No, Michael Caine Is Not Retiring After ‘Best Sellers’

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We have not seen the last of Michael Caine onscreen, after all.

While the legendary actor made waves Friday when an interview surfaced in which he said the recently released comedy-drama “Best Sellers” would be his last film, TheWrap has confirmed with Caine’s representatives that he is not fully retiring.

“Regarding retirement, I’ve spent over 50 years getting up at 6:00 AM to make movies, and I’m not getting rid of my alarm clock!” Caine said in a statement provided to TheWrap.

The hubbub over Caine’s retirement came about after an interview with Simon Mayo surfaced in which he hinted that “Best Sellers” might be his final film. “Funnily enough, it has turned out to be my last part, really,” said during the interview. “Because I haven’t worked for two years and I have a spine problem which affects my legs so I can’t walk very well. And I also wrote a couple of books which were published and were successful, so I’m now not an actor I’m a writer.”

Many have been expecting Caine to have some sort of role in Christopher Nolan’s next film, “Oppenheimer,” which chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and starts shooting next year with Cillian Murphy in the lead. Caine has appeared in all of Nolan’s films since “Batman Begins,” even making a voice cameo in 2017’s “Dunkirk.” So while the actor’s comments are being interpreted as a retirement announcement, Caine’s representatives assure TheWrap that reports of his retirement are not true.

Caine started acting in 1950 and has racked up over 130 film credits to his name thus far, winning a Oscars for his turns in “Hannah and Her Sisters” and “The Cider House Rules” and scoring four additional Oscar nominations.

The actor’s most recent role is that of a cranky author in the aforementioned “Best Sellers,” which was released in September, and he reached a whole new generation with his role as Alfred in Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy opposite Christian Bale.