Michael Douglas as Liberace: I'm Actually Excited

By Michael Musto Wed., Mar. 30 2011 at 11:47 AM

Oscar winner Michael Douglas is playing bejeweled homosexual pianist and frou-frou wearer Liberace (above) in Steven Soderbergh's film of the same name, and considering the pedigree here, it could be as major as the keys Liberace's glissandos usually took place in.

Douglas seems like heaven-sent casting for this human clam on the half-shell.

He can definitely pull off the nasal yet hypnotic way Liberace wooed America while tinkling the ivories, tinkering with younger lover's privates, and suing for being called gay.

(Yes, I think Michael will be even better than Tom would have been, ha, ha.)

Also, the secretive way Liberace suffered from AIDS while claiming he was thin from a watermelon diet -- and still dressing like Big Bird and tirelessly flying on ropes across the stage of Radio City -- will be amazing fodder for all sorts of pop psychodrama.

As the lover, Scott Thorson, Matt Damon sounds like a ripe choice, especially since he's reportedly going to kiss Libby several times.

Damon told Fox News, "I'm a little upset that I didn't get to kiss Catherine Zeta-Jones [in Oceans Twelve], but now I get to kiss Michael!

"I thought it would have been better if I could at least kiss them both."

Oh, well. He'll surely get the taste of Zeta from Michael's lips.

I just hope this doesn't count as cheating and Douglas will have to pay her off according to contract!

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Richielirious

Be my Maestro, Lee,

Passion more seen, soul more heard,

Play Liberace,

Piano's rosetta stone,

Maestro music is that way.

Shirtless Matt adore,

Twirl your bike helmet for bull,

Whirl your red silk shirt,

Poolside by moonlight, ballet,

Lee key-dance Malaguena.

Richie Dlirious

The most desireous lines, for Liberace 2012 :Michael says to Matt / Scott : "Kiss my Wooloomooloo !"Matt says to Michael / Lee : "Get your blow-hole ready !"

Richard Choffe

Flamenco Tanka.......Shirtless Matt--adore,Whirl your bike helmet-for-bull,Twirl your red silk shirt,Pool-side by moonlight, ballet,Lee, key-dance Malaguena !

Richard Choffe

Matt--adore Damon, be very carefull what you wish for, so desireous of Steven Soderbergh to continue his cinematic art, you know all you have to do is agree to do a biopic of Elton John ?

miguel3

Is this really what his last film is to be?

Anne Thrax

Michael, I agree with you. It'll be fabulous.

devamma

Matt damon is so freakin hilarious. This interview with a reporter about being "george clooney's boyfriend" has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen, especially with his spot on Italian accent - http://shrt.fm/hBhVbA. Can't WAIT for his new movies!!

Jonster

Who cast this turkey?

Melinda9

I think Eddie Izzard would've been a better choice.

Geust

Maybe it'll just be a movie about the later years.

MSpeer

Does anyone else think that Douglas is an odd choice for the role? Not that I don't think he can handle it, but something just seems off. And I know Liberace was 68 when he died and Douglas is in the same ball park now but if the movie flashes back it's gonna take some CGI magic to turn back the hands of time. I'll go away quietly now. Hope it's good.

FilmTurtle

Damon's jokey comment about kissing a dude—ick, nast—was just adorable to read. Now we've got to put up with months of b.s. from Damon in interviews and late-night talk shows about it. Great. Different movie, different actors, same script. Look, Matty, no one thinks you and Affleck are still doing it. Relax already.

rolph

If he were alive today, he'd be opening for Lady gaga.

Kukla

OMG was Liberace gay?

John ford and howard hawks

sounds like a lot of typical hollyweird shit.

Movielover

This might be a great movie. Made now in a time of more artistic freedom for big movies, big name Mike & Matt doing the Liberace story. Looking forward to it! Mike was fun as a gay guest spot on Will & Grace.

Melinda9

Is this an early April Fool's joke? Edit: Just googled and see that it's not.

franco

Your "human clam on the half shell" doesn't hold water to:

"…the summit of sex—the pinnacle of masculine, feminine, and neuter. Everything that he, she, and it can ever want… a deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love,"

From the 1956 'The Daily Mirror' article by veteran columnist Cassandra (William Connor), a description which did everything it could to imply he was homosexual without actually saying so. Winning the libel suit, 'Lee' to his friends and 'Walter' to his family laughed all the way to the bank.