In 2021, Michael Caine announced that his role in the comedy “Best Sellers” may be the last of his career. His reps were quick to clarify that the two-time Oscar winner’s announcement was premature and that he was already considering two new films to star in at the time. However, two years later, it seems Michael Caine Or, this time, really retired — as he told the Telegraph (via Variety ).
I am now 90 years old and cannot walk properly. I’m kind of retired now.
If this is indeed the end of his career, his last film will be Oliver Parker’s next big runaway. The biopic, starring Glenda Jackson, is based on the true story of Bernard “Bernie” Jordan, a Royal Navy veteran who, aged 89, ran away from his retirement home to travel to France to attend the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings. forces in Normandy.
“I was very happy to do it“, he said Michael Caine About the feature film. “I just loved Bernie’s character. I thought it was amazing and very beautifully written. With Covid and all that, I hadn’t made a film in three years and I thought it was over. I did it all at once – and had such a wonderful time.“
Filming at 90
But acting at her age proved more difficult than expected Michael Caine who explained: “They gave me a really good cane and I was able to do the scenes that required it. I only did them once and then fell off. But just take one and that’s it. we forget“
“We made sure Michael didn’t work too hard“, the director of the film also specified Oliver Parker“And we had to negotiate that he was moving at the pace he did. But for him to return to acting after not doing a film for a long time and how he did it was something.“
“Rarely have I seen such a fragile character played“, he added. “He was always Michael Caine – carefree, confident and cool. Here he plays a man trying to stay in control. In order for the audience to invest in that, they really have to share their vulnerability, and I was really pleased with Michael’s ability.“
Be 90, just
They asked what it means to be 90, Michael Caine He spoke at length on this topic: “The worst thing is that many things disappear from your life. You can’t run, you can’t play football and slowly you realize that you are getting closer to death.“
He continued: “ It could be close to 90. But I’m quite happy. I sit here and write and do my work. I like it. I have two children, three grandchildren and a wife… eventually they will all join me. No one will say, “I’m so sorry you’re going to die—I wish you were like me and didn’t die.” Everyone will die. At least I lived until 90 years old. I didn’t die at 9, 19 or 29. I’m 90 and I’ve had the best life I could think of. The best wife and the best family. It may not be the family that others would say is the best family – but it is the best family for me.“
The Great Escaper opens in UK cinemas on October 6. The film does not yet have a release date in France.
Source: Allocine
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