Michael Caine Questions Need for Intimacy Coordinators: 'Thank God I’m 90 and Don’t Play Lovers Anymore'

"In my day, you just did the love scene and got on with it without anyone interfering," the veteran actor said

Sir Michael Caine is glad he doesn’t have to interact with intimacy coordinators.

The veteran actor, 90, questioned the need for the on-set role — which is dedicated to ensuring the safety and comfort of actors during intimate scenes — in a new interview with the Daily Mail.

When asked for his thoughts on intimacy coordinators, Caine responded, “Really? Seriously? What are they? We never had that in my day."

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The legendary British actor, whose break-out role was 1964's Zulu, went on to say, “Thank God I’m 90 and don’t play lovers anymore is all I can say.”

“In my day, you just did the love scene and got on with it without anyone interfering,” he continued. “It’s all changed.”

Caine, who spoke with the outlet alongside The Great Escaper castmate Sir John Standing, also discussed political correctness.

When asked whether either of the veteran actors’ children or grandchildren attempt to keep them up to date on terminology, Standing, 89, said, “They do. All the time. And I try my hardest.”

“So do I,” Caine told the Daily Mail. “But it’s dull, not being able to speak your mind and not being able to call anyone ‘darling.’”

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Standing continued, “I’m endlessly being told I can’t say this or that because it’s inappropriate.”

“And I still call everyone ‘darling,’” he added, and Caine agreed: “Oh, yes.”

The V for Vendetta actor said that learning to speak in a politically correct manner is “like learning a new language” — and that he and Caine “are trying our best.”

“I try, but it’s hard,” Caine added, noting that he likes to learn not only from his family members, but also “from friends who are younger than me.”

Standing echoed his costar, saying, “I love being around young people. The secret to old age is to mix with people much younger than yourself, which is why I love spending time with my 9-year-old grandson, who makes me watch him play Minecraft for hours — and gets furious when I call it ‘Witchcraft’ by mistake.”

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“Yes,” Caine agreed. “Because as you get older, you inevitably think about dying, but as soon as you get grandchildren, your focus shifts. You think about them.”

He continued, “You want to go on living because they are so much a part of you, and you want to live forever to see what they do with their lives. You just want to keep going.”

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Inspired by a true story, the actors’ upcoming film The Great Escaper stars Caine as Bernard Jordan, a man who, in 2014, "staged a 'great escape' from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary," per a synopsis.

According to Caine, the movie may be his last.

“I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that,” Caine told The Telegraph earlier this month. “I sort of am retired now.”

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The Oscar winner also told the outlet that after the COVID-19 pandemic, he was drawn back to the silver screen by the film’s main character.

“I was so happy to do it,” Caine said. “I just loved the character of Bernie. I thought he was incredible, and it’s so beautifully written.”

He continued, “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.”

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