In 1992, Michael Caine made the movie he is still most proud of. He treated every scene like Shakespeare

Michael Caine’s performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in *The Muppet Christmas Carol* is presented as one of his defining roles and the film he remains proudest of. His serious, emotionally grounded approach helped give the Muppets’ adaptation a convincing sense of Dickens’ story and its themes of redemption and generosity.

Caine took the part so his seven-year-old daughter could see him in a film, and later said he watched it regularly with children and considered it the funniest Muppets film. He treated the role as a fully dramatic one, saying he would act as if working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and ignore the puppets around him. The article contrasts this with Tim Curry’s more playful style in *Muppet Treasure Island*.