Sir Michael Caine is today one of the most revered actors in Hollywood, but there was a point in his life where he thought that all his friends would be famous, except for him.
London, Nov 10: Sir Michael Caine is today one of the most revered actors in Hollywood, but there was a point in his life where he thought that all his friends would be famous, except for him.
In the early 1960s, the 'Alfie' actor shared a flat with Terence Stamp as they began their careers.
"Terence's stardom happened before mine," the Daily Express quoted him, as telling Harper's Bazaar magazine."I felt at one time that everyone I knew became famous except me: Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw, Terence Stamp, Albert Finney. I even knew a painter, David Hockney. He became famous! It was weird.
"Another one of my friends was an out-of-work actor John Osborne, who then wrote Look Back In Anger and became famous. Even Terence Stamp's brother [Chris] - who didn't really do anything, he was just a Cockney lad - started managing an unknown band called The Who.
"So when even Terry's brother made it, I thought, 'S***, I'm still not famous. When is it going to be me?'" he added.
Caine also revealed that he was turned down for a play of 'Alfie,' which came out before the film, and the role was offered to Stamp instead.
"And then they made a play of Alfie before the film came out - I was even turned down for that! And Terry was offered the part of Alfie in the film before me," he said.
ANI