Last Updated on 05/09/2024 by Arun jain
50 years later, Michael Keaton Elevating his stage name and returning to his roots.
This Academy Award The nominee, who was born Michael John Douglas, recently explained how he then landed on his professional moniker. Screen Actors Guild Forbidden him to use the same name as Wall Street the actor Michael Douglas Or talk show host Mike Douglas.
“I was looking at — I can’t remember if it was a phone book,” Keaton recalled people. “I must have gone, ‘I don’t know, let me think of something here.’ And I went, ‘Oh, that sounds reasonable.’
Look at the timeline
He first appeared onscreen in a 1975 episode Where the heart is and Mister Rogers NeighborhoodAlmost a decade after Douglas’s first appearance Cast a large shadow (1966). Keaton has since racked up more than 90 credits under his stage name.
This Birdman The star explained that he plans to join the two names in future credits as Michael Keaton Douglas, which he did last year as star and director. Knox goes away.
“I said, ‘Hey, as a caveat, I’ll give credit to Michael Keaton Douglas.’ And he got away from me completely. And I forgot to give them enough time to place it and make it. But it will happen,” added Keaton.
For his latest movie Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceSequel to Tim BurtonIn the 1988 cult classic, the actor is credited as Michael Keaton.
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