Sir Michael forgets his lines - Nov 30 2007
Hollywood great Sir Michael Caine has admitted he was so lost for words when he saw Heath Ledger perform as The Joker that he actually forgot his lines.

The pair were rehearsing for their upcoming film, Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight, when Sir Michael was apparently rendered speechless.

The veteran actor told Empire Magazine: "Heath plays him (The Joker) like an absolutely maniacal murderous psychopath. You have never seen anything like it in your life. He is very, very scary."

Recalling his shock, the 64-year-old revealed: "I had to do this bit where Batman and I watch a video which The Joker sends to threaten us. So I'd never seen him, and then he came on the television in the first rehearsal and I completely forgot my lines. I flipped, because it was so stunning, it was quite amazing."

Michael plays the role of the butler Alfred in the film, which stars Christian Bale at Batman. The movie is directed by Christopher Nolan.

Sir Michael reincarnated - Nov 8 2007
Sir Michael Caine has apparently admitted that he believes in reincarnation.

The two-time Academy Award winner also feels it is possible to distinguish between those who have lived on earth before and those who are new to a terrestrial existence, reports the Daily Express.

The actor is quoted as saying: "You know, you meet old souls and you meet dull people... I think dull people have never been here before.

"Then you meet these fascinating people and you go: ’God, he’s definitely been here before’."

The 74-year-old continued: "I believe in reincarnation. All my friends are what I call ’old souls’. They’ve been here before.

"They know stuff that other people don’t know. Like Jude Law. You meet these people and they seem to have a cognisance and then meet other people who are nothing - they just sit and watch television and they’re boring."

But when asked who he would like to come back as, British-born Michael apparently confessed: "I’d come back as the son of a billionaire, just hanging about and doing nothing."

Sir Michael’s fishy fears - Oct 18 2007
Sir Michael Caine has reportedly revealed that he once thought he saw a ghost in his bedroom - but it actually turned out to be a smoked haddock.

The film legend’s dad apparently insisted he leave his bedroom window open at night to let fresh air in, and because the room was so cold, the family left fresh fish in there to prevent it from going off, reports The Sun.

The silver-haired actor told the paper: "My father, who was very tough, always insisted, ’You’ve got to be healthy, keep the windows open at night.’ So, even in winter, the windows were always open. It was freezing cold.

"My father was a fish market porter and he used to steal fish to feed us. He used to keep the fish in our bedroom because it was the coldest room in the house."

He added: "And one night, I woke up and I yelled because at the end of the bed there’s this ghost. I’m screaming, and my mother came in and said, ’What’s the matter?’

"She turned the lights on and there was a big plate of smoked haddock. And smoked haddock has phosphorous in it and it glows in the dark. I thought it was a ghost, it was smoked haddock."


Caine invites you to chill out - July 31 2007
Sir Michael Caine has announced the name of his new chill-out album - Cained - and has compiled a selection of his favourite tracks for the record.