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Michael Douglas is one of the greatest actors of all time and his credentials are a testament to his supremacy in the industry. He has done many extraordinary movies and one of them was Steven Soderbergh’s romance-drama film ‘Behind the Candelabra.’ While Douglas had no reservations about portraying a gay character, there was one particular scene in the script that he believed pushed the boundaries too far.
The ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania‘ star took on the extraordinary role of famous artist Liberace in the highly acclaimed film ‘Behind the Candelabra’, with Matt Damon co-starring as his lover, Scott Thorson. However, there was a sequence written by director Steven Soderbergh that Douglas firmly believed needed to be removed. The actor had aspirations of sharing ‘Behind the Candelabra’ with his family and didn’t them to see a “14-inch d*ck” popping in front of their screens.
While speaking in an interview with Vulture in 2013, Michael Douglas said, “Liberace loved sex, and I didn’t have a problem with that. But, at one point, Steven Soderbergh wanted to show [Liberace] watching a gay porno. I said, ‘I’d like my kids to see this R-rated movie, but I don’t want to show them a 14-inch d*ck! It was the only thing I objected to, so we cut to different parts of the apartment during the porno.”
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