Michael Caine: Hampstead HolidayJay Leno once asked Michael Caine about his so-called wild days: "Was there a wildest weekend that you remember?" he wondered.
"There was a wildest weekend that I don't remember," Caine replied with a laugh. One Saturday evening during a London run of The Long, The Short and The Tall Caine had gone out on the town with Peter O'Toole.
The actors later awoke together in bed in "some wasted place... fully clothed, above the sheets." When a wasted woman entered the room, they asked her where they were. Hampstead, she replied. Hampstead?
O'Toole then looked at his watch and, wondering whether it was morning or night, asked the woman what day it was. Her reply? "It's Monday!"
[The previous 36 hours was a complete blank. Indeed, the only thing the men ever learned about that weekend was that they had both been banned for life from a fast food pizzeria in Leicester Square. (Leno asked Caine whether he had ever found out who the woman was. No, Caine replied. Was she attractive? "She wasn't attractive enough to find out who she was!")]
[Trivia: Through much of the 1960s, Michael Caine consumed 80 cigarettes and two bottles of Vodka every day. (He eventually quit smoking after a lecture from Tony Curtis.)]
Caine, Michael [born Maurice Joseph Mickelwhite] (1933- ) British actor [noted for his roles in such
films as
The Actors (2003),
The Cider House Rules (1999, Oscar),
Little Voice (1998),
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988),
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Oscar),
Blame It on Rio (1984),
Educating Rita (1983, Oscar nomination),
Deathtrap (1982),
Dressed to Kill (1980),
The Eagle Has Landed (1976),
The Man Who Would Be King (1975),
Sleuth (1972, Oscar nomination),
Kidnapped (1971), and
Alfie (1966, Oscar nomination)]
[Sources: Tonight Show with Jay Leno" - July 22, 2002; Biography magazine, Apr. 2003]More Michael Caine anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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