- Title: Freeman, Caine talk ageism and 'bromance' at 'Going in Style' London screening
- Date: 5th April 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (APRIL 5, 2017) (REUTERS) 'GOING IN STYLE' PROMOTIONAL SIGN / ACTORS MICHAEL CAINE AND MORGAN FREEMAN BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTORS MICHAEL CAINE AND MORGAN FREEMAN, SAYING: CAINE: "I think it's a commentary on ageism in Hollywood and it is getting better because we're doing these leads in movies." FREEMAN: "You want to think that as you get older things sort of get more spread out, you get fewer and fewer roles, that hasn't happened with us, they keep coming, so knock wood." CAINE: "Yeah I've got another movie still to come out with Katie Holmes called 'Coup D'Etat' and I'm doing the Hatton Garden robbery in May, so I'm not exactly sitting around watching Coronation Street or something." FREEMAN: "I've got two movies coming out I just did not remember that, 'The Nutcracker'... CAINE: "You still only just remembered it?" FREEMAN: "I just remembered that, two movies." CAINE: "We've been doing this for a week and he hasn't remembered it." FREEMAN: "I hadn't remembered that." CAINE AND FREEMAN BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTORS MICHAEL CAINE AND MORGAN FREEMAN, SAYING (ON WHETHER THEIR ACTING IS GETTING BETTER WITH AGE): CAINE: "Is anything getting better with age?" FREEMAN: "Is acting getting better with age?" CAINE: "Easier, not better. We're as good as we're going to get but it's just easier doing it because we don't care so much because they can't destroy us any more, they can't say you've got no career because we've had one."
- Embargoed: 19th April 2017 20:23
- Keywords: Going In Style Morgan Freeman Michael Caine ageism
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0026B4JYA5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Veteran actors Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine hit out at Hollywood ageism and spoke about their 'bromance' as they attended a special screening of their sixth film together, 'Going in Style', in London on Wednesday (April 5).
The remake of the 1979 movie of the same name centres around three senior citizens (with Alan Arkin making up the trio) who decide to rob a bank when they have their pensions taken away from them.
Caine, 84, and Freeman, 79, said that the film was a commentary on ageism in Hollywood, and said that their continuing roles in films was proof that the situation was improving.
They also said they find acting becomes easier as they grow older - although were apparently unfamiliar with the contemporary term 'bromance' when asked about making their sixth film together.
'Going in Style', directed by Zach Braff, hits UK and US cinemas on April 7. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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