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Michael Douglas, the veteran actor and producer had suffered from stage 4 cancer back in his days. It was announced in 2010 that the veteran actor was suffering from tongue cancer and would have to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
In the movieBehind The Candelabra,Matt Damon starred alongside the actor and they shared a wonderful kiss. In an interview, Michael Douglas revealed that the kiss was not at all uncomfortable and that after surviving stage 4 cancer, he shared a wonderful kiss with Matt Damon.
Michael Douglas Shared A Wonderful Kiss With Matt Damon
In the 2013 movie, the two actors were involved in an on-screen romance. With the world-famous pianist Liberace forming a bond with a young lover, all hell breaks loose when Douglas’ character finds solace in bedmates and drugs.
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Matt Damon and Douglas were quite the lovers when it came to acting since both the stars shared a wonderful kiss. In a YouTube video that depicted the career of Michael Douglas, the actor talked about his various prominent movies throughout his Hollywood life. Talking about the 2013 movie, Douglas recalled that“Behind the Candelabra was an emotional moment for me, I had just come out of a stage 4 cancer”
“I was in remission. I was alive. I had lost atleast two of my friends to the same kind of cancer during that period and I was offered this wonderful oppurtunity to play this character. And because we had to wait for a while for me to gain weight, it gave me a longer rehearsel time to get the piano down and all of that”.
He further continued,
“Matt Damon, he’s a great kisser, by the way, he’s a great kisser”
Recalling the joyous moment, the duo shared an emotional kiss in the movie andMichael Douglascelebrated his victory over cancer. The actor became more candid since he recalled the premiere of the 1992 filmBasic Instinctand how the Cannes Film Festival was awkward because of it.
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Michael Douglas Had An Awkward Dinner At The Cannes Film Festival!
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In an interview, the actor recalled his role in the 1992 filmBasic Instinct.Known for being sexually provocative for its time, the movie had quite an impact on people at the Cannes Film Festival when it premiered on the big screen.
“Seeing a lot of those sex scenes on the Grand Palais’ huge screen, it was a little overwhelming for a lot of people. We had a very quiet dinner afterwards, everyone was sort of digesting it,”
He also talked about how the 2013 movieBehind the Candelabrahad found some controversy since it was an HBO original but was given a French theatrical release for the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.
“There was a little controversy over [that] because it was made for cable TV and it was released as a feature film here in France. The reality is now, in streaming, they are making movies. If you are fortunate enough, you may contractually get them to require the movie to play in a theater for one week. You cannot underestimate streaming.”
With Michael Douglas andMatt Damonin the lead roles,Behind the Candelabrais available to stream on Max across the U.S.
Source:YouTube
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
