Michael Douglas Teases India Project, Recalls Son’s Drug Addiction, Producing Journey and Battle With Cancer at Goa Masterclass
30.11.2023 - 08:35
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran Hollywood veteran Michael Douglas was in an expansive mood while delivering a masterclass at the recently concluded International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, where he also accepted a lifetime achievement award. Douglas was in conversation with producer Shailendra Singh, with whom he explored a sequel to “Romancing the Stone” called “Chasing the Monsoon” 17 years ago. The pair are now looking at another film.
“We have a project that we are working on, it’s an outline now. We need to talk a little bit more about the characterizations and storylines, but I hope so, I would be really excited,” Douglas said. The two-time Oscar winner’s comfort level with Singh, who was instrumental in bringing him to India this year, with the seeds sown at the Cannes India pavilion earlier this year, was evident.
Douglas was candid about the emotional struggle he went through while his son Cameron battled drug addiction. “The hardest time for me I think was with my oldest son Cameron who was in prison, incarcerated for seven and a half years. He was a drug addict and [had] issues, serious issues.
That was the toughest time for me, my heart. And not to mention, dealing with his addiction,” Douglas said. Speaking about the two years of solitary confinement that his son underwent, Douglas said, “The problem with drugs is sometimes you have to bottom out before you realize.
And in his case, because he was involved in selling, in terms of having enough money for his drug habit, and got caught. And then you get a very severe sentence for a nonviolent drug offence.” Douglas said that he got cancer right after and that the stress of dealing with his son’s addiction possibly contributed to it. “It made me understand
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