Michael Caine still in awe of wife of 50 years Shakira with whom he fell in love in 'about eight minutes'
LONDON, UK: Though Michael Caine, 90, has aged, his love for his wife Shakira Caine, 76, has not lessened a bit. The legendary actor still takes his wife of 50 years on dates and never misses a chance to make her feel special. Recently, the pair were spotted at Scott's Restaurant in London.
While Michael chose a navy blue blazer and a similar-colored pant for the outing, his wife went for a black and white look, which she completed with bold lips and some jewelry. The ‘Going in Style’ star was also seen taking the help of a rollator but there was no lack of charm in his whole persona.
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‘The Best of British’
The photos of the evergreen couple were shared by the Daily Mail on its Facebook page, attracting a lot of positive comments. A fan said, “Ageing is not the greatest but it beats the alternative. Lovely man great actor The Best of British 🥰.” Another fan commented, “Surprised but pleased to see Sir Michael using a walker. As indeed do I. Great things, they allow you to rest when required and they ensure you get where you want to go with some independence. Hey, not a lot of people know that.....!”
The third one wrote, “Well done Sir. Growing old is unavoidable. Some people won't use aids but we need role models like you to show everyone it is perfectly acceptable. You can still get about, just a bit slower and a lot safer if supported. Well done, don't stop getting about if you can, just do it with everything that is available to you to make it happen.” “Looking very datter there sir Michael you know that they say behind very good man the this a good woman xx,” the fourth added.
‘She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen’
As per reports, Michael first saw his wife, who is a former actress of Guyanese descent, in an advertisement and soon managed to get her phone number. The veteran star once shared as per express.co.uk, “I found out her number and phoned her, and phoned her and phoned her. It was really weird because the last night I phoned her, when she finally answered, was the last night I was going to phone her.”
The ‘Interstellar’ actor also revealed, “I fell in love with her in about eight minutes. It took her two hours to fall in love with me.” In 1976, Michael told PEOPLE, “She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen.” Shakira said, “He was everything I didn't expect. I had just seen him in Get Carter and he seemed so aggressive and ruthless. Instead, I found him charming and very gentle, someone whom I'd like to spend part of my life with.”
The love birds eventually said “I do” to each other in January 1973 at the Candlelight Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. In an interview with The Mirror in 2012, Caine said, “Oh we’re so romantic. We go off on little honeymoons. Every now and again we go off to a lovely hotel called the George V in Paris and have a weekend honeymoon away from everybody. Paris is our city. We always do the quote from Casablanca... Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman, she was saying goodbye and he says, ‘We’ll always have Paris.’ And that’s us two.”
The multiple Oscar winner had once honestly stated, “I was always doing love scenes with very beautiful women. You can go on the set and there’ll be one of the most beautiful women in the world and the director will say, ‘Take your clothes off and get into bed.’”
He added, “That could be a great temptation so I decided that I would never marry a woman who wasn’t as beautiful as the women I was working with. And I married a woman who, in actual fact, is more beautiful than most women I have worked with, so all the temptation was at home, not at work.”
‘I was a bit of a p**s artist’
However, Michael and Shakira’s union is not just based on looks. The ‘Zulu’ actor credits his wife for his long life. He reportedly said, “Without her, I would have been dead long ago. I would have probably drunk myself to death. I was a bit of a p**s artist when I was younger, I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day and I was smoking too, several packs a day. I wasn’t unhappy but it was stress. You know, ‘Am I going to get another picture? How am I going to do this part? How am I going to remember all those lines? I’ve got to get up at 6 in the morning and I hope the alarm works.’”
‘The Italian Job’ star is now not only a father but also a grandfather to three children. He reportedly said once, “I’ve decided to live a bit longer, I’ve cut down on the drink and got a new outlook on life. I thought I wasn’t going to have grandchildren, and suddenly I have three.”
“They’re my fountain of youth and have given me a new lease of life without any of the worries or troubles. I’m completely besotted and so is my wife. I’ve had some high points in my life, I’ve won two Academy Awards and been given a knighthood, and I used to think that you couldn’t get better than that but then I got my grandchildren, which is better than anything,” Michael added.
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