Actor is a Nicolas Cage fighter - The Sun

FILM star NICOLAS CAGE is held back by a paramedic after going to help his son following a fight in a restaurant.

The frantic Con Air star rushed to the Farmer's Kitchen in Hollywood after hearing about an altercation between Weston and his personal trainer.

Police were called after the heavy metal singer reportedly erupted when Kevin Villegas banned him from eating an item on the menu.

According to witnesses he kicked the trainer and was then punched several times in the face, leaving him a "bloody pulp".

Concerned Cage, 47, dashed to the scene and had to be restrained as he tried to get to his badly beaten son.

He later climbed into an ambulance, that took the 20-year-old to hospital after police reported he was "unstable".

Cops threatened to us a taser gun on the troubled musician and he was strapped to a gurney before being driven away.