Before finding eternal love with your current wife Catherine Zeta JonesIt appears like that Michael Douglas’ Love life was much more complicated.
The actor, now 82, released his new memoir, One Helluva RideOn October 6, sharing intimate details about himself Complicated relationship with his father Kirk DouglasHis struggle through his addiction battle, and his now-secret relationship with co-stars.
Michael Douglass reveals in his memoir that he had an affair with “Basic Instinct” co-star Jean Tripplehorn (@Getty Images).
While a connection was revealed to the previous excerpt from the book His romancing the stone co-star Kathleen TurnerNews of a brief but passionate affair with him was also omitted from the book. basic Instinct Co-star Jean Tripplehorn.
Michael was approximately 20 years older than Jean during the production of the 1992 erotic thriller in which he co-starred with her sharon stone. In fact, Michael and Sharon’s sexually charged scenes in the film fueled years of speculation about a relationship between the two, which they dismissed.
Basic Instinct was actually Jean’s film debut, in which she plays Dr. Elizabeth Garner, a psychologist with whom Michael’s character Nick Curran shares a rollercoaster romance. the movie ends [spoiler alert] Nick shoots Elizabeth after suspecting her of committing multiple murders.
In his memoir, Michael admitted that he quickly fell in love with his young co-star, although at the time he was Still married to Deandra Luker. It would not be until 1995 that Deandra would file for divorce.
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He wrote, “The truth is that I was very attracted to Jean, despite our age difference of almost 20 years.” He added, “In fact, I was officially ready to leave my wife for Jean. I was crazy about her.” However, he then said that actually divorcing his wife of 15 years at the time to jump into a more serious romance would have been “the worst thing ever.”
The actor starred alongside Sharon Stone (@Getty Images) in the 1992 erotic thriller.
The two-time Oscar winner confessed that their romance only lasted until the production of the film. “My relationship with Jean lasted until production, then we went our separate ways. But I will always think of her as a wonderful actress and a truly brilliant woman who I was very fortunate to spend time with.”
Jean, now 63, has been married to fellow actor Leland Orser since 2000, and they have a son. Meanwhile, Michael fell in love with Katherine in 1999 and when his divorce from Diandra was finalized in 2000, they also tied the knot.
“I will always think of her as an amazing actress and a truly wonderful woman with whom I had the great pleasure to spend time.” (@Getty Images)
Speaking about his relationship with Kathleen during his split from Diandra, Michael also wrote: “Kathleen was smart, funny and sexy and she had a deep and sweet voice, which became her signature. I liked her immediately and we were instantly attracted to each other.”
“Things were bad at home. Deandra and I both had extramarital affairs, including my recent romance with Dianne Thomas [Romancing the Stone’s screenwriter]. I left for Mexico, still technically married, but separated.”
The actor previously revealed that he had an affair with Kathleen Turner (@Getty Images).
Kathleen later issued a responseWhich said: “Oh my God, what a fuss about something from 40 years ago! I like Michael and look forward to enjoying this book.”