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.
Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas celebrate 30th anniversary of 'Basic Instinct': 'A little controversy'
foxnews.comSharon Stone and Michael Douglas celebrated the 30th anniversary of "Basic Instinct" on social media. The two stars shared tributes to the film on their personal Instagram accounts.
Douglas shared the "Basic Instinct" poster along with stills from the movie and noted the "little controversy" that followed the release of the 1992 film. "What a ride that one was and a little controversy along the way," Douglas, 77, captioned the post. "Kudos to #PaulVerhoeven, @sharonstone and @jeannetripplehorn!
Very fond memories!" he added. Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis) Stone shared photos of herself and Douglas from the film to mark the 30th anniversary. "This weekend is Basic Instinct's 30th Anniversary," Stone, 64, captioned her photos. "Thank you to @michaelkirkdouglas #PaulVerhoeven @studiocanal for all the great memories." Douglas' mention of a "little controversy" in his post seemingly refers to Stone's admission of how the infamous legs crossed scene made it into the movie.
Stone opened up about the moment she saw the scene in her memoir, "The Beauty of Living Twice." Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone (TriStar) "After we shot ‘Basic Instinct’, I got called in to see it," she recalled. "Not on my own with the director, as one would anticipate, given the situation that has given us all pause, so to speak, but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project," said Stone. "That was how I saw my vagina-shot for the first time, long after I’d been told, 'We can’t see anything – I just need you to remove your panties, as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on.'" "First, at that time, this would give the film an X rating," Stone further explained..
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