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him as Michael Keaton, however the actor is planning to vary his identify in present enterprise.
Born Michael Douglas — similar to the two-time Wall Road Oscar winner — the Beetlejuice star opened up in a brand new interview about selecting his skilled moniker when beginning out within the ’70s because of the Display screen Actors Guild rule that prohibits two members from having the identical identify.
Keaton advised Individuals he doesn’t recall if he discovered his chosen identify in a telephone e book just like the rumors recommend, however added, “I need to’ve gone, ‘I don’t know, let me consider one thing right here.’ And I went, ‘Oh, that sounds affordable.’”
Regardless of making a reputation for himself — fairly actually — all through his decadeslong profession, starring in motion pictures like Birdman and even taking part in Batman, the actor stated he’d wish to go by a mixture of his start identify and stage identify: Michael Keaton Douglas.
In actual fact, Keaton stated he supposed to be credited with the hybrid identify on Knox Goes Away, the movie he directed and starred in that was launched in theaters earlier this yr, however merely “forgot.”
“It completely obtained away from me,” he stated. “And I forgot to provide them sufficient time to place it in and create that. However it would occur.”
“Michael Keaton” can subsequent be seen on the massive display screen in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel coming greater than 35 years after the unique, out Friday.
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