Michael Douglas thanks Oliver Stone for bullying him on ‘Wall Street’ set
June 25th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANIWashington, June 25 (ANI): Michael Douglas has credited filmmaker Oliver Stone for bullying him on the set of his 1987 movie Wall Street, for that’s what led to an Oscar-winning performance.
During the shooting of the finance film, Stone constantly questioned Douglas’ acting ability and even accused the actor of taking drugs.
However, it was later that the legendary actor realised that Stone was pushing him to give a better performance.
Douglas thanked the director when he lifted the Best Actor Academy Award the following year (88) for his role as greedy bank boss Gordon Gekko.
“He came into my trailer and said, ‘You doing drugs?’ I said, ‘No’, He said, ‘Because you don’t look like you’ve ever acted in your life,’” Contactmusic quoted Douglas as telling People magazine.
He added: “He was willing for me to hate him for the rest of the picture if it gave him (Gekko) that much more of a twist.”
And now, the pair are set to reunite to make a ‘Wall Street’ sequel, alongside Shia LaBeouf and another Oscar winner, Javier Bardem. (ANI)
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