Michael Caine, 90, made his first pink carpet look in years, when he attended the premiere of his new movie, The Great Escaper, in London, England on Wednesday. The gifted British actor stopped to pose for images by himself and with forged members, as he held a cane at BFI Southbank. He wore a darkish blue blazer over a light-weight blue button-down high, black pants, and black boots. He additionally added glasses to his look.
In addition to sitting in a chair to pose by himself, Michael was helped up by the movie’s director, Oliver Parker, to pose for images standing up. He flashed plenty of smiles as he greeted photographers and others on the occasion, and at one level, he posed for group images whereas sitting in a wheelchair. Cast members Will Fletcher, Danielle Vitalis, John Standing and Laura Marcus, in addition to Oliver, fortunately posed whereas standing behind him.
In The Great Escaper, which relies on a real story, Michael performs the function of Bernard Jordan, a person who “staged a ‘great escape’ from his care home” in 2014, “to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary.”
A synopsis for the movie provides that Bernie’s journey “also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene,” who was performed by Glenda Jackson, who sadly died in June on the age of 87. The movie “celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.”
Before Michael wowed on the pink carpet of The Great Escaper premiere, he admitted he’s “sort of retired” from performing. “I am bloody 90 now and I can’t walk properly and all that. I sort of am retired now,” he instructed The Telegraph. “With COVID and all that, I hadn’t done a picture for three years, and I thought I was finished. And I suddenly did it — and had such a wonderful time,” he added, referring to his new movie.
“I was so happy to do it,” he continued. “I just loved the character of Bernie. I thought he was incredible, and it’s so beautifully written.”
The Great Escaper hits U.Okay. theaters on October 6.
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