michael douglas Has made a bombshell revelation about his history with Kathleen Turner.
In his upcoming memoir “One Helluva Ride,” to be published Oct. 6, Douglas reveals that the 82-year-old “Fatal Attraction” actor and his “Romancing the Stone” co-star had a private romance, despite denying theories for decades. People.
“Kathleen was smart, funny and sexy, and she had a deep and soulful voice, which became her signature. I liked her immediately and we were immediately attracted to each other,” Douglas wrote in the book, People reports.
Douglas said their relationship became close after working together in Mexico on the 1984 romantic comedy “Romancing the Stone.” She also said that Turner had agreed to share details of their relationship in the memoir.
The actors had previously denied speculation of a romance. They reunited for “The Jewel of the Nile,” “The War of the Roses” and “The Kominsky Method.”
Kathleen Turner, left, and Michael Douglas are pictured during the Cesar ceremony in Paris on Feb. 22, 1986.
Their on-screen chemistry came to a head in the real world when his former marriage to his then-wife Deandra Douglas was “in bad shape.” He wrote that both he and his ex-wife had extramarital affairs, while their son Cameron, now 46, was only 5 years old at the time. They separated when Douglas went to Mexico for production.
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He wrote, “My chemistry with Kathleen Turner was so strong that audiences were convinced for years that we were in a relationship while making the movie.”
“The official story goes like this: Yes, we confessed, we had amazing chemistry. Yes, we were both, as Kathleen said, ‘terrible flirts,’ and yes, we were both wooed, but nothing ever happened between us. That was a lie.”
USA TODAY has contacted Turner’s rep for comment.
“Oh my God, what an uproar there was about something 40 years ago!” turner told people in a statement. “I like Michael and look forward to enjoying the book.”
Michael Douglas says he kept Kathleen Turner’s romance a secret to protect family
The ‘Ant-Man’ actor wrote that he kept the truth about his romance with Turner from the world for 40 years to ‘protect his wife and son.’
“The truth is that during the production of ‘Romancing the Stone,’ Kathleen and I fell in love with each other and began a relationship. It was not an overnight affair; it developed naturally from how closely we were working together, how much pressure we were under, how much we respected and cared for each other, and how attracted we were to each other,” he wrote in his book. “Like every other man in the world at that time, Kathleen had cast me aside.”
Douglas wrote that she and Turner “never got into any trouble,” adding that they found each other first as friends, then as co-stars and “eventually as lovers.” He added director Bob Zemeckis and his co-star danny devito There was no clue.
“After an exhausting day of shooting in the jungle, we’d go out and have a meal, or go out with the group and then I’d sneak into her hotel room after everyone went to sleep. There were no cameras in the elevators, no assistants using cell phones to take pictures,” he wrote. “As [their characters] Jack and Joan were falling in love, Kathleen and I were keeping the chemistry alive. “We kept our involvement hidden.”
Michael Douglas says ‘spell’ broke after wife’s arrival
Douglas explained that “the magic of the set” was broken when Diandra Douglas brought her son to Mexico during production.
Douglas wrote, “While Bob and Danny had no knowledge of my affair with Kathleen, Diandra became suspicious. A woman’s intuition, I guess. At some point, she was alone with Kathleen and she made it clear to her that we were still married. Her view of the terms of our separation was different from mine. That gave Kathleen pause. She didn’t want to interfere.”
Despite “huge problems” in their marriage, they decided to stay together for the sake of their son. The actor wrote that he was around Cameron’s age when his parents separated. And so after reuniting with his wife and son, he went back to Deandra Douglas and wrote, “But we were never supposed to get back together. We were never the same after that first breakup.”
Douglas and Turner reunited professionally for the 1985 sequel “The Jewel of the Nile”. After reading the script, they agreed it needed work and collaborated on revisions, an experience Douglas described as an opportunity to improve their relationship.
“And as we sat across from each other, deconstructing the film, it felt like we were also repairing things between us, finally overcoming all that had come before. Trading back and forth, negotiating lines, laughing at scenes, and picturing our characters attacking each other in every possible way,” he wrote. “It’s good to know we’re back on solid ground.”
Douglas got married in 2000 Catherine Zeta Jones. He and Turner remain friends.
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