Producing the brilliant One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975 at age 29 launched Michael Douglas’ filmmaking career and gave him an Oscar, but it came at a price — it caused years of strain between him and his way more famous father, Kirk Douglas, who was supposed to star!
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Kirk was thought too old for the role and got the boot in favor of Jack Nicholson as the spirited con pretending to be a mental patient, who shockingly winds up lobotomized and broken.
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Michael has acknowledged how much the snub hurt his dad, but they managed to mend fences after some time had passed.