the problem here is they have to cast someone who is conventionally attractive, a good actor, and is a little freak. not something many have all three of.
Michael Caine says he is “sort of” retired.
“I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that… I’ve had the best possible life I could have thought of.”
(Source: telegraph.co.uk/films/2023/09/…)