He refused three times Michael Caine to appear in The Great Escape. This movie Oliver Parker focuses on the true story of a former marine Bernie Jordanwho as a non-age person wants to escape from his residence to attend the anniversary celebration D day. It was a role tailored to him, but Caine was exhausted. Still he accepted it, and kept working on it The Great Escape along with other acting veterans such as Glenda Jackson. He died in June, after completing the film.

The atmosphere of the will of The Great Escape (which premiered in the UK on October 6 and there is still no date in Spain), with all this, it is very graphic. And throughout his work, Caine hasn’t stopped saying that “he is more or less retired”. The actor has emphasized on that “He was 90 years old.” and it was difficult for him to participate in this film: he did it thanks to the facilities that the team provided him. Now, in a statement to MirrorCaine announced that he was retiring in 100%.

“I keep saying that I will retire. Yes, I’ve done it. I realized, I came from a film where I played the protagonist with very good reviews, why continue?“, asked the actor A man who can rule. “The only role they can give me right now is a 90-year-old man. Or maybe 85“, continued the translator. “They will not be the protagonists. At 90 you don’t have a protagonist, this is for young and beautiful boys and girls. So I think it’s time to go.”

But Caine would leave through the front door, with a warm welcome The Great Escape. And the film was released a month before Caine’s debut with the novel: he had long wanted to write a suspenseful story, and this finally happened with Deadly Gamecenters on a named spy Harry Taylor. Yes Deadly Game It worked, who knows, maybe Caine retired from film but turned out to be a great writer.

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