Hollywood legend Michael Douglas recently revealed that he has no plans to return to acting anytime soon.
The 80-year-old actor has been in the entertainment industry for many decades, with several iconic films to his credit and accolades, including an Oscar and an Emmy. He was also part of the MCU as a fan-favorite character, Dr. Hank Pym.
Is Michael Douglas Retired from Acting?
During his recent appearance at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (via Variety), Douglas shared that he is not planning to act again anytime soon.
While he is not officially retired from acting yet, he has no intention of returning, and he would only act again if a special project were to come along.
"I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop. I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years, and I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set," the Oscar winner said.
"I have no real intentions of going back. I say I’m not retired because if something special came up, I’d go back, but otherwise, no."
Douglas's last released film is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which was considered to be a box office and critical disappointment by MCU standards.
The topic arose when Douglas discussed the current political climate in the United States, which he described as "flirting with autocracy."
"I look at it generally as the fact of how precious democracy is, of how vulnerable it is and how it always has to be protected. I hope that what we’re struggling with right now is a reminder of all the hard work the Czechs did in gaining their freedom and independence," he said.
"Politics now seem to be for profit. Money has entered democracy as a profit centre. People are going into politics now to make money. We maintained an ideal, an idealism in the U.S., which does not exist now."
Are There Other Michael Douglas Projects That Fans Should Look Forward to?
While Douglas has decided to step back from acting, there is still one more unreleased project that he filmed before his hiatus.
He worked on an independent film titled "Looking Through Water," alongside his son, Cameron. No release date has been set yet.
Douglas plays a father who invites his estranged son to a father-son fishing competition in an attempt to reconnect. It was filmed around 2022.
He also shared that he has "one little independent movie" that he is "trying to get a good script out of," but there is no update on its development.
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