The English actor Michael Caine – Alfred, Bruce Wayne’s butler, in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” film trilogy – has announced that he will end his career “at its peak”, at the age of 90.
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Caine stars in “The Great Escaper” alongside Glenda Jackson, who completed the film months before his death in June. The actor had already announced his retirement in 2021. But now he guarantees that it will be true.
Michael Caine: last job and retirement
In “The Great Escaper” (which does not yet have a release date in Brazil), Caine plays Bernie Jordan, a real World War II veteran who made headlines in 2014 when he escaped from his nursing home to attend celebrations of birthday. of D-Day in France.
The newspaper review The Guardian said the actor gives “a moving performance” in the film, while the Radio times he added that he “carries out his role with complete dignity.”
I was in a movie where I played the lead character and I got amazing reviews. What can I do to overcome this problem? The only roles I can get now are 90-year-old men.
Michael Caine, actor, in an interview with BBC news
The actor said the likelihood of being offered fewer roles in later life ended up motivating his decision to retire. “They won’t be the protagonists. You won’t have ninety-year-old protagonists, you will have young and beautiful boys and girls. So, I thought I might as well get out of this,” he said.
Caine won the Oscar for best supporting actor on two occasions: in 1987, for “Hannah and Her Sisters”, and in 2000, for “The Rules of Life”. The actor is also a recurring collaborator of director Christopher Nolan. In addition to the Batman trilogy, Caine starred in “Tenet,” “Dunkirk,” “Inception” and “The Big Trick.”
Even though Caine has hung up his screenplays, he has no intention of staying where he is. So much so that he is about to publish a book. The thriller “Deadly Game” will hit bookstores in November.
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