Michael caine gay
Back in the 1960s, if you saw that a show had been produced by Joseph E. Levine in it, that movie usually had sexy and scantily clad babes in it. Usually, but not always. Levine seemed to have the producer's creed that "sex sells." The historical British war monumental, ZULU, was a hit movie. In it, a screen newcomer named Michael Caine received terrific notices for his performance as an effete British military officer.
Joseph E. Levine was executive producer of this operation movie. He was pleased with Michael Caine's performance but he was concerned that moviegoers would think Caine was gay.
The actor, quite the witty storyteller, told me about this little wall he hit preliminary in his career because of a top producer's limited vision.
Micha
40 Years Ago, Michael Caine Broke His Decades-Old Golden Rule To Kiss Superman
Summary
- Michael Caine broke his no kissing rule to kiss Christopher Reeve in 1982's Deathtrap.
- Caine's willingness to break his rule was considered progressive, despite backlash.
- Caine's rule stemmed from early theater experiences, where he avoided kissing men.
Michael Caine is a well respected actor who has earned the right to form certain demands, but he broke one of his own rules on the set of Deathtrap. Caine is a staple in Hollywood who has been appearing in hit films since 1946, when he was just 13 years old. Since then, Caine grew to become a actor who was successful on both sides of the Atlantic, with over 170 credits to his name. As a long standing celebrity, whose mere name is able to draw an audience, Caine is granted the opportunity to put certain conditions in place before accepting new work.
However, in his autobiography, "What's it All About?," Caine has recounted a story whe
For his 1966 performance as Alfie, cad who feels that the only life worth having...
...is a sex experience, Caine got the first of his six Oscar nominations. He went on to become one of the rare actors to achieve two Academy Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor. His first victory was for Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and the second was for The Cider Property Rules (1999). Today, mo
Michael Caine says he was advised against playing homosexual characters
Sir Michael Caine has shared that earlier in his career he was advised to turn down roles where he played a gay character.
Having made films for over five decades Michael Caine has been in over 125 different movies. His newest outing King of Thieves sees him teaming up with Ray Winstone, Tom Courtney, Michael Gambon and Jim Broadbent for a real-life tale about some bank robbers who are much older than your average thief.
While out promoting the new movie, Caine told Rolling Stone that he was advised to spin down roles in the film Deathtrap and California Suite because the character he was portraying was gay.
Caine said he was told the parts could be career ending with advisors saying; “and what are the girls going to assume of you?”
The actor told the magazine that he was confident that audience would remember that he was just an actor.
“A couple of people said, `Do you really yearn to do it, Michael? People will think you’re gay.’ I said, ” ‘No, they won’t. They grasp I’m an actor.'”
In the interview Caine said the neither he or co-star Ch