Michael Caine
Michael Caine has revealed he had a long running feud with filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock after he turned down a part in one of his movies.
Caine was offered a part in Frenzy and, despite wanting to work with the director, he turned the gory role down.
Speaking to Contactmusic the actor said: "He offered me the part of a sadist who murdered women and I won't play that.
"I have a sort of moral thing and I refused to play it and he never spoke to me again.
"It was a film based on a real killer who cut women to smithereens. I said, 'I can't play this. I don't want to play it.' (After I turned the role down) I would see him (Hitchcock) every Friday at Chasen's restaurant (in Los Angeles) and he would totally ignore me."
2009 was a great year for Caine as he notched up two critically acclaimed movies in the form of Is Anybody There? and Harry Brown.
And he is back on the big screen later this year as he reunites with Christopher Nolan, their fourth movie together, for Inception.
Caine will star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page in the action/science fiction movie.
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