Vinnie Jones has revealed that Sir Michael Caine encouraged him to pursue a career in acting. The former footballer told The Big Issue magazine that The Italian Job star and fellow actor Bob Hoskins had praised his first film appearance and told him he should stick with it.
Jones said the pair gave him advice after he was asked to appear in director Guy Ritchie’s first hit Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels in 1998.
He told the magazine: “After Lock, Stock I had people like Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine say to me, you’ve got a career in this, and I said, ‘Really?’ “And they said, you have got a massive screen presence – the minute you come on screen you just take over, no matter who’s on the screen with you. “Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine
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