One Helluva Ride
If you notice an uptick in Michael Douglas stories in the cycle or wonder why you’re seeing him making appearances here and there, the legendary actor has just released an autobiography titled One Helluva Ride (which you can buy right HERE) and he is currently promoting it with some great recollections from his life. The book is sure to give you an exclusive look at the many Hollywood inside stories that involve Douglas. Douglas reveals stories about the making of Wall Street and his famous promiscuity in Tinseltown, especially how he admits that when Catherine Zeta-Jones wanted to have an exclusive relationship with him, he had to first break it off with no less than five other women (good grief, Michael!).
Douglas Wanted Pym to Die
Douglas recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, where he revealed that late in his career, he wanted to try his hand at different kinds of movies that he hadn’t done in his lengthy career. He admitted that he wanted to try a “green screen movie” and he ended up in Marvel’s Ant-Man series (along with an appearance in Avengers: Endgame). However, the legendary actor had also realized that he would be making a commitment to the studio. When asked if it was true that Douglas wanted Hank Pym to die in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Douglas responded, “I would have been killed off after the second one, but they wouldn’t let me.”
Then, according to Variety, when Douglas appeared on The View, he elaborated on his request to the studio. He explained,
[Getting killed off] actually was my request for the third one. I said I’d like to have a serious [death], with all these great special effects. There’s got to be some fantastic way where I can shrink to an ant size and explode, whatever it is. I want to use all those effects. But that was on the last one. Now, I don’t think I’m going to show up [for a fourth].”
Green Screen Acting
On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, when Douglas admitted he wanted to try a special effects movie, he explained, “I said, ‘I’ve never done a green screen movie.’ I [told] all my agents, ‘I’d like to do one of these green screen movies to see what they’re like,’ you know? Because it’s amazing. It’s nothing, just a green screen and they show you the pictures of what it’s gonna look like when it’s all finished.” He continued, “It’s hard acting, man. It’s coming at you here, this and that, you know… We did ‘Ant-Man’ and Paul Rudd was a wonderful actor — a lovely group — but then you can’t get out of it.”
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