Michael Caine Announces Retirement From Acting - eviltoast
Sir Michael Caine announced his retirement from acting on BBC Radio 4 show Today on Saturday. The actor, whose final movie was 'The Great Escaper,' is set to publish a book in November

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Sir Michael Caine is retiring from acting.

The 90-year-old actor confirmed his retirement — which comes after the Oct. 6 release of his latest, and now final, film The Great Escaper — in a new radio interview on Saturday.

"I keep saying I’m going to retire. Well, I am now,” Caine told 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. The only parts I’m likely to get now are old men,” the acting legend explained. “…And I thought, well I might as well leave with all this — what have I got to do to beat this?”

Caine’s retirement announcement comes after he hinted at retiring in an interview with The Telegraph last month, where he discussed his new role in The Great Escaper, his age and said he was “sort of” retired.

Caine shared during his latest BBC Radio 4 interview that he believes it’s important old age is portrayed in movies, offering that as part of the reason he has kept acting up until now.

When asked if he would ever return to acting, Caine replied, “No. There’ll be writing. I’ll write another book sometime because I so enjoyed writing.”

    • SpookyUnderwearEnglish
      113·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know if this is some weird, standard response you give when you’re not sure how to respond to people, but nah, I’m good on the hug front.

      I’ll attempt to help you out: when people don’t care about things you care about, it doesn’t mean they’re having a bad day. It simply means they don’t care about the things you care about.

      • FfaerieOxide@kbin.social
        38·
        1 year ago

        Nah man, I get not everyone cares about what I care about.They tend to keep scrolling.

        The dude who feels the need to draw attention to himself, spitting out “no one cares!” like a 3rd grade problem kid squealing “What a dwe~eeb” 'cause he doesn’t know how to make friends is probably having a bad day.

        I’ll reiterate: Do you wanna talk about it?

        Seems you want attention so what’s up?
        Why you care so much announce how little you care about one of the dude being discussed’s roles?

        • SpookyUnderwearEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          I apologize if I struck a nerve. That wasn’t my intent.

        • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          It’s a teenage thing… Feeling like other people are just annoying and frustrating.