TALK OF THE TOWN: How Sophie Simnett, 23, whisked screen legend Sir Michael Caine, 87, off his feet!

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TALK OF THE TOWN: How Sophie Simnett, 23, whisked screen legend Sir Michael Caine, 87, off his feet!

By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday

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It’s probably not the role Sophie Simnett had in mind when she started acting: wheelchair driver for Sir Michael Caine. 

Sophie, 23, plays Nancy in Sky movie Twist, an update on the Dickens classic, alongside Sir Michael, 87, who is Fagin in a wheelchair.

She says: ‘He didn’t want to get out of it so I wheeled him around London. At a coffee shop I was like, “You can get out now Michael,” and he was like, “No, I’m all right”! ’ 

It’s probably not the role Sophie Simnett had in mind when she started acting: wheelchair driver for Sir Michael Caine

Sophie, 23, plays Nancy in Sky movie Twist, an update on the Dickens classic, alongside Sir Michael, 87, pictured, who is Fagin in a wheelchair.

Sophie, 23, plays Nancy in Sky movie Twist, an update on the Dickens classic, alongside Sir Michael, 87, pictured, who is Fagin in a wheelchair.

So that old guy in a wheelchair next to you in Starbucks could have been a Hollywood superstar. 

Bet a lot of people wish they’d known that…