A lot has changed in Hollywood since Michael Douglas started acting 50 years ago. But while the 70-year-old is happy to keep up with the young, there's one thing he doesn't like about up-and-coming actors today. Douglas has spoken out against US actors' obsession with social media, claiming that American talent will suffer as a consequence of young stars "getting caught up in their image".
"There's something going on with young American actors - both men and women - because the Brits and Australians are taking many of the best American roles from them," he told The Independent. The actor also spoke about how Carey Mulligan had managed to take on the role as a New York school girl, a part which would have traditionally gone to an American actress. "There's a crisis in young American actors right now," he says. "Everyone's much more image conscious than they are about actually playing the part." Douglas also commented on a possible Falling Down remake, saying: "That's never really come about because [the film] was about a particular time. It was a story about the end of the cold war, and I think it was a time warp, it needed that particular time."
The actor next stars in Ant-Man the final film in Marvel's "Phase Two" series, which started with Iron Man 3 and included this year's Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The movie also stars Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly, as Hope van Dyne and Corey Stoll as Darren "Yellowjacket" Cross. Douglas's acting career was propelled to fame when he produced and starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone. It also reintroduced Douglas as a capable leading man and gave director Robert Zemeckis his first box-office success. Having become recognized as both a successful producer and actor, he describes himself as "an actor first and a producer second."
