Singer/actress Cher is the secret to Nicolas Cage’s success. The ‘Leaving Lost Vegas’ star says if it weren’t for Cher’s support and determination he never would have won his role alongside her in the oscar-winnig film ‘ooonstruck’ – the movie that shot him to fame, aged 23. “She really was a champion for me,” the grateful star has said. “At a time when people didn’t see me as a romantic actor, she fought for me.”