Michael Caine retires from acting...

[brooklynite]

...or not.

Sir Michael Caine Announces Retirement from Acting After Playing His 'Last Part' in Best Sellers

Michael Caine is taking his final bow.

The two-time Academy Award winner, 88, announced his retirement from acting Friday on the BBC Radio show Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, following what will be his final onscreen appearance in the new film Best Sellers.

"Funnily enough, it has turned out to be what is my last part, really," he explained. "Because I haven't worked for two years, and I have a spine problem, which affects my legs. So, I can't walk very well.

"And I also wrote a book, a couple of books, which were published and were successful. So, I'm now not an actor, I'm a writer, which is lovely because as an actor, you have to get up at half past 6 in the morning and go to the studio. As a writer, you can start writing without leaving the bed," Caine added.

https://people.com/movies/sir-michael-caine-announces-retirement-acting/

No, Michael Caine Is Not Retiring After ‘Best Sellers’

We have not seen the last of Michael Caine onscreen, after all.

While the legendary actor made waves Friday when an interview surfaced in which he said the recently released comedy-drama “Best Sellers” would be his last film, TheWrap has confirmed with Caine’s representatives that he is not fully retiring.

“Funnily enough, it has turned out to be my last part, really,” Caine said in reference to “Best Sellers” during an interview with Simon Mayo. “Because I haven’t worked for two years and I have a spine problem which affects my legs so I can’t walk very well. And I also wrote a couple of books which were published and were successful, so I’m now not an actor I’m a writer.”

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It’s possible Caine was being playful or merely referring to starring roles, however, as he also added, “There’s not exactly scripts pouring out with a leading man who’s 88.”

https://www.thewrap.com/michael-caine-not-retiring/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. God bless him.....the Dan Craig of my generation.....

Him and Connery. But then. Peter Sellers was my favorite Brit actor of all time. Monty Python ight there as well.

[dweller]

2. The Man Who Would Be King

and The Prestige both stand out

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[OAITW r.2.0]

4. "The Mouse that Roared"

Message and Sellers were pitch perfect.

[burrowowl]

13. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[Lithos]

3. He is a treasure

Not a leading man, but certainly someone who can add spice and wit with the right script. He also still has his voice, so perhaps his wonderful cant can still be heard for many years into the future.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. I believe he had a Cockney accent?

IIRC, never had a problem with Caine's dialogue

[Lithos]

6. Yes, he kept his Cockney accent for the most part

Though he can shift to a South London accent and vocabulary when he chooses to do so - something which is a bit more understandable.

On Edit: He knows how to make himself understood without having to give up something he considered core to himself.

On Edit v2: removed the damned past tense - he's alive and kicking and being wonderful as I type!

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Indeed, he's retiring, not dying...

But for someone who knew Mr. Caine's work for 60 years....blows my cosmically small mind.

[dweller]

8. Let's not forget Sir Michael's part

as Jasper Palmer in Children of Men … oddly fitting for today’s times 😟
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men

✌🏻

[Greybnk48]

9. One of my life-long favorite actors. He will be missed!

From the moment I saw him in Alfie, I loved him, even though he played a horrid cad.

So many great movies over the years. I want him to go on forever. *sigh* I think I'll read his books.

[ariadne0614]

11. +1 n/t

[Aristus]

10. He was never one of my favorite actors.

But his final scene in "Children Of Men" wrenched my heart out of my chest...

[Wolf Frankula]

12. If Alfie thinks he should go

Let him go. He has earned a long rest.

Wolf

[dweller]

14. Couldn't sleep last nite, flipped on the toob

into the middle of The Last Witch Hunter (2015) and there was Michael Caine as an old man … luckily the movie soon put me to sleep again 🤨

✌🏻