Sir Michael Caine announces retirement from acting

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Sir Michael Caine announces retirement from acting

Citing a spinal problem and a lack of film offers at the age of 88, actor has called it a day

The British cinema icon is best-know for The Italian Job and more recently Dark Knight movies as Batman’s butler Alfred Pennyworth. And now at 88-years-old, Sir Michael Caine has announced his retirement from acting. The film legend has one more movie to go and then that’s probably it, he says, due to health problems and a lack of offers.

Speaking with Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live, Caine said: “Funnily enough, it has turned out to be what is my last part really.

“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, so…”

The 88-year-old also pointed out he’s more of a writer than an actor nowadays having published his 2018 memoir Blowing The Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life.

He has admitted his health is going downhill so not entirely unexpected. I hope we see him in more films though.

The likes of Sir Michael Caine, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Maggie Smith and other older actors are living legends.

Thoughts?

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Turns out his words were taken out of context.

I haven’t retired and not a lot of people know that

— Michael Caine (@themichaelcaine) October 16, 2021

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God bless a clickbait

Can’t say I’ve seen him in much if anything but couldn’t blame him if he wanted to lessen it he old old