were michael douglas and kathleen turner ever married

In her memoir, she said: "I went on letting others believe anything they wanted to about my behavior and physical changes. These days, the two stars simply remain friends, with no feuds, flirtations or otherwise. While things did not pan out as expected with Douglas, Turner eventually found love with real estate entrepreneur Jay Weiss, with whom she shares a 34-year-old daughter. In 2005, Turner beat a score of other contenders (including Jessica Lange, Frances McDormand, and Bette Midler)[10] for the role of Martha in a 2005 Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 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[52] In turn, Cage filed a lawsuit against Turner and her book publisher in the UK, who took an excerpt from the book and posted it on their website (before publication). These days Michael is still married to Catherine, and has three kids, Cameron, 40, from his first marriage, Dylan, 18, and Carys, 15. When asked what it was like dating again after being married, Weiss said it seemed like everyone was looking for a wild romantic passion with no drama, which was impossible. Turner described the upsetting moment Diandra Douglas confronted the pair. at the Longacre Theatre. It doesn't frustrate me that nearly four decades after that film I'm still referred to as a sexual icon. When the two met, Turner reportedly introduced herself by saying, "Hi, I'm the young you. The Missouri native said though it was exhilarating to be falling in love, she felt like she had been kicked in the gut. Of the role, she recalled: '[Producer]David Crane asked me if I would play Chandler's father. However, with hindsight, Turner believes she was better off without Douglas. When I look at you lately, I just want to smash your face in. I thought Michael was separated. Empire cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History. Several months after moving to New York City in 1977, Turner took over the female lead in Michael Zetter's play Mister T, which co-starred Jonathan Frakes and played at Soho Repertory Theatre. [52] Turner later publicly apologized. Michael Douglas and his daughter Carys in 2016 (Mike Windle/Getty Images) Douglas and Zeta-Jones have been married since 2000, after meeting at a film festival in France two years earlier. No, let's be fair. "It was that wonderful sexual tension, you know?". so the star of "Prizzi's Honor," "Peggy Sue Got Married" and "Romancing the Stone" found herself . In fact, things became so obvious that Diandra would later make a point of visiting the set and confronting the pair. His father (Kathleen's grandfather) used to serve as a Methodist missionary. The BBC reported that initially mediocre ticket sales for The Graduate "went through the roof when it was announced that Turner, then aged 45, would appear naked on stage". That same year, Turner also appeared in Switching Channels, which was a loose remake of the 1940 hit film His Girl Friday; this, in turn, was a loose remake of the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur comedy The Front Page. Speaking on motherhood in March 2008, Turner told People that the journey was beautiful. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The last thing Id do to another woman is interfere in that. The connection between the duo on-screen was evident and off-screen; the spark was more intense. / Source: Getty Images. Eventually Douglas, also the film's producer, agreed to undertake rewrites on the script to make it more acceptable to Turner, which led to much back-and-forth between the two as the script was retooled right up to when shooting started in Fez, Morocco.[25]. / Source: Getty Images. reuniting for the third and final season of Douglas' Netflix series. Her 15 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include 'Peggy Sue Got Married,' 'Body Heat.' . "I thought, 'Thats that.' Michael Douglas had an acrimonious divorce with his wife, Diandra Douglas (Luker). There she goes.'"[25]. Not in real life, no. Kathleen looked glamorous as she left the ITV studios following her guest appearance, which was pre-recorded the day before. 8/10. [36] In 2005, an article in The New York Times stated: "Rumors began circulating that she was drinking too much." Express. Douglas and Turner became one of Hollywood's most iconic romantic comedy pairings from the action-adventure romp. Then you get to see it on screen and [realize], 'Oh, this is really good. We talk to Kathleen about her journey from '80s bombshell to Broadway stalwart, playing pranks with Danny Devito and Michael Douglas, and making the choice to stay in New York City. Yuck.'. "It just is a comfort factor. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Turner divulged that the sexual attraction was too real between her and the Academy Award winner and that they were terrible at flirting. )[30][31], Turner remained an A-list film star leading lady in the early 1990s, starring in V.I. BBC Radio 4 produced four radio dramas based on the V. I. Warshawski novels by Sara Paretsky. [28], Turner was the subject of the 1986 song "The Kiss of Kathleen Turner" by Austrian techno-pop singer Falco. By We are no longer accepting comments on this article. In 2006, Turner guest-starred on FX's Nip/Tuck, playing a phone sex operator in need of laryngeal surgery. So it pulled me back. Turner's voice roles include Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Monster House (2006), and voicing characters on the television series The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Rick and Morty. In terms of how close they became during that time, the 67-year-old recalled to the Daily Mail, "The chemistry was there, and Michael and I were both terrible flirts.". She worked with a few people, a coach, and a musical director. The chemistry was there and Michael and I were both terrible flirts, she tells theDaily Mail, recalling how close they got while filming their 1984 classicRomancing the Stone. At that time I was unattached and Michael was separated from his wife Diandra, so I thought this was a go. She said: 'A young woman came up to me once and said "I always said if I ever met you I have to tell you youre part of the best memories of my life". With hindsight, the actress also confessed that she thinks she had a lucky escape. