Michael Caine: 'I like working with Nolan'

Sir Michael Caine has revealed that he enjoys working with filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

The actor, who has collaborated with Nolan on the Batman franchise and new film Inception, also claimed that the director is creating a team of people who he would like to work with in all of his films.

He told ITN: "We're very good friends. I like working with him and he likes working with the same people over again. As you see in [Inception], he's got Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy and me, and we starred in Batman Begins.

"In this picture there wasn't really a part for me. So I said, 'What is there?' He said, 'Well, there's three days, you're the father of Leonardo'. So I said, 'I'll do that'."

Caine also described co-star Leonardo DiCaprio as "very nice, very calm". He added "He's a great guy."

Inception opens in US and UK cinemas on July 16.