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Post by ck100 on Apr 2, 2020 3:26:33 GMT
Michael Caine: ‘Nolan’s Batman movies is one of the greatest things I have done in my life’ "He came to the front door of my house in the country with a script. I could see him through the glass but I couldn't recognize him. The moment he introduced himself, I knew exactly who he was because I was a great fan of his three small films." "I told him, 'I am too old for Batman. Do you want me to play the butler? What would my dialogues be? Would you like another beverage or more custard?' So, I did the movie and it was one of the greatest things I have done in my life." movieweb.com/batman-begins-michael-caine-greatest-career-moments/?fbclid=IwAR1RbGMtKCEllD56SCTdA3OfcB4za7vNAXTnivCHyn64GbseEADv0hNOTvQ |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 2, 2020 4:55:40 GMT
Caine was outstanding as Alfred because he made Nolan's his own... i.e. I never felt like I was watching Michael Caine on-screen, I bought in right away his first moments in BB.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 2, 2020 5:35:13 GMT
Caine was fantastic. He gave Alfred a tougher edge. Not as stuffy as the traditional take on the character, which was a nice change of style and made his involvement in Bruce's undertaking all the more believable.
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Post by ck100 on Apr 2, 2020 5:37:30 GMT
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Post by sdrew13163 on Apr 2, 2020 6:02:16 GMT
Love his take on Alfred, and he’s one cool bastard in real life too.
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Post by wolf359 on Apr 2, 2020 6:23:03 GMT
I myself consider Michael Caine and Michael Gough to be the Top 2 Best "Alfreds" out of all of the ones that we have seen in both Film and on TV.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 2, 2020 6:28:26 GMT
When did Alfred have time to be off in Burma with the lads if he was working for the Waynes?
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 2, 2020 6:49:40 GMT
When did Alfred have time to be off in Burma with the lads if he was working for the Waynes? I assume it was when he was still a very young man, before he moved to the US.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 2, 2020 7:46:06 GMT
I assume it was when he was still a very young man, before he moved to the US. I guess I was thinking if he was off in Burma that suggests a military aspiration beyond national service. And when would this have been? Not WW 2, he would have been too young. Unless he was a mercenary which makes it even weirder that he would end up a butler.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 2, 2020 19:44:56 GMT
I assume it was when he was still a very young man, before he moved to the US. I guess I was thinking if he was off in Burma that suggests a military aspiration beyond national service. And when would this have been? Not WW 2, he would have been too young. Unless he was a mercenary which makes it even weirder that he would end up a butler.
I always got the vibe that Caine's Alfred was once a real badass himself in his younger days. Perhaps that was why he was hired in the first place? |
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 2, 2020 20:09:23 GMT
I always got the vibe that Caine's Alfred was once a real badass himself in his younger days. Perhaps that was why he was hired in the first place? But he was working for Thomas Wayne who wasn't a bad ass. He should have taught him some judo to fight off robbers!
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Post by thisguy4000 on Apr 2, 2020 20:14:36 GMT
When did Alfred have time to be off in Burma with the lads if he was working for the Waynes? Most modern versions of Alfred have him as an ex-Secret Service agent/Royal Marine before working for the Waynes.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 2, 2020 20:18:17 GMT
I always got the vibe that Caine's Alfred was once a real badass himself in his younger days. Perhaps that was why he was hired in the first place? But he was working for Thomas Wayne who wasn't a bad ass. He should have taught him some judo to fight off robbers!
Or at least go with the family to the movies! |
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Post by millar70 on Apr 2, 2020 20:31:46 GMT
When did Alfred have time to be off in Burma with the lads if he was working for the Waynes? Most modern versions of Alfred have him as an ex-Secret Service agent/Royal Marine before working for the Waynes. That seems to be the case for the Alfred from Joker. Yet a skinny weakling like Arthur Fleck nearly chokes him to death. Perhaps another of Arthur's fantasies? |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 3, 2020 3:52:19 GMT
I assume it was when he was still a very young man, before he moved to the US. I guess I was thinking if he was off in Burma that suggests a military aspiration beyond national service. And when would this have been? Not WW 2, he would have been too young. Unless he was a mercenary which makes it even weirder that he would end up a butler.
I assume Alfred is meant to be the same age as Michael Caine at the time of these Batman films. So he's in his 70s. His military service would date back to the 1950s so. Burma entered a state of protracted armed conflict from the late 40s onwards. I agree that he may well have been a mercenary. Might explain why he's so open to Bruce's vigilante antics.
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Post by ck100 on Apr 3, 2020 3:53:42 GMT
I can't believe Michael Caine is 87 years old.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 3, 2020 4:24:44 GMT
Not a big fan of Nolans Batman but I really liked Cain as Alfred.
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