Geena Davis has claimed she was able to shut down Jack Nicholson's advances thanks to advice from her former co-star Dustin Hoffman in a candid excerpt from her new memoir - Dying Of Politeness.While speaking about the book to The New Yorker recently, the 66-year-old Oscar winner claimed that Nicholson called her up sometime in the 1980s, shortly after she appeared with Hoffman in his comedy classic Tootsie (1982).She was allegedly able to get the acting legend, now 85, off her tracks by claiming a sexual relationship would ruin any 'sexual tension' if they worked together in the future.DailyMail.com has requested comment from Nicholson's representatives.
Good advice: Geena Davis, 66, claimed she shut down Jack Nicholson's advances in the 1980s by using a blow-off line that her Tootsie costar Dustin Hoffman gave to her during a recent New Yorker interview; seen October 19 in LondonIn her interview, Davis was asked about working with Hoffman and his advice not to sleep with her co-stars, as well as his suggestions on how to shut down their advances.One helpful line the Midnight Cowboy star gave her was, 'Well, you’re very attractive.
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