Michael Caine in Zulu

[DB]

Did Michael Caine actually say the line "Don't throw bloody spears at me" or anything similar in Zulu?

[Neyol]

Simply put...... NO. This is another urban myth. Zulu is released on region 2 dvd in August 02

[fdalton]

Agreed - as a bit of a buff - Micheal Caine was cast as a typical British "Toff" Officer and as such the character would never have lowered himself to utter such "base and common" words!!

[andy hughes]

The whole point about this imagined quote is to imitate Michael Caine's accent, which he has used in just about every film, apart from 'Zulu' when he played a plummy-voice upper-class officer type. The notion of MC shouting in his standard Cockney is pretty funny, but it is made up for comedy purposes only.

[aftabkhan]

I was under the impression that this saying came about during a Parkison interview where MC was talking about the making of Zulu.