Caine’s told me I’m able
VINNIE Jones claims Sir Michael Caine encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
The ex-footballer said The Italian Job star and fellow actor Bob Hoskins praised his first film appearance and told him he should stick with it.
Jones said the pair gave him advice after he was asked to appear in director Guy Ritchie’s first hit Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels in 1998.
He told the Big Issue: “They said you have got a massive screen presence – the minute you come on screen you just take over.”