‘It was such a great privilege for me to film with Pele.' ❤️️ ️⚽️ Sir Michael Caine has fondly recalled acting alongside the late Brazilian footballing legend Pele in the 1981 film Escape to Victory.
He is to be buried on Tuesday after his coffin lay in state at the home of his former club Santos in Sao Paulo for a period to allowPele’s global stardom on the pitch saw him take on a leading role in the 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war playing an exhibition football match against the Germans.
Acting veteran Sir Michael, 89, starred alongside him as well as Hollywood A-listers Sylvester Stallone and Max von Sydow. Fellow players including England captain Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles, the former Tottenham midfielder who was a World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, also featured in the sports war film.Sir Michael Caine and Pele next to Bobby Moore and in front of Sylvester Stallone in Escape to Victory In a tribute shared with the PA news agency, Sir Michael said: ‘It was such a great privilege for me to film with Pele.
‘He was the most outstanding football talent, who could act. He was also a huge global humanitarian icon.’ Stallone previously paid tribute to Pele following the Brazilian footballer’s death by sharing photos of them together on Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxDfqjJwxA/US actor Will Smith also previously described Pele as ‘the greatest to ever do it’ adding in Portuguese: ‘Descanse em paz, Rei Pele .’
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