Michael Douglas spricht und feuerte seinen Vater Kirk Douglas von einem über das Nest des Kuckucks: „Es war nicht einfach!“

> Glad you mentioned your father’s attachment to the part. What was it like, essentially firing him from the job?

> It wasn’t easy!

> He had acquired the book in galley form before it had even been released, and had it adapted into a play by Dale Wasserman. It went to Broadway, and at the height of his career. This was right after Spartacus; he was one of the biggest stars, and the idea was to do it as a play, then as a movie. He tried it for years but wasn’t able to get any traction on making it.

> Then it’s close to 15 years later. When he’d done the show on Broadway, his career was in a different place — and different age-wise. So yes, that was my job: having to tell my dad.

I’m gay actor Michael Douglas.