Michael Caine Officially Announces Retirement From Acting: ‘You Don’t Have Leading Men at 90’ https://t.co/5EupV2QzRc
— Variety (@Variety) October 14, 2023
– The veteran British actor announced the news in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today show;
– “I’ve figured, I’ve had a picture where I’ve played the lead and it’s got incredible reviews,” Caine said. “The only parts I’m likely to get now are old men, 90-year-old men, maybe 85. And I thought, ‘Well, I might as well leave with all this — I’ve got wonderful reviews. What have I got to do to beat this?'”;
– However, he does find value in older people being portrayed on screen: “With me, it’s not quite as diminishing as you think,” he explained. “I remember when I was young talking to old men of 90 and they weren’t a little bit like me. They were little tiny old men with humped shoulders… And I thought, I’m not like that and it’s changed.”
