80-year-old Douglas He last appeared on the cinema screen in 2023 thanks to the movie Marvel Studios “Ant-Man and Osa: Quantomania”. On a small one we could watch it in the “Franklin” miniseries of Apple TV+.
“I realized that I have to stop. (…) I worked hard for almost 60 years and I do not want to be one of those guests who will fall on the film set. (…) I have no plans to go back to work” – he said for “Variety”. He added, however, that if a unique scenario appeared, he could change his decision.
Douglas added that he intends to focus on family life now. Since 1999, she has been associated with 55-year-old actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, with whom she has two children.
During the 59th MFF in Karlovy Vary, the actor showed a restored version “Flight over the cuckoo’s nest” Miloša Forman from 1975. He received five Oscars – for the production of the year, directing, script and the main roles of Jacek Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. Douglas was its producer.
The actor has many recognized roles, including in the films “Love, emerald and crocodile”, “Fatal abstract”, “Naked Instinct”, “Game”, “Wonderful Boys” and “Great Liberace” and the series “The Kominsky Method”. The role of the absolute broker Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” Olivier Stone from 1987 brought him an Oscar.