Almost 60 years of career and a little reverence. At 80, the Michael Douglas American cinema icon announced on July 5, 2025 at a press conference broadcast by Varietythat had no “intention” to return to the sets. Speaking at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, where it presented a restored copy of the famous Flight on a cuckoo nest Miloš form, Michael Douglas said:
“I have not worked voluntarily since 2022, because I understood that I had to stop. I worked hard for almost 60 years, but I don’t want to be one of those who die in the set.”
“I am not saying that I am retired, because if a special project appeared, it would come back, but if not, no.”
But the star actor Basic instinct, Ant-Man either Financial World It will not completely move away from the seventh art, remaining in particular producer. He is currently working on a “small independent film”, from which “he tries to get a good stage.” Tempphable, said that “in the spirit of maintaining a good marriage,” he was “happy to play the wife” of his former wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“I was very lucky”
Regarding his throat cancer, which had revealed to the general public in 2010, said Michael Douglas, still at the Karlovy Vary International Festival: “Stade 4 cancer, it is not a vacation, but there are not many options, right? (…) I followed the program, which included chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and I was lucky. Jaw.
Last May, Michael Douglas explained until the deadline that he no longer felt the “burning desire” of playing and that would probably not play Hank Pym in Concrete By Peyton Reed; His role in Marvel Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania being the last to date. The last feature film in which he filmed with his son Cameron Douglas, Blood knot Roberto Sneider has not yet found a distributor.
In May 2023, the actor received a gold palm of honor at the Cannes Film Festival. A discinction that had touched him a lot, since he had then entrusted BFMTV.
“Seriously, this honor moved me a lot. I learned it less than a week ago. He represented a lot for me. I realize that I don’t do much advertising, apart from the promotion of movies. And sometimes we feel a little forgotten. And I thank Thierry and the festival.”
Source: BFM TV
