Michael Douglas reminisced just last Friday about the father/son kinship and occasional rivalry shared with Kirk Douglas, which came to a head over the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. …
. Michael made his remarks at the closing event of the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, during an onstage conversation with me.play and had hoped to get it financed as a movie, playing the role that later went to Jack Nicholson, Michael recalled. At the time Michael was a successful television actor inbut aspired to become a feature star and producer. He thus asked his father for his rights to the play, only to be turned down.
In recalling the story, Michael observed that, while Kirk was pleased by his son’s success, the casting incident nonetheless put a strain on their relationship, especially whenThe father-son bond recovered in time and remained strong over the years, and Michael was often at Kirk’s side in the last two weeks as he was in and out of the hospital.
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