Catherine Zeta-Jones consults with her father-in-law while working on the role of Olivia de Havilland

The famous Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has repeatedly admitted that she is happy in her marriage to Michael Douglas, despite a decent age difference. She was in an amazing family, and very glad to have the opportunity to communicate with her father-in-law, the legendary Kirk Douglas. Despite more than an impressive age, Mr. Douglas has an excellent memory and is happy to share with his sister-in-law his memories of the "Golden Age" of Hollywood.

Kirk tells his colleague different stories from the past, sharing real compromising evidence on his late colleagues. Recently it became known that Catherine officially addressed the head of the family Douglas, so that he helped her in the preparation for the participation in the series "Enmity."

In the center of the story are two divas of the past - Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Zeta-Jones won the role of another famous actress from the Factory of Dreams - Olivia de Havilland. The star took this proposal as a true gift.

While still a little girl, the actress simply adored Hollywood of past years:

"I'm crazy about glamor! What is the Golden Age of Hollywood for me? This romanticism, which is difficult to find an excuse, is magic, brilliance, charm. And also that light enveloping, making the faces of actresses radiant, radiant. I dreamed about this movie when I went to Hollywood. "

Invaluable memories

Using a plausible pretext, Catherine literally pursued her father-in-law, questioning everything, about the stars of that era Tony Curtis, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra:

"I had an excuse, moreover quite truthful, I just prepared for a role. And Kirk helped me, with joy. When I said that I had the role of Olivia, he held out with admiration and reverence: "Oh, Olivia!".

Literally in two words, Mr. Douglas expressed a general attitude to the actress, who became famous for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind. When Katherine Zeta-Jones began to question Kirk Douglas about other of his peers, she received rather unexpected answers:

"About Bette Davis, he said that she was a" serious lady. " She never concealed her opinion, was stubborn, as if from iron. Joan Crawford, he called even tougher - a "bloody psycho"! ".

Here are the characteristics of the Hollywood celestials from the centenary actor. In her interview, Catherine Zeta-Jones told one interesting story that she was told by Kirk's second wife, Anne Bidens. Once, during the party at the pool, Ann was terribly cold. In the summer, as soon as twilight descended, the heat was immediately replaced by an icy cold chill, and Ann was wearing only a thin dress, and she was trembling all the same from the cold.

And then Bette Davis got down to business. She came close to Kirk and said: "Why do you behave like a cheap girl? I would buy my manto from a mink. "

The very next day the messenger brought a beautiful box from the department store, and in it lay the first furs Anne Bidens - a gift from Kirk. So, thanks to Bette, Ann had a manto.

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