John Gielgud’s career stretched out over three-quarters of a century. Why so many movies in his last decades? “It seems that he was also driven towards film by the increasing difficulty of remembering lines. It further transpires that much weight must be given to the financial pressure of Gielgud’s extravagant domestic establishment in Buckinghamshire, which made him chary of refusing any part – even to the extent of making two films with Michael Winner and the ghastly Caligula (1980). – The Telegraph (UK)