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner emerged as one of Hollywood's most electric onscreen pairings when their 1984 action-adventure romp Romancing the Stone became a surprise hit. and he opened the door and there was Kathleen in her finest," he says. As Martha, Turner received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play, losing to Cherry Jones. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner attending the 27th Annual "Chefs' Tribute To Citymeals-On-Wheels" Benefit at Rockefeller Center on June 4, 2012 in New York City. Turner was so hot in that movie - really gorgeous. Kai naudojats ms svetainmis ir programomis, mes naudojame. When I see you asleep. So . Unfortunately, she began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis in the 1990s which seriously restricted her career. Then you get to see it on screen and [realize], 'Oh, this is really good.'". Michael Douglas has revealed his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones invented a very cheeky forfeit for when they're playing golf. He was her biggest fan," he says. One other encounter was when Luker cautioned Turner to take her hands off from her husband. "She had 'ol Kirk Douglas' jaw dropping. Meanwhile, the attraction between the two co-stars also hadn't gone unnoticed. It was so explosively successful on screen and at the box office that a sequel, Jewel on the Nile, was speedily rushed through for the following year. "The press were merciless," she states in her memoir. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. Neither of the two are willing to give up the elegant nice house they live in. Legendary '80s screen siren Kathleen Turner has ripped the covers off her steamy sex secrets! She's in London for her one woman show, which tells stories about the films she has starred in and the actors she has worked with during her illustrious Hollywood career. When Romancing the Stone took over eleven times its $10million budget, the director was able to get his cherished Back To the Future project green lit. For more from Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner's exclusive interview, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribe here. Sarah Baker, and Kathleen Turner in "The Kominsky Method.". I think I was losing my control over it. On a sidenote, Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock's recent copycat movie, The Lost City, owes a shocking amount to the plot and the lead couple. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTurnerFeldt2008 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFTurner_&_Feldt2008 (, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Best Actress Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Special Award (for Outstanding Broadway Debut), "Elizabeth A. 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Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Fleet-footed cop chases an offender riding a scooter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up. [53] During an interview on The View, Turner apologized for any distress she might have caused Cage regarding an incident that took place 20 years earlier. We Jay, my agent, myself felt it was imperative to keep my rheumatoid arthritis quiet."[35]. A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle. Douglas and Turner were in a hotel in Valencia having dinner when his wife arrived. You don't mess with another woman's husband.". Real estate investor, Jay Weiss and Kathleen Turner during "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" premiere at B. Smiths restaurant in New York City, New York. A few weeks after leaving the production of the play The Graduate in November 2002, she was admitted into the Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center in Waverly, Pennsylvania, for the treatment of alcoholism. They have awesome chemistry too, we first saw that in Romancing the Stone, but their chemistry in The War of the Roses is a very different kind of chemistry. , updated I'm not that up on the gossip from when I was younger so I never knew that Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas had something going on during the filming of Romancing the Stone, which came out in 1984. Many people bought the assumption that I'd turned into a heavy drinker. The couple welcomed a son . "That gave her a chance to say in front of me" Turner recalled. "You protect and cherish when you've got a good relationship," says Douglas. Two of them, Killing Orders and Deadlock, released in 2007, featured Turner reprising her 1991 film role, which had been based on Paretsky's novel Deadlock; however, the final series, Bitter Medicine, released in 2009, had Sharon Gless take over the part. Mayor' and More. Warshawski. 