He may have said this though, and it is almost the same. I got this quote some time ago from I don't know where and I can't confirm it from a source now.

'"Dracula is one of my favourite characters in literature. Much of my lifestyle is modeled after him. I don't drink blood, but otherwise..."I just admire the sensibility. The Gothic decor of my homes is inspired by it. To me
Dracula is love in exile. I'm very inspired by that idea."'

 

And I have heard that about Nic and the cobra before, Lula, so I'd say that is a yes!

very interesting stuff I get to know!

I say: True. (Although, I don`t remember, if she had a gold bikini on; but if memory serves, it was in italy, where he had that nightmare.)

Correct both of you, here is the quote I got it from. Lady A's turn next!

"At four, I used to have this terrible nightmare that I was on the toilet and this giant blonde genie woman in a gold bikini would reach into the bathroom window like King Kong and pluck me off of the toilet seat and laugh at me. My father would come into my room when I was screaming and say, 'Think of the white horse. The white horse will come and take your bad dreams away.' And it did. I would meditate on the white horse. I would visualize it in the black. Now I say that to my son, Weston."
These and other dreams pervaded my childhood. I was scared of many things."

 

Thanks for posting that pic from SOTW, Lula! Exactly the same pic came to my mind too, as I read the part with the white horse! What a magNICal coincidence! How wonderful! And, that horse is really beautiful!

Ok. We all know, that Nic loves all animal. Especially, the exotic ones. So, he once owned  two king-cobras, named Delilah and Moby. Fact or Fiction?

-- Edited by Lady Arwen on Friday 13th of January 2012 02:02:49 PM

the snakes yes, but the names I am not sure if either! what say you, Lady Arwen?

the beatiful white horse from SOTW was called Dali.

cool info Lady A!

Okay..FACT OR FICTION?

The Hell Cycle (the bike that transformed from Grace, when Johnny Blaze transormed into Ghost Rider) on the first GHOST RIDER movie was a remodelling of an existing Harley Davidson chopper that was ridden by Peter Fonda in 'Easy Rider'!

I say: Fact!

te he!! it is  FICTION, though it is a bt of a trick question because none of the actual original bikes, including the one ridden by Peter fonda in the film Easy Rider was a custom Harley chopper built by a guy called Ben Hardy,  are in existence still ..one was burnt during filming and the remaining 3 'disappeared' at the end of filming..but... who knows where they ended up?!?!?!

BUT 'Grace' in the 2007 Ghost Rider film was designed an built by Kirk Petrucelli, who said in the extras on the 2 disc Extended Cut Ghost Rider dvd: 

"Grace is actually based upon a classic bike, which we all admire, and Peter Fonda was very much involved with, and we took a classic hardtail Harley Davidson [note: same model as Easy Rider something to do with no rear suspension I may be wrong] and then ever so sligtly customized it to what we needed."

When Grace transitions into the Hellcycle, quite extensiive remodelling had to be done to the basic model, as they cranked up the design to the max to creat that epic bike!  fibreglass mouldings were added and the engine had to be made smaller because of the weight, but it was still an obvious chopper Harley!

Interesting tidbits:

Antique Harleys were used to create the set outside the 'Texas' biker  'Broken Bone saloon' in teh Ghsot Ride film

Peter Fonda, who plays Mephistopheles in Ghost rider, has the line, "nice bike" which is an obvious nod to Easy Rider

check out a cool video blog on the hell cycle with director Mark Steven Johnson:

http://marvel.com/videos/watch/62/ghost_rider_movie_blog_the_hellcycle

but if you really want the lowdown, I totally recommend the extras on the 2 disc extended cut Ghost Rider dvd (which has lots of other cool stuff on it too!)

http://www.cagealotcastle.com/t44820827/ghost-rider-2-disc-extended-cut-dvd/