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Actor Michael Caine Says he is Retiring Aged 90

FILE PHOTO: Actor Sir Michael Caine arrives at the world premiere of King of Thieves in London, Britain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Actor Sir Michael Caine arrives at the world premiere of King of Thieves in London, Britain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo
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Actor Michael Caine Says he is Retiring Aged 90

FILE PHOTO: Actor Sir Michael Caine arrives at the world premiere of King of Thieves in London, Britain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Actor Sir Michael Caine arrives at the world premiere of King of Thieves in London, Britain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo

British actor and two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine has said he will retire from acting, aged 90, following the release of his latest film.
"I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well I am now," Caine told BBC radio in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
"I've figured I've had a picture where I've played the lead and had incredible reviews... What am I going to do that will beat this?"
Caine stars in "The Great Escaper" opposite Glenda Jackson, who died in June shortly after completing her part in the film. The film is based on the true story of a World War Two veteran who escapes from a care home to attend D-Day anniversary celebrations in France.
"The only parts I'm liable to get now are 90-year-old men. Or maybe 85," Caine told the BBC. "So I thought, I might as well leave with all this."
Caine won Oscars for the 1986 film "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "The Cider House Rules" in 1999, both of them as best supporting actor. He also starred in movies such as "Alfie," "Get Carter" and "Educating Rita."

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Crime Families Clash in Guy Ritchie’s Starry New Series ‘Mobland’ 

27 March 2025, United Kingdom, London: (L-R) English actress Helen Mirren, English director Guy Ritchie, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, English actor Tom Hardy, attend the British premiere of MobLand at Odeon Luxe. (PA Wire/dpa)
27 March 2025, United Kingdom, London: (L-R) English actress Helen Mirren, English director Guy Ritchie, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, English actor Tom Hardy, attend the British premiere of MobLand at Odeon Luxe. (PA Wire/dpa)
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Crime Families Clash in Guy Ritchie’s Starry New Series ‘Mobland’ 

27 March 2025, United Kingdom, London: (L-R) English actress Helen Mirren, English director Guy Ritchie, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, English actor Tom Hardy, attend the British premiere of MobLand at Odeon Luxe. (PA Wire/dpa)
27 March 2025, United Kingdom, London: (L-R) English actress Helen Mirren, English director Guy Ritchie, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, English actor Tom Hardy, attend the British premiere of MobLand at Odeon Luxe. (PA Wire/dpa)

British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organized crime in "MobLand", his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.

The 10-episode show follows two feuding London crime families, the Harrigans and the Stevensons. Hardy plays the Harrigans' well-connected fixer Harry Da Souza.

"I was interested in the traditional genre, so to speak, that it's gangsters in one family. I haven't done that before," director and executive producer Ritchie said at the show's global premiere in London on Thursday.

"MobLand" comes hot on the heels of Ritchie's hit 2024 Netflix series "The Gentlemen". Ritchie, who made his feature film debut with the 1998 crime comedy "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and went on to direct movies including "Snatch", "Sherlock Holmes" and "Aladdin", said he was enjoying the smaller screen work.

"I quite like that it goes on for a long time, to be fair. I quite like TV, so it's fun to oscillate between TV and film. I just think one informs the other," the 56-year-old said.

"MobLand" stars Brosnan as the Harrigan family head, crime boss Conrad, with Mirren playing his influence-wielding wife, Maeve.

Brosnan received the script from Ritchie last summer while he was working with Mirren on their upcoming movie "The Thursday Murder Club" and the two agreed to embark on the project. The experience marked a first for the 71-year-old, who said shooting on the series had only wrapped the day before the premiere.

"This is bonkers. I've never had something like this happen in life where you work for five months, finish and then the next night you're on the red carpet. But that's the way the world is going - fast," he said.

Brosnan, who previously starred in the series "The Son", said he was excited to return to TV.

"It keeps you on your feet. And if the writing's really good and you have people who know how to create an ensemble and create drama, then it's hard work, but it's exhilarating," he said.

The show also provided a brand-new experience for Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, who created its music with composer Ilan Eshkeri.

"I'm familiar with scoring, but this was different because of the sheer length of music involved," Bellamy said. "Normally a film would be 90 minutes or something, but this is like 10 hours."

"We were trying to combine this kind of gritty London gangster feel with the more privileged kind of luxury of the Harrigans. We were combining quite industrial electronic music with string quartet music," he added.

"MobLand", which is written by Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth, premieres on Paramount+ on March 30.