Gene Hackman, 93, continues to enjoy his New Mexico retirement trends now

Reclusive actor Gene Hackman continued to enjoy his retirement in New Mexico this week as he picked up a fast food lunch.

The legendary two-time Oscar winner, 93 - who has not starred in a film for nearly two decades - looked healthy and content as he bought lunch at a Wendy's drive-thru, days after he was spotted for the first time in years.

The Superman star wore a red sweater, black gilet, jeans and trainer, completing his ensemble with a baseball cap and sunglasses as he headed out.

Hackman - who has over 100 credits to his name - was later seen jumping over a rope and disposing of his trash during the day,

 It was a rare sighting of the star - his last movie role was alongside Ray Romano and Christine Baranski in the 2004 comedy Welcome To Mooseport.

On July 7 of the same year, he gave a rare interview to Larry King in which he announced that he had no new film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over.

Years later, he confirmed his retirement while promoting his third novel, Escape From Andersonville in 2008.

In 2011, he was asked by GQ if he would ever come out of retirement to do one more film, to which Hackman responded: 'If I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people.'

Some initially thought that the shocking decision had to do with his marriage. The movie star - who once admitted to having a hard time with balancing his immense fame and family life - fell for a woman who worked at his gym (she was 31 years his junior) in the late '80s, and the two went on to become husband and wife in 1991.

And while on first glance, it seemed like Gene may have decided to leave the limelight so that he could settle down and become a family man, he later revealed that it actually had to do with a slew of health problems he was secretly facing.

It turns out, the Oscar-award winning actor actually quit acting because of the severe stress he was under, which became too much to handle after he started to have issues with his heart.

He has not stayed completely away from the industry, however, as he has narrated two Marine Corps documentaries:  The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016) and We, The Marines (2017).