Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Michael Douglas Reveals The Real Reason Why Debra Winger Lost Her 'Romancing The Stone' Role
justjared.comMichael Douglas is opening up about why Debra Winger lost her role in Romancing The Stone.
The 77-year-old actor famously starred opposite Kathleen Turner in the 1984 movie, and its 1985 sequel The Jewel of the Nile. Click inside to read more… While speaking on Rob Lowe‘s “Literally!” podcast, Michael revealed that Debra lost out on the role after she bit him! Michael said that after “knocking back tequilas” over friendly conversation, Debra allegedly broke the skin on his arm with her teeth. “We walk out and, just as you would kind of go ‘Oh you!’ and give someone a little punch in the arm, she goes ‘Oh you!’ and she reaches over and she bites me on my arm,” he shared. “I’m like, ‘Aaargh!’ She bit me.” He continued, “She’s joking and I’m looking at her and go, ‘I don’t know, I’m thinking this could be rough…’ she’s broken the skin!” Michael added that her actions prompted him to tell director Robert Zemeckis that he couldn’t work with her. “I break down in tears, ‘I can’t go into the jungle with her, she bit me, look!
She bit me in the arm,’” he said. In a recent interview, Debra opened up about exiting another movie after she found out about one particular co-star.
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