CNN
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Michael Keaton can’t even bear in mind how he happened his skilled title.
“I used to be trying by way of — I can’t bear in mind if it was a telephone e-book,” the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” star instructed People concerning the origin of his use of Keaton. “I need to’ve gone, ‘I don’t know, let me consider one thing right here.’ And I went, ‘Oh, that sounds affordable.’”
The now 72-year-old actor defined that whereas he was born “Michael Douglas,” he was unable to make use of that title in Hollywood provided that one other Oscar-winning actor and the son of Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, was already utilizing it.
Mike Douglas was additionally spoken for by the well-known talk-show host.
The Display screen Actors Guild prohibits two performers from utilizing the identical title, so Keaton selected Keaton. And whereas he’s made fairly an completed title for himself, the actor wish to be identified professionally as “Michael Keaton Douglas.”
He deliberate on doing simply that for his latest directorial effort “Knox Goes Away.” Within the hustle of creating the movie, nonetheless, Keaton forgot to seal it on display.
“I stated, ‘Hey, simply as a warning, my credit score goes to be Michael Keaton Douglas.’ And it completely acquired away from me,” he defined. “And I forgot to present them sufficient time to place it in and create that. However that can occur.”
His newest starring challenge, the sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” has him listed as “Michael Keaton.”