Michael Caine Says He’s ‘Sort of Retired Now’: ‘I Am Bloody 90, and I Can’t Walk Properly’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Caine caused a stir in 2021 when he said that his role in director Lina Roessler’s comedy “Best Sellers” might be the last of his career.
Reps for the two-time Oscar winner were swift to clarify that Caine’s announcement was premature and that he was already considering two new films to star in at the time.
Flash forward two years later, and it seems Caine is more or less retired now. “I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that,” he told The Telegraph in a new profile. “I sort of am retired now.” If Caine actually is retired, then his final film will be the upcoming “The Great Escaper.” The film, co-starring Glenda Jackson, is based on the true story of Bernard “Bernie” Jordan, a Royal Navy veteran who disappeared from his old age home at 89 to travel to France so he could attend the the 70th anniversary of D-Day. “I was so happy to do it,” Caine said. “I just loved the character of Bernie.
I thought he was incredible, and it’s so beautifully written. With Covid and all that, I hadn’t done a picture for three years, and I thought I was finished.
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