Michael Caine, 90, made his first purple carpet look in years, when he attended the premiere of his new movie, The Nice Escaper, in London, England on Wednesday. The gifted British actor stopped to pose for photographs by himself and with forged members, as he held a cane at BFI Southbank. He wore a darkish blue blazer over a light-weight blue button-down high, black pants, and black boots. He additionally added glasses to his look.

Along with sitting in a chair to pose by himself, Michael was helped up by the movie’s director, Oliver Parker, to pose for photographs standing up. He flashed plenty of smiles as he greeted photographers and others on the occasion, and at one level, he posed for group photographs whereas sitting in a wheelchair. Forged members Will Fletcher, Danielle Vitalis, John Standing and Laura Marcus, in addition to Oliver, fortunately posed whereas standing behind him.

In The Nice Escaper, which is predicated on a real story, Michael performs the position of Bernard Jordan, a person who “staged a ‘nice escape’ from his care dwelling” in 2014, “to affix fellow struggle veterans on a seashore in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades on the D-Day Landings seventieth anniversary.”

A synopsis for the movie provides that Bernie’s journey “additionally marked the end result of his 60-year marriage to Rene,” who was performed by Glenda Jackson, who sadly died in June on the age of 87. The movie “celebrates their enduring love however at all times with an eye fixed to the teachings we would study from the Best Technology.”

Earlier than Michael wowed on the purple carpet of The Nice Escaper premiere, he admitted he’s “type of retired” from appearing. “I am bloody 90 now and I can’t stroll correctly and all that. I type of am retired now,” he advised The Telegraph. “With COVID and all that, I hadn’t accomplished an image for 3 years, and I assumed I used to be completed. And I out of the blue did it — and had such an exquisite time,” he added, referring to his new movie.

“I used to be so completely happy to do it,” he continued. “I simply beloved the character of Bernie. I assumed he was unbelievable, and it’s so superbly written.”

The Nice Escaper hits U.Ok. theaters on October 6.