The cinema runs out of an iconic ‘sir’. Michael Caine has assured in an interview in the BBC that his role in the movie ‘Best Sellers’ “could be” his last job on the big screen.
In the program ‘Kermode and Mayo’, he comments that “nobody is making films that they want to make”, highlighting his new facet as a writer. “I’m not an actor, I’m a writer, which is great. As an actor you have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to go to the studio; as a writer, you start writing without getting out of bed,” he confesses ironically.
Asked directly if ‘Best Sellers’ will be his last film, Caine is clear: “Yes I think it will. I haven’t had any offers in the last two years, because nobody makes movies that they want to do. But I’m also 88 years old, there are not many scripts with someone who is 88 years old as the lead. “
Caine accumulates more than 150 movies behind him, beginning his career in the 50s. Gone are films like Zulu, Alfie, The Italian Job, La Huella, Educating Rita or Hannah and her sisters, which earned him an Oscar. His second Oscar came with The Rules of the Cider House.
More recently, he is known for his role as Alfred in the trilogy of The dark knight by Christopher Nolan and his appearances in Origin, Interstellar and Tenet.
What’s more, during the interview he assures that he will only fail this withdrawal to participate “three or four minutes” in future Nolan films. “I’m yours Chris“jokes the veteran actor.
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