# Where's my cheque? **URL:** \ **Category:** Monkey Tennis\ **Created:** [26 January 2016 10:38 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690 "2016-01-26T10:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 10:38 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/1 "2016-01-26T10:38:27Z")
I’ve just read a review of “Dirty Grandpa”. It is by that accounts, a poor film which isn’t very funny, but has the distinction of having a Mr Robert De Niro starring in it, something which used to be a rare thing. These days, De Niro will ostensibly do anything, so much so that I reckon “where’s my cheque?” are the first three words he says when turning up on set. He’s not alone. Bruce Willis has long been ploughing a similar furrow. So, formerly respected stars turning out in utter turkeys for money. Let’s have 'em\*. ## \* You’re allowed to _mention_ Danny Trejo, but not allowed to criticise him, ta. ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 10:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/2 "2016-01-26T10:47:27Z")
You missed the king of all this, mostly due to his extravagant spending habits. The one, the only, Mr Nicolas Cage. Here is a pillowcase, with the great man on it. ![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/3/c3a5e0f10cb17d4f3888f1e0af35cf22b7e78467.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/3 "2016-01-26T11:03:08Z")
Y’see, I kinda like Cage. He was born Coppola; part of that clan, but ditched his name to avoid charges of nepotism. Rumour has it that he took his name from Luke Cage, obscure capeshit, which is also cool. He also gives a shitload of his money away. ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/4 "2016-01-26T11:08:07Z")
Don’t get me wrong. I love the dude. But, you can’t escape the fact that matey will do anything if there is a paycheck involved. Undoubtedly he has done some good films, but my word has he done some shite. He’s been known to find himself in financial difficulties, apparently due to spending lots of money on obscenely expensive and relatively useless shit. Sharks, Pygmy shrunken heads, pyramid tombstones etc. He’s completely bonkers, and all the more beautiful for it. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/5 "2016-01-26T11:16:29Z")
Here’s a nice quote: "When asked about his participation in ‘JAWS : The Revenge’, Michael Caine famously replied “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/6 "2016-01-26T11:20:11Z")
I think you need to be slightly less harsh to those that have to do it. e.g. Willie Nelson after tax affairs, Kevin Bacon after bad biz deals, John Cleese every time he gets taken to the cleaners by one of his wives. ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/7 "2016-01-26T11:42:19Z")
No one forced Cagey-boy to buy these things. I struggle to have a huge deal of sympathy for someone that shite like _Knowing_ (seriously, have you seen that absolute car crash?) cashing millions of $$$ in the process and is still incapable of staying solvent, despite his $150m fortune. ---
**Author:** ![Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bearsy/32/6_2.png) [@Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bearsy)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/8 "2016-01-26T11:47:30Z")
![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/4/e42c82a24ef511b6a1aac8efe64651dc85b89faa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/9 "2016-01-26T11:48:30Z")
Hehe. If you really want to get angry, completely the wrong target. Did you know that the budget for Adam Sandler’s Ridiculous Six was $60m? Or that Jack and Jill cost $79m to make? Hateful Eight cost $44m. [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNsT7-Lwsk) [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/4/f49b972873391dbb3194f68542bb6727c690c54d.jpeg "Half in the Bag Episode 101: The Hateful Eight and The Ridiculous 6 (sort of)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3wiUNRv7sg) ---
**Author:** ![Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bearsy/32/6_2.png) [@Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bearsy)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 11:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/10 "2016-01-26T11:53:31Z")
i love those Half In Bag bros. Have you seen the Plinkett reviews of i.e. Phantom Menace, pap? Fkin hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 12:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/11 "2016-01-26T12:02:48Z")
Yeah, they’re excellent - and as disgusting as they are - those boys really know their films. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:12 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/12 "2016-01-26T13:12:47Z")
What was it called? Left behind or something? Sort of a Leftovers where Cage is flying a plane. God that was dross and so badly acted by him. 25 quid for the special effects I reckon as they must have given the rest to Cage. Meanwhile - something I heard on a showbiz gossip thing either local radio or Sky News, Michael Caine has expressed an interest in appearing in any potential movie about the Hatton Garden heist… Kinda fits the bill of this thread and would destroy his heist movie legacy - BOOO! ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/13 "2016-01-26T13:15:58Z")
Michael Caine would take Hatton Garden heist role ‘in an instant’ The Get Carter and Italian Job star, 83, says he would return to the crime movie genre to play one of the ‘bad grandpa’ jewel thieves ![Michael Caine|620x372](upload://w5D9sdicvutpqElBVyOtZ4U1Oxf.jpeg) Michael Caine: ‘You get to my age and you say there’s no parts, and then suddenly you’re sitting there and there’s a part in the newspaper.’ Photograph: Ian West/PA [Ben Child](http://www.theguardian.com/profile/benchild) @BenChildGeek Friday 22 January 2016 10.41 GMT Last modified on Friday 22 January 2016 22.02 GMT - [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=180444840287&href=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F4g3ed%2Fsfb&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F4g3ed "Facebook") - [Share on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Michael%20Caine%20would%20take%20Hatton%20Garden%20heist%20role%20'in%20an%20instant'&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F4g3ed%2Fstw "Twitter") - Share via Email - [Share on Pinterest](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/find/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffilm%2F2016%2Fjan%2F22%2Fmichael-caine-interested-in-hatton-garden-heist-role "Pinterest") - [Share on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&title=Michael+Caine+would+take+Hatton+Garden+heist+role+%27in+an+instant%27&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F4g3ed "LinkedIn") - [Share on Google+](https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F4g3ed%2Fsgp&hl=en-GB&wwc=1 "Google plus") - Share on WhatsApp ### Shares 128 128 ### Comments [55](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/22/michael-caine-interested-in-hatton-garden-heist-role#comments)[Save for later Article saved](https://profile.theguardian.com/save-content?INTCMP=DOTCOM_ARTICLE_SFL&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffilm%2F2016%2Fjan%2F22%2Fmichael-caine-interested-in-hatton-garden-heist-role&shortUrl=/p/4g3ed&platform=web:Chrome:wide) Michael Caine has said he would sign on to star in a film about the [Hatton Garden jewel robbers](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/04/hatton-garden-heist-men-plead-guilty) – dubbed the “bad grandpas” – in an instant. ![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/0/4019c8c0ad62334b78a2bdefabdb8b4041e776ba.jpeg) # Hatton Garden heist film goes into production Metrodome moves forward with film about the £14m London robbery, days after key figures in the raid were found guilty Read more [Speaking to Sky News](http://news.sky.com/story/1627282/caine-id-do-hatton-garden-film-in-an-instant), Caine said that he was now limited in the number of potential roles he can play, and would be keen to play one of the older members of the jailed gang. “That story, the four guys in Hatton Garden, they are very, very tough,” he said. “I’ve heard my name and Ray Winstone’s name mentioned. I would do it in an instant. I’ll be 83 in March, you know, so obviously there [are fewer roles] for me to play.” The star of the classic crime capers The Italian Job and Get Carter signalled that he would not come cheap, however. He joked: “If they want me to do the Hatton Garden robbery I’ll do it – but it’ll cost you!” Speaking later to Magic Radio, Caine added: “It just goes to show, you get to my age and you say there’s no parts, and then suddenly you’re sitting there and there’s a part in the newspaper – if someone’s got the time to sit down and write it.” Four men – Brian Reader, 76; John Collins, 74; Daniel Jones, 58; and Terry Perkins, 67 – were [considered the ringleaders of what has been called “the biggest burglary in English legal history”](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/23/hatton-garden-heist-experienced-gang-three-years-planning-raid), and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle with intent. The raid [took place over Easter weekend](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/07/safe-deposit-boxes-raid-london-jewellery-district-hatton-garden) in April 2015. Defending a fifth man, Carl Wood, 58, who was found guilty on 14 January after denying conspiracy to burgle, barrister Nick Corsellis pictured the heist as a Hollywood movie. “You can imagine the film titles,” he said at Woolwich Crown Court. “Bad Grandpas? The Enfield Expendables?” ![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/1/d186bd090593a85ba4a607471bac35f569f9229b.jpeg) # Michael Caine: 'I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day' The actor has spoken about the problems he faced with alcohol during his early career and says his wife saved him from an early grave Read more A total of nine people have now either pleaded guilty or been convicted in connection with the burglary at Hatton Garden or handling the mammoth haul of bullion, jewels and cash. [According to Screen International](http://www.screendaily.com/news/hatton-garden-heist-to-become-film/5098976.article?referrer=RSS&utm_source=1%26WT.tsrc%3Dtwitter%26WT.mc_id%3Dtwitter_twitterfeed_productionnews&utm_medium=twitter), a film [with the working title The Hatton Garden Job has already gone into production](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/18/hatton-garden-heist-film-goes-into-production). It is backed by the UK company Metrodome, [which previously developed and released the gangster film The Guvnors](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/02/gangsters-geezers-and-guns-the-men-behind-britains-booming-low-budget-crime-flick-industry). No details of about the director or cast have been announced, but the script has been written by Simon Cluett, whose writing credits include [Age of Kill](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/14/age-of-kill-film-review) and Bonded By Blood 2. The screenwriter has mentioned that he has Caine, Winstone, 58, and Terence Stamp, 77, in mind for roles, but it is not clear if any of them have been contacted. ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/14 "2016-01-26T13:46:19Z")
Same here, love that Bang Bus they do. ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:51 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/15 "2016-01-26T13:51:15Z")
Vince Vaughn hasn’t made a good film in a fucking long time. ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:52 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/16 "2016-01-26T13:52:51Z")
As a juxtaposition to this, apart from Dazed and Confused, Matthew McConaghy went from making paycheck films to actually becoming a pretty impressive actor in excellent films. And that’s before you start on his brilliant role in True Detective. ---
**Author:** ![Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bearsy/32/6_2.png) [@Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bearsy)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/17 "2016-01-26T13:55:36Z")
He’s lucky to get any sort of role. Amazing how you can build such a long career on one good turn in Swingers, 20 fkin yrs ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bucks/32/87_2.png) [@Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bucks)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 13:57 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/18 "2016-01-26T13:57:24Z")
Will Ferrell. Dont even consider thinking of looking into Daddys Home. ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 14:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/19 "2016-01-26T14:03:18Z")
But he still did Step Brothers which is just sooooooo fapping funny. ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2016 14:05 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690/20 "2016-01-26T14:05:08Z")
Well, you look at Adam Sandler and he’s the same. His only ever good film was Punch Drunk Love, and possibly The Wedding Singer (one of my guilty pleasures). [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/wheres-my-cheque/690.md?page=2)