'But don't worry, no one was ever hurt. Diandra wouldn't actually file for divorce until 1995. I couldn't publicly refute them because I believed it was worse to have people know that I had this terrible illness. If ever there was a reason to tune in and binge the whole thing, it is the presence of none other than Kathleen Turner, once again working opposite Michael Douglas. Turner said the father of her child was her best friend and that they had lunch every week. Lowest Rated: 2% Baby Geniuses (1999) Birthday: Jun 19, 1954. Then I walked on set one day, and his wife was suddenly there. "There were seven of us who were sort of a theater mafia. [2], She attended Southwest Missouri State University[15] for two years, studying theater. She sat next to him and made that very clear to me, thePeggy Sue Got Married star recalls. He said: "We were going out to dinner and as a surprise, I said, 'Kathleen, why don't you pick up dad?' '"[8][10], Owing to her father's position with the Foreign Service, Turner grew up in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and London, and England. She has been a frequent donor to the Democratic Party. She admitted she was not the best infant mom but had a wonderful Filipino nurse who helped and did a remarkable job. 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[40] The production transferred to Broadway at the Booth Theater where it opened in previews on March 25, 2011, officially on April 19, 2011, and an announced quick closing on April 24, 2011. Kathleen's father was bought up in China. He was her biggest fan.". When asked why she waited so long to take the plunge in the music industry, Turner said part of it was intimidation. "[13] Her father died of a coronary thrombosis one week before her graduation,[14][7] and the family returned to Springfield, Missouri. Jay and I stayed in a small house in the dunes. Ed Asner is a veteran actor, having played the role of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , August March in both the original and reboot series of Hawaii Five-0, and Santa Claus in Elf. "It was that wonderful sexual tension, you know?" Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in "Romancing the Stone," released in 1984. . KATHLEEN TURNER and Michael Douglas' 'wonderful sexual tension' was plain to see on screen in Romancing The Stone but the actress also admitted things were equally sizzling behind the scenes. In fact, Kathleen says she feels bad for theChicago star, 49, because she must get really sick of people saying what great chemistry he and I had. And while Michael and Kathleen went on to star in two more films together [The Jewel of the NileandThe War of the Roses], she reveals that any romance with the actor would have been a complete disaster., Hes ten years older and comes from a family of all-males, the Golden Globes winner says. I want to hear it. I said we wont go to Broadway. spoke candidly in December about how she and Michael, now 73, had 'wild chemistry' when working together on1984's Romancing The Stone. Adding an elegant twist to her look she slipped on silver hoop earrings adorned with a jewel embellishment. [49], In the mid-2000s, Turner collaborated with Gloria Feldt on the writing of her memoirs, Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles. Kathleen Turner, in full Mary Kathleen Turner, (born June 19, 1954, Springfield, Missouri, U.S.), American actress who possessed a deep, sultry voice that helped earn her roles that combined seductiveness and menace. ", Turner added: "It was that wonderful sexual tension, you know?" "The gloves are off" as Douglas's character states at one point in the film. In 1989, Turner teamed with Douglas and DeVito for a third time, in The War of the Roses, but this time as Douglas's disillusioned wife, with DeVito in the role of a divorce attorney who told their shared story. [47], Turner married real estate entrepreneur Jay Weiss of New York City in 1984, and they had one daughter, singer Rachel Ann Weiss, who was born on October 14, 1987. It was going to happen. Albee later explained to the New York Times that when Turner read for the part with her eventual co-star Bill Irwin, he heard "an echo of the 'revelation' that he had felt years ago when the parts were read by [Uta] Hagen and Arthur Hill." ", This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 04:24. Turner said she did not believe that when somebody loves someone, their love ever diminishes just because they are not romantically involved anymore. ROMANCING THE STONE IS ON CHANNEL 5 AT 3.45 TODAY. The script is very well written, it doesn't waste any time or drag on, it entertains the entire runtime, there was not a single moment. Emmys. Last Updated: February 2023. Romancing the Stone: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. But it was more of self-protection than anything else. While her performance as the infamous Mrs. Robinson was popular with audiences, with sustained high box office for the duration of Turner's run, she received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner on set of the film 'The Jewel Of The Nile', 1985 | Source: Getty Images . The production was transferred to London's Apollo Theatre in 2006. Now, three decades since they last worked together, the stars are reuniting for the third and final season of Douglas' Netflix series, The Kominsky Method, in which they play a tempestuous divorced couple. "Oh, I was yearning, babe, but he was still married [to first wife Diandra Luker] although they were separated, and so I thought there was hope for me," says Turner, 66, in this week's issue of PEOPLE. No it's a movie about an extremely bitter married couple going through a divorce. Mes, Yahoo, esame Yahoo preki enkl grups dalis. Who Will Replace Mark on 'Live With Kelly' If He Returns to Acting? Director Robert Zemeckis was even fired from his next project Cocoon based on early cuts of the film. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. My leading man was Michael Douglas, who was also producing the movie, and the plot called for lots of action and stunts. He has been married twice, first to Diandra Luker and then to Catherine Zeta Jones. [37] In 2015, she narrated the anthology drama film Emily & Tim. "I thought, 'Thats that.' "It was so much fun," says Douglas, who also executive produces the show, premiering Friday. Soon enough, they found songs they all loved, "and I felt good singing," said Turner. and he opened the door and there was Kathleen in her finest," he says. June 2, 2021 - 1 min read. Turner explained she was never interested in singing until the artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington, Molly Smith, asked her to do Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" in 2014. Well, I wanted to ask about what your relationship with Michael Douglas has been like over the years. Turner and Weiss divorced in December 2007, but Turner has said, "[Jay]'s still my best friend. ", Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner pictured in an embrace in the adventure film "Romancing the Stone." Andrew Bullock If you're in the mood for a dramedy starring two fine actors that is interesting and well written, then I suggest The War of the Roses. He revealed how his father was smitten too. Follow us on social media @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week Cline Dion in Las Vegas We were in a hotel in Valencia having dinner when she arrived. You can unsubscribe at any time. We were in a hotel in Valencia having dinner when she arrived. DON'T MISSElvis had an affair with Frank Sinatra's fiance Juliet ProwseRichard Burton's brother 'beat the sh** out of him' over Liz TaylorElvis affair with Ryan O'Neal's wife 'The King got me pregnant', Turner added: "In truth, he was a misogynist. Douglas was married to Diandra Luker, and they had been a married couple for six years. Michael Douglas' accuser: Actor exposed himself, boasted about affairs with Kathleen Turner, others . teiktume jums savo svetaines ir programas, autentifikuotume naudotojus, taikytume saugumo priemones, ukirstume keli brukalams bei piktnaudiavimui ir. Turner stated in 2018, "Body Heat was a blessing because I went straight to being a leading actor and I didn't have to suffer any of this predatory male behaviour like many young actresses. He's been married to the screen beauty Katherine Zeta-Jones for over 20 years, and the two have become one of . Kathleen Turner once revealed that she and Michael Douglas almost had an affair while working together. "[35], Turner has admitted that the drinking made her difficult to be around. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. She put on a chic display as she stepped out in the capital clad in a pale blue blouse, paired with a navy cardigan and matching straight-leg trousers. . Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. In the mid-1980s, when Cameron Douglas was still a boy, Diandra learned that Michael was having "a fling" with Kathleen Turner, his "Romancing the Stone" co-star, and she threatened to end . By the time she was diagnosed, she "could hardly turn her head or walk, and was told she would end up in a wheelchair". 20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection The classic film duo later reunited as battling exes in 2021 for Netflix's . The actor talks about her fights with directors, her rage at white male privilege . On the Netflix dramedy series The Kominsky Method, Turner was a guest in season 2 (2019) and became a main cast member in season 3 (2021). The movie is not one to view for a "feel good" mood or for when you want something sweet and romantic. For more from Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner's exclusive interview, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribe here. While Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas showed an incredible connection on-screen, the same was true off-screen so much so that the pair . These were Robert Zemeckis's 1984 adventure film Romancing the Stone, its sequel Jewel of the Nile (1985) and 1989 comedy The War of the Roses.. 'It was so much fun. But thats old news now,' she said. Michael Douglas' estranged wife put the brakes on the movie star's 1980s affair with Romancing The Stone co-star Kathleen Turner by showing up on set unannounced. [43] In December 2014 and January 2015, Turner performed the same show at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. she says. [50][51] In the book, Turner claimed that, while they were filming Peggy Sue Got Married, her co-star Nicolas Cage had gotten drunk and stole a Chihuahua that he liked. Closer Weekly is part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Everyone got to know each other and had a wonderful time.". Kathleen Turner looks very different than when she was a Hollywood leading lady "I understood later, from Michael Douglas, that there was a competition between him, Jack Nicholson and Warren .

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