00:00Michael Keaton Reveals He's Changing His Name Find Out Why
00:03The Beetlejuice star's real name is the same as another famous actor.
00:08Michael Keaton raised eyebrows recently when he announced that he's changing his name
00:12year more accurately.
00:14Switching back to his real name, Michael Douglas which happens to be the same name as another
00:18famous Hollywood star.
00:20But as the 73-year-old actor explained in a recent interview with E! News, he's never
00:26felt fully comfortable with his stage name, even though he's used it for decades.
00:30"'I like my name,' the Beetlejuice star explained at the premiere of his new film
00:34Goodrich, referring to Douglas.
00:36"'Every time I say my name, I kind of go, fraught.
00:40It's not your name.'"
00:42Michael then made a joke about another star who shares the Keaton surname, Diane Keaton.
00:47Poor Diane, the poor woman has probably had to put up with so many stupid questions, you're
00:52his sister?
00:53According to Michael, he actually wanted to use the title Michael Keaton Douglas.
00:58For his credit on his 2023 movie Knox Goes Away, but he forgot to update it in time.
01:04It might not happen legally, he pointed out.
01:07Someone might challenge me.
01:09As for that other Michael Douglas, it seems he wouldn't have a problem with the change.
01:13"'Long time ago, he and I laughed about it,' Michael said.
01:17"'Because one time he got something I think from some hospital or something and he went,
01:22"'What?'
01:23And they got the things messed up."
01:24As People reported, Michael didn't put too much thought into choosing the name Keaton
01:28in the first place.
01:30"'