Nicolas Cage breaks his ankle in Bulgaria

The 53-year-old actor was in Bulgaria shooting his new bank heist film #211 when the freak accident happened, his reps confirmed to Deadline. He has since returned to Los Angeles for surgery.

He was taken to a hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Doctors wanted to operate immediately. But Cage insisted on flying back to California to have the operation. He has already flown back.

The movie may be working around Cage or it might have to totally shut down. The director is York Shackleton.

The project is from Millennium Films and tells the story of a bank robbery that a police officer (played by Cage) is trying to stop.

In police code, 211 means robbery in progress.

Also in the film is his son Weston, 26, who Nicolas had with Christina Fulton.

Cage is married to Alice Kim and together they have son Kal-El.

He was married to Lisa Marie Presley from 2002 until 2004. And before that he was wed to Patricia Arquette from 1995 until 2001.

Cage was last seen in the movie Vengeance: A Love Story.

Source: Nicolas Cage breaks his ankle in Bulgaria | Daily Mail Online