Following an almost 60-year onscreen profession, Michael Douglas‘ main man days is likely to be prior to now.
On the Karlovy Range Worldwide Movie Competition, the 2x Oscar winner lately famous that until “one thing particular got here up” for him to play, he has “no actual intentions” of returning to performing sooner or later.
“I’ve had a really busy profession. Now, I’ve not labored since 2022, purposefully, as a result of I spotted I needed to cease,” he defined throughout a press convention.
“I’d been working fairly laborious for nearly 60 years, and I didn’t wish to be a type of individuals who dropped lifeless on the set,” added Douglas. “I’m very proud of taking the time without work. I’ve no actual intentions. However I say I’m not retired, as a result of if one thing particular got here up, I’d return. However in any other case, I’m fairly completely happy. I similar to to look at my spouse work.”
The remark comes after Douglas teased Deadline in December that he’s “flirting with” the concept of making a “good horror” film within the close to future.
After present process chemotherapy for his stage IV most cancers prognosis in 2010, Douglas famous at KVIFF that he “was fortunate to proceed working,” avoiding a type of tongue most cancers that may have eliminated a part of his jaw and restricted his means to talk.
Douglas is at the moment at KVIFF for the fiftieth anniversary of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to current a newly restored model of the Miloš Forman movie, which Douglas produced with Saul Zaentz.
