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Hollywood legend, 80, reveals why he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting ever again

Michael Douglas has revealed why he isn’t planning to act again (Picture: Alamy Live News.) Michael Douglas has explained why he hasn’t taken up an acting role since 2022 after a career spanning six decades. The 80-year-old actor has had an incredible career, appearing in iconic films including Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Ant-Man, Franklin, and”, — write: metro.co.uk

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Michael Douglas has revealed why he isn’t planning to act again (Picture: Alamy Live News.) Michael Douglas has explained why he hasn’t taken up an acting role since 2022 after a career spanning six decades.

The 80-year-old actor has had an incredible career, appearing in iconic films including Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Ant-Man, Franklin, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

After making his first on-screen appearance in 1966, the actor has explained why he thinks his 2025 role in Looking Through Water could be his last on-screen appearance.

While at the conference at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Michael explained: ‘I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realised I had to stop.

‘I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years, and I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set. I have no real intentions of going back,’ he said per Variety.

He clarified: ‘I say I’m not retired because if something special came up, I’d go back, but otherwise, no.’

1994 film Disclosure, starring Michael Douglas

The actor has starred in various blockbusters over the years (Picture: RONALD GRANT) JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 06: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas attends the Women In Cinema event during Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 on December 06, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)

Michael has been married to Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000 (Picture: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images) He then added that he does have ‘one little independent movie’ that he is ‘trying to get a script out of’.

But he concluded by saying that in the spirit of maintaining a good marriage,’ he is ‘happy to play the wife’ to his partner Catherine Zeta-Jones.

While at the conference, he also spoke about his tongue and throat cancer diagnosis in 2010 that he previously attributed to stress, his previous alcohol abuse, and years of heavy smoking.

‘Stage four cancer is not a holiday, but there aren’t many choices, are there?,’he said. ‘I went with the program, involving chemo and radiation, and was fortunate.

He added that had he needed surgery, his career would have been impacted: ‘The surgery would have meant not being able to talk and removing part of my jaw, and that would have been limiting as an actor.’

Catherine Zeta-Jones with her husband Michael Douglas; circa 1990; New York. (Photo by Art Zelin/Getty Images)

The couple shares two children (Picture: Art Zelin/Getty Images)

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