There’s room enough in this town for two Michael Douglases, or so Keaton thinks.
Michael Douglas, count your days.Michael Keatonis coming for your name.
But “it totally got away from me.
Michael Keaton.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
And I forgot to give them enough time to put it in and create that.
But that will happen, he vowed.
And I went, Oh, that sounds reasonable.
Michael Keaton and Michael Douglas.JB Lacroix/FilmMagic; Carlos Alvarez/Getty
Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to both Michael Keaton and Michael Douglas for comment.
This isn’t the first time Keaton has expressed a desire to return to his roots.
He’s been talking about it since at least the early ’90s, in fact.
But, Keaton pointed out, “that’s not even his real name!
I’m the only one who had the name.
That’s the irony here.”
Well, kinda sorta.
The Michael Douglas we know as Michael Douglas was in fact born Michael Douglas.
“There’s a talk show host named Mike Douglas.
I think something should be done about this,” he joked.
She also opted for a name change at the outset of her career due to official SAG crediting rules.
The same rules forced another Keaton,Diane, tochange her namefrom Diane Hall in the 1960s.
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