Pictures Michael Douglas and Matt Damon will be kissing in a Liberace biopic

[yowza]

Michael Douglas has heaped praise on Matt Damon for agreeing to play his gay lover in a new biopic about flamboyant pianist Liberace. Douglas will play the Polish-Italian musician in Steven Soderbergh's as-yet-untitled film, while Damon has been drafted in to play his boyfriend Scott Thorson.

He says, "I'm just going to get really comfortable so (my portrayal of Liberace) is not a caricature. Matt Damon's going to be my young lover. God bless Matt. He's right to take chances. It's smart to mix it up a bit and maintain the franchise and still get to do a picture that turns you on."

Liberace - real name Wladziu Valentino Liberace - was a huge star in the 1950s and 60s, famous for his showmanship and glittery suits.

He repeatedly refused to acknowledge his homosexuality, right up until his death from AIDS in 1987, at the age of 67 - even successfully suing a British tabloid for suggesting he was gay.

 

[yowza]

Liberace & Scott Thorson


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[Stuart]

Sounds like a sick film to me. Wouldn't mind kissing Matt myself though! Stuart x

 

[yowza]

Sounds like a sick film to me. Wouldn't mind kissing Matt myself though! Stuart x

A story of a gay man who has younger lover sounds like a sick film to you.That's too bad...I think it might be a great movie because Steven Soderbergh will direct this movie.Remember the OSCAR 2000? He won the Oscar for Best Director for Traffic and the same year Julia Roberts won the Oscar for Best actress in a leading role for Erin Brockovich.Who knows? Michael Douglas might get nominated for the Oscar for this role.
Liberace was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He was a great entertainer. He was very funny too. And People love him......

 

[iryhousen]

Is this movie happening already, because I thought Michael Douglas was supposed to be sick in real life? The IMDB says it's in pre-production, scheduled for release in 2013, so maybe it won't even happen.

 

[yowza]

Is this movie happening already, because I thought Michael Douglas was supposed to be sick in real life? The IMDB says it's in pre-production, scheduled for release in 2013, so maybe it won't even happen.

January 12th,2011 : Los Angeles Times

After half a year of chemotherapy and radiation therapy,
Michael Douglas says his stage IV throat cancer tumor is gone.
He's cancer-free and feeling good....

 

[LeoNJ]

Can Michael Douglas sing? Or play piano?

 

[brmstn69]

Obscure fact...

Michael Douglas actually knew Liberace. As a child they lived next door to each other...

 

[regnomraw]

YAYY!!! Matt Damon is a major major hunk!!

 

[LeoNJ]

Here's the trailer to the film.

http://anonym.to/?http://www.queerty.com/watch-michael-douglas-and-matt-damon-tickle-the-ivories-in-behind-the-candelabra-trailer-20130408/

 

[Cerno]

I already read about this in another thread. Which makes me even more curious.
Somehow I think I still like Brokeback Mountain better....