USA: Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones attend New York premiere of 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'

Record ID: 218967

  • Title: USA: Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones attend New York premiere of 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'
  • Date: 21st September 2010
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 20, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR ZIEGFELD THEATER (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) ACTOR MICHAEL DOUGLAS GREETS AND HUGS PEOPLE ON THE RED CARPET DOUGLAS ON THE RED CARPET WITH WIFE CATHERINE ZETA-JONES (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLIVER STONE, DIRECTOR, SAYING: "Tough. It's tough. It's a tough battle. It's serious, but he knows that and he's fighting hard and he takes it a day at a time. It's tragic, but he's strong and he's got his father's genes, and I think also coming out here it helps him. It raises his spirits to see that people like him." DOUGLAS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH OLIVER STONE AND SHIA LABEOUF JOSH BROLIN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSH BROLIN, ACTOR, SAYING: "He's putting himself out there. He's allowing himself to be seen. He's not victimising himself. I'm really proud of him. I've known him for a long, long time and I'm very, very happy with the way he's dealing with this. He's not letting it beat him, for sure." DOUGLAS ON THE RED CARPET ZETA-JONES WITH STONE DOUGLAS ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHIA LABEOUF, ACTOR, SAYING: "He seems strong." DOUGLAS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH CROWD ON RED CARPET ACTRESS SUSAN SARANDON HUGS OLIVER STONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLIVER STONE, DIRECTOR, SAYING: "We don't trust, people don't trust the banks. We don't know what banks are supposed to do in this country. I don't know about you, but it's very hard to save money. It's very hard to make money with money like in the old days." CAMERA CREWS ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) CAREY MULLIGAN, ACTRESS, SAYING: "That's sort of why I was interested in the character, the idea of playing someone who's had a stigma for a surname and having to live with that in a place like New York that's so kind of insular." SHIA LABEOUF BEING INTERVIEWED ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHIA LABEOUF, ACTOR, SAYING: "Nah, I've been kicked out of every school I ever went to. I didn't know anything about multiplication coming in but I went as hard and heavy as I possibly cold and every door that was opened to me, and there were many, because of the success of the first movie, everyone wanted in." ACTOR FRANK LANGELLA ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRANK LANGELLA, ACTOR, SAYING: "I'm very Italian. If I could, I'd keep it in the mattress. No I don't, I'm not involved in Wall Street at all." WALL STREET CAST BEING INTERVIEWED ON THE RED CARPET
  • Embargoed: 6th October 2010 13:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVAD18OEZV9G7CHVZJHJG380X076
  • Story Text: Cancer-stricken actor Michael Douglas turned out for the premiere of his new film, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York City on Monday (September 20).
    The Hollywood star was joined by his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas, who is currently undergoing treatment for stage four throat cancer, hugged and greeted friends and colleagues on the red carpet outside the Ziegfeld Theater in midtown Manhattan.
    The 65-year old didn't do any media interviews, and left the talking to his Wall Street co-stars, and director Oliver Stone.
    "It's tough. It's a tough battle. It's serious, but he knows that and he's fighting hard and he takes it a day at a time. It's tragic, but he's strong and he's got his father's genes, and I think also coming out here it helps him. It raises his spirits to see that people like him," Stone told Reuters Television.
    Actor Josh Brolin said he was impressed by how Douglas seemed to be tackling his illness head-on.
    "He's putting himself out there. He's allowing himself to be seen. He's not victimising himself. I'm really proud of him. I've known him for a long, long time and I'm very, very happy with the way he's dealing with this. He's not letting it beat him, for sure," Brolin said.
    "He seems strong," said actor Shia LaBeouf.
    In "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Douglas is back as ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko. Returning to the scene of his 1987 hit, "Wall Street," Stone said the sequel is a film where big banks have replaced the greedy individual as the bad guys.
    "We don't trust, people don't trust the banks. We don't know what banks are supposed to do in this country. I don't know about you, but it's very hard to save money. It's very hard to make money with money like in the old days," Stone explained.
    Actress Carey Mulligan plays Gekko's estranged daughter, Winnie.
    "That's sort of why I was interested in the character, the idea of playing someone who's had a stigma for a surname and having to live with that in a place like New York that's so kind of insular," Mulligan said.
    "Transformers" star Shia LaBeouf admitted he had his work cut out for him when he found out he'd landed the role of young Wall Street hotshot Jacob, who is living with Gekko's daughter.
    The actor confessed he never had a head for numbers.
    "I've been kicked out of every school I ever went to. I didn't know anything about multiplication coming in, but I went as hard and heavy as I possibly cold and every door that was opened to me, and there were many, because of the success of the first movie, everyone wanted in," LaBeouf said.
    Actor Frank Langella said when it came to finance and making money, he was old-fashioned.
    "I'm very Italian. If I could, I'd keep it in the mattress. No I don't, I'm not involved in Wall Street at all," Langella joked.
    "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" opens across North America on September 24.
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