Michael Douglas reveals that he didn't want to act in the movie with the highest box office in all time: "I should have killed him"

Michael Douglas reveals that he did not want to act in the movie with the highest grossing of all time: "I should have killed myself" Michael Douglas continues the series of revelations accompanying the release of his memoir. The legendary actor, now 82 years old, says he did not want to continue in the role of Hank Pym, the first superhero Mr. Fantastic, after the first two Marvel films he acted in, according to Variety. Douglas made these statements during a new interview with the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast to promote his memoir. He was asked if the rumors were true that he wanted to be eliminated from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Referring to his character, he replied: "I should have killed myself after the second movie, but they didn't let me." These rumors persisted for some time in Hollywood, and Douglas himself turned the screw two years earlier when he said in an interview for the show "The View" that he presented to the producers a detailed plan for how his character could have been killed. "I said that I would like to be part of a spectacular [death], with all these extraordinary special effects. There has to be some fantastic way for me to shrink down until I am the size of a fly and then explode or something like that. I want to use all these effects," said the veteran actor. Douglas made his debut in the role of Hank Pym in the movie "Ant-Man" in 2015 and returned in three other productions: "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018), "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), and "Quantumania" (2023). The third Marvel film in which Mr. Fantastic appeared, in which Douglas no longer wanted to act, earned over 2.79 billion dollars in total gross after its release seven years earlier. He thus took the crown for the highest-grossing movie in cinematic history for "Avatar" by James Cameron. "Avatar" returned to the first place in 2021, after a re-release in IMAX and 3D in China. "Avengers: Endgame" became the highest-grossing movie of all time The superhero film was re-released in the theaters of Marvel and Disney studios in September of this year, achieving spectacular earnings and once again topping the box office. In the following weeks, the new ticket sales brought the film "Avengers" from 2019 to the top of the box office charts. It currently amounts to 2.94 billion dollars, while James Cameron's first film "Avatar" earned 2.92 billion. Disney and Marvel came back to the movie theaters with "Endgame," with the desire to increase interest in the new film "Avengers: Doomsday," which will premiere in December. The next film, which gathers almost all the Marvel superheroes and brings Robert Downey Jr. back not in the role of Iron Man, but as the antagonist Doctor Doom, is expected to be one of the most important films of the year. "Doomsday" will premiere in theaters, including those in Romania, on December 18th, but without Michael Douglas. The other "Avengers" films, like all Marvel movies, can currently be watched in streaming on the Disney+ platform. Michael Douglas explained why he wanted to act in a superhero film "I said: 'I have never made a movie with a green screen'," Douglas recounted on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, explaining why he wanted to work for Marvel. He referred to the filming technique in which actors act in front of a green background, which is later replaced, by digital effects, with scenery, landscapes or imaginary worlds. "I told all my agents: 'I would like to make one of these movies with a green screen, to see how it is,' you know? Because it's amazing. You have nothing around you, just a green screen, and they show you the images of how everything will look when the movie is finished," he continued. "It is hard to act in those conditions, man," the Oscar-winning actor emphasized in an interview. "You have all sorts of things from one side and the other, you know how it is... I made 'Ant-Man', and Paul Rudd was a wonderful actor - and a great group of people -, but then you can't get out of that," added Michael Douglas. Douglas has given numerous interviews lately, talking about his famous split from Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2013, the difficult relationship with his famous father, or how he felt suffocated when he saw a movie of his alongside Princess Diana. He gave the interviews as part of the tour promoting his memoir, which topped the New York Times best-selling books list in the non-fiction category. "One Helluva Ride", Michael Douglas's memoir, can be purchased on Amazon and from other online sellers, or in audiobook format on Audible. In Romania, the book was translated by Nemira under the title "An adventure in glory" and is currently available for orders on the publisher's website. The selling price of the volume is 79.99 lei.