Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Joshua Jackson set to star in Fatal Attraction television series based on 1987 movie of same name
dailymail.co.ukJoshua Jackson will have big shoes to fill when he takes on an iconic role in an upcoming series.The actor, 43, will play the lead role in the Fatal Attraction television series based on the 1987 film of the same name that starred Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.Jackson will play opposite Masters Of Sex actress Lizzy Caplan whose involvement with the series has been known for months.
A big role: Joshua Jacksonwill play the lead role in the Fatal Attraction television series based on the 1987 film of the same name (pictured 2021)More daunting than playing alongside Caplan may be the challenge of living up to the original performer's legacy.
Jackson will play Dan Gallagher in the series, a successful man who cheats on his wife and then is stalked by the woman with whom he cheats.Two-time Academy Award winning actor Douglas played the role in the original film with another Oscar nominee, Close, playing the role Lizzy Caplan will take over.
Joined by another star:He will play opposite Masters of Sex actress Lizzy Caplan whose involvement with the series has been known for months (pictured 2019) Living up to the legacy:Two-time Academy Award winning actor Michael Douglas played the role in the original film (pictured 1987)'Joshua is an incredible talent who creates beautifully complicated characters on both the screen and stage,' the president ofParamount+ original scripted series Nicole Clemens told Deadline.'He and Lizzy are perfectly matched to tell a nuanced and modern narrative about the complexities of the human psyche.'Desperate Housewives producer and writer Alexandra Cunningham wrote the series and will serve as its showrunner.Both Caplan and Jackson have been hot commodities in the acting industry over the past few.
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