Michael Caine: 'I was terrorist suspect'

[mrs.v]

Caine: 'I was terrorist suspect'

Wednesday, June 25 2008, 15:32 BST
By Alex Fletcher, Entertainment Reporter
Rex Features

Michael Caine has claimed that he was once suspected of being a terrorist.

The veteran actor, 75, revealed that when he was boarding a plane in Texas under his real name Maurice Micklewhite, the airport staff were wary of his behaviour.

He told GQ: "The guard said 'You've no luggage. You're a foreigner. You're in first class. And you're last to board. That is the profile of the 9/11 fliers'."

Caine appears as Alfred Pennyworth in The Dark Knight next month. The Batman Begins sequel opens in the UK on July 25.

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[yanna]

Between this and Metallica's James Hetfield mistaken for a taliban maybe airport staff needs to get out more.

[Fabularosa]

Poor Michael. He loves to talk to the press but it's been years since anyone cared.

[sparkly]

I hate that profiling shit. Even this one asshole who works at the gym I go to gives certain people a hard time.

[visitor42]

He told GQ: "The guard said 'You've no luggage. You're a foreigner. You're in first class. And you're last to board. That is the profile of the 9/11 fliers'."

This guard must be the most stupid person alive.

[TaffyMoon]

Michael's just lucky his skin was white or else he'd be in Syria at this very moment having his testicles electocuted.