Caine also insists that he has no regrets over his career
Sir Michael Caine has rejected a claim which said that his film Zulu could inspire possible terrorists, calling it the “biggest load of bulls**t”.
Caine, who turns 90 next week, questioned the movie’s recent labelling of the film as “key text” for “white nationalists and supremacists”.
Zulu – which was released in 1964 – portrayed the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, which happened during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.
The film looked back at the struggle 150 British soldiers, most from the 24th Regiment of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers), against 4,000 Zulu warriors at a mission station in Natal, South Africa.
Last month, a review of counter-terrorism programme Prevent claimed that the film could act as a point of inspiration for members of the far-right.
It wasn’t the only film that was flagged. The Dam Busters was another film alongside political shows Yes Minister and The Thick of It as well as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
But the legendary actor hit back at those claims, branding it as the “biggest load of bulls**t”, as per The Spectator.
He also added that: “There are no films I wish I hadn’t made. I got paid for all of them.”
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