Sir Michael Caine agrees to appear in Christopher Nolan films without reading the script.
The Oscar-winning actor has appeared in six films made by Nolan – the latest of which is new sci-fi thriller ‘Interstellar’ – and Sir Michael says he’s so confident in the hit-making abilities of his long-time collaborator, he accepts roles without even knowing the plot.
Speaking at the London press conference for their new film earlier today (29.10.14), Sir Michael revealed: "You spend your life as an actor saying, ‘Is it going to be a hit, or is it going to be a miss?’ And sometimes it’s a hit and sometimes it’s a miss.
"I’ve done six pictures with Christopher Nolan and every one of them has been a hit. So, whenever he says, ‘Do you want to do a movie?’ I say, ‘Yes’. He says, ‘Do you want to read the script?’ I say, ‘No’."
The acclaimed pair began working together in 2005 with ‘Batman Begins’ and the 81-year-old icon says that with Nolan, "nothing is what it seems".
He continued: "I remember the first time he came to me with a script. He came to my house in the country and told me he’s got a script for a movie. I said, ‘What is it?’ He said, ‘Batman’. And I thought to myself that I’m too old to play Batman.
"So I asked what he wanted me to play? And he said, ‘I want you to play the butler’. And I thought to myself about what sort of dialogue I’d have. Do I say, ‘Hello sir, would you like a beverage?’ He said, ‘No Michael, read the script’. And, of course, I read the script and it was the foster father of Batman. Nothing is what it seems with Christopher."
Michael Caine appears in Christopher Nolan films ‘without reading the script’
