Michael Douglas Reveals The Real Reason Why Debra Winger Lost Her 'Romancing The Stone' Role

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Michael Douglas is looking back at one of the most bizarre moments he experienced during his successful career in Hollywood, revealing the real reason why Debra Winger lost the role in the 80s film ‘Romancing the Stone’ after she did something very unexpected.The incident took place during a pre-shoot dinner with acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis, and while the two stars seemed to be friendly, sharing conversations and having a nice dinner, Debra went on to bite Michael’s arm. “We walk out and, just as you would kind of go ‘Oh you!’ and give someone a little punch in the arm, she goes ‘Oh you!’ and she reaches over and she bites me on my arm.

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Zack Sharf Michael Douglas said on a recent episode of Rob Lowe’s “Literally!” podcast that he refused to work with Debra Winger in “Romancing the Stone” after a meeting between them ended with Winger allegedly biting Douglas. Winger was the studio’s top choice to star in the film as Joan Wilder, a romance novelist who falls in love with a bird hunter (Douglas) while on an adventure in the Colombian jungle.

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Michael Douglas allegedly had something of an odd encounter with Debra Winger.

Romancing The Stone – but she lost the role after biting him.The actor, who played mercenary Jack Colton in the 1984 action-adventure rom-com, explained on podcast Literally! With Rob Lowe how he met Winger while she was in production for Terms Of Endearment.“[Winger] comes with us to have dinner one night, we’re talking and we’re knocking back tequilas,” Douglas said.“We walk out and, just as you would kind of go ‘Oh you!’ and give someone a punch in the arm, she goes ‘Oh you!’ and she reaches over and she bites me – on my arm. I’m like, ‘Aaargh!’ She bites me.“She’s joking and I’m looking at her thinking, ‘I don’t know man, this could be rough… she’s broken the skin!’”When Douglas went back for a meeting with the studio and director Robert Zemeckis about Winger, the actor said he couldn’t do the role opposite her due to the biting incident.“I break down in tears and say, ‘I can’t go to the jungle with her – she bit me on the arm! I can’t do it – it’s not worth it!’ So they said, ‘OK, all right.’” Alongside Douglas and Turner, Romancing The Stone starred Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonsu Arau and Manuel Ojeda.Douglas is set to reprise his role of Hank Pym in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, alongside Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Michael Douglas claimed that Debra Winger was set to star alongside him in "Romancing the Stone," but she lost the role after a bizarre incident. According to the actor, he and Winger met for dinner at a restaurant ahead of the 1984 film, which is about a mercenary and a writer who fall for each during a Colombian jungle adventure. At the time, Winger was one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood after starring in 1982’s "An Officer and a Gentleman" with Richard Gere.

Literally!” podcast that three-time Oscar nominee Winger bit his arm and made “break down in tears” during a pre-shoot dinner with director Robert Zemeckis.The pair were “knocking back tequilas” and having a friendly chat so things seemed to be going well.But after the meal had ended and they made their way out of the eatery, Winger allegedly leaned over and chomped at the “Fatal Attraction” star’s arm like a piece of steak.“We walk out and, just as you would kind of go ‘Oh you!’ and give someone a little punch in the arm, she goes ‘Oh you!’ and she reaches over and she bites me on my arm. I’m like, ‘Aaargh!’ She bites me,” Douglas recalled to host Lowe, 58.The “Wall Street” star added, “She’s joking and I’m looking at her and go, ‘I don’t know, I’m thinking this could be rough…’ she’s broken the skin!”Some time later, Douglas was talking with Zemeckis at the studio and the incident with Winger came up in conversation.“I break down in tears, ‘I can’t go into the jungle with her, she bit me, look! She bit me in the arm,’ ” Douglas said.

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