Michael Caine: 'I miss sexy roles'

Michael Caine has admitted that he misses being the romantic lead in his more recent films.

The Zulu star told Metro that it is true that he is no longer cast in sexual roles against female stars.

Caine said: "I suppose I am missing the roles where I'm dishing out the sex.

"I've just made - in my seventies - films with Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé Knowles, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson, but I'm just the old duffer in the corner."

Of his more sombre roles, he added: "I never think about my own mortality. No, no, you must never do that. I always have so many plans for what I'm doing. I've behaved my entire life as if I'm immortal."

Caine also confirmed that shooting would not begin on the next Batman movie until 2011 at the earliest because of director Christopher Nolan's continuing work on Inception.