“Never wear suede shoes!” John Wayne’s weird advice to Michael Caine

After 2 Oscars and 150 films, including many masterpieces, Sir Michael Caine is entering a well-deserved retirement, even if we still have to see him in several films already made, including The Great Escaper. The true story of British veteran Bernard Jordan, who escaped from a retirement home in June 2014 to join his comrades in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy.

In October 2018, the actress came to promote her new autobiography, Blasting bloody doorson the plateau The Graham Norton Show. And tell us a very delicious anecdote about his first meeting with John Wayne, a.k.a DukeA guardian figure of the Hollywood Western.

“Never wear suede shoes!”

Shortly after appearing in Alfie the Flirt in 1966, which was a huge success and even earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, Michael Caine came to Hollywood for the first time and stayed for a week in the legendary Beverly Hills. The hotel, the mecca of Hollywood and very regularly visited by stars.

One day, as he sits in the corner of the lobby, a helicopter lands on the hotel lawn. Out comes John Wayne, dressed as a cowboy, including a Stetson! On his way to the hotel lobby, Wayne notices Michael Caine looking at him and says: “Aren’t you in the movie ‘Alfie’?” Answering in the affirmative, Wayne said: “You’ll be a star, baby! But if you want to stay, take my advice: speak slowly, speak softly, and don’t say too much.”

And Wayne adds some other somewhat lunar “tips”: “One more thing: Never wear suede shoes. Because one day, Michael, when you go to try them on, the guy next to you will recognize you, and he’ll turn around and say ‘Michael Caine!!!’ Your shoes!” pleasant

We will hardly comment on Herzog’s second advice. On the other hand, the former could have been used entirely if Kane had actually played a cowboy or acted in Westerns, often populated by mute characters. But it was a register quite far removed from Kane’s talents, especially when he was used to playing roles that were dialogue-sliced.