No, Jack Nicholson is not retired, a last film is possible!

It’s been 15 years that he hasn’t turned anything!

When we see him on our screens today, it is because he sits in the stands in a Los Angeles Lakers match. Otherwise, it’s been 15 years since Jack Nicholson did not turn anything anymore. And yet, the cult actor is not retired, officially.

This is what the director reveals James L. Brookswhich offered him his third Oscar with For the worst and for the better (1997). He is also the last to have managed Jack Nicholsonin his latest role, in the very forgettable romantic comedy How to know (2010), alongside Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson.

“”For for the worst and for the betterif I hadn’t had Jack, I wouldn’t have made the film! At least, I hope I would have been intelligent enough to understand that I could not do it without him … He was the only living man capable of captivating an audience with such a particular character. Sometimes we are wrong, but here I was sure of me“, tell James L. Brooks At Hollywood Reporter, convinced that Jack Nicholson will one day release his pre-retirement to make a very last film:

“I would not be surprised to see him rework. Well, that makes a lease, it’s true … But who knows? If the project is good, I know it would be up. I think he still reads scenarios!”

Brooks and Nicholson are still in contact, especially thanks to their common passion for basketball: “Yes, we talk to each other. He’s great. He is impressive. He is not only a virile man, he also has a real grace in him. He has everything. And he is also an extremely cultivated man, whether in literature or art. He really knows his subject. He is even a first -rate painter! “

So why not a last artistic role for Jack Nicholson ? The actor is now 87 years old and celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of the role that made him a star, before ShiningIn Flight over a cuckoo nest (1975). It would still be a shame to end such a career on How to know…