Ray Winstone To Retire After Indy 4
Posted by John Campeaon 03. 12. 2007in News Chat
With so much high profile exposure Ray Winstone is getting right now (Indiana Jones 4, Beowulf) you’d think the 50 year old actor was just getting started. But the man says he’s had enough and is hanging them up. The folks over at DigialSpy report the following:
The 50-year-old Beowulf star admitted he feels like he has had his turn in the spotlight and now his daughters Lois and Jaime should follow in his footsteps. Winstone said: “I’ve achieved it and now I’m finished. I’m going to let my girls get on with it and they can look after me. No more – seriously. That’s it.”
That sounds pretty definite. We’ll see if he follows through… but it does sound serious. Some of us (including me) would ask “Why the hell would you stop? You’re huge right now, why get out of the game? Fair questions to ask. But the reality is this guy now has more money than he’ll ever need, and more money that his kids will ever need. He’s become a big movie star…. so why the hell not just retire early, enjoy your life and your family and play World of Warcraft all day (ok, that’s what I would do).
If this is the end for Winstone, we say “Farwell, and well done sir”.
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Well i’ll miss him but i’ll bet the right script and a tenatious director will be enough to coax him out.
I dunno. I’d like to see the context of this quote and hear how the words came out of Winstone’s mouth. I can’t imagine he was serious.
Yeah, yeah…..this is some serious bullshit.
Even if Winstone actually said that (which I very much doubt to begin with), he will change his mind when some nice and well-paid offers start pouring in and he thinks of all the nice cars and houses he could buy with it.
Moreso, I doubt that Ray Winstone, who is without a doubt a highly respected and fairly known actor, but certainly not a big star, has earned enough cash to spend the rest of his life in luxury. If he would be 65, I maybe would believe this, but at 50? No way
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Look at Christopher Lee. He’s almost 90 and still working.
Humm that weird. I’d never heard of Ray Winstone until recently and really liked watching him in the Departed, the Proposition, and Beowulf. I like him.
Give him a fat enough paycheck, and that “retirement” talk will stop in a hurry.
i read yesterday that he is signed on to star in sean connery’s son’s ghost movie, set during a war or something. so i wouldnt read too much into this.
Weird, I went over to imdb.com to check out Winstone’s profile and he has at least 4-5 more movies coming out till 2009 so maybe he’s words were taken out of context here.
he was a little slice of great in Departed. Anyone else love The Proposition?
Anyone who has not heard of Ray Winston needs to see Sexy Beast.
IMDb seems to have him lined up for three more movies after the “Chrystal Skull”.
- 44 Inch Chest (2007) (pre-production)
- The Sweeney (2009) (pre-production) (in talks)
- Untitled Gehenna Project (2009)
Maybe he’s giving up the big budget flicks, I seriously doubt he’ll give up the dramas and smaller movies he’s especially famous for over here in the UK.
I’d certainly miss him, If i’m channel flicking and see good ol’ Ray, its usually worth sticking to that channel.
And Sexy Beast is a must see for any new Ray fans.
Man I feel like I was just getting to know his work. I have enjoyed seeing him in everything I have seen him IN. My favourite (Although Sexy Beast is pretty good) HAS to be The Proposition. That movie totally took me by surprise.
F*CK!!!!! He was such a good actor! Why God, why???????