the scenes on this 2025 movie release sounds even wilder than the infamous The Wicker Man bee scene.
Cage recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly, during which he opened up about the now-infamous bee incident that unfolded while filming on a remote mountaintop. Naturally, everyone’s first thought was his iconic line from The Wicker Man, “Not the bees!" but the Renfield star was quick to shut that down with a laugh. The Carpenter’s Son, he clarified, is not a comedy, and the bee attack wasn’t part of some elaborate meta bit. It was, quite simply, a logistical fail. He recalled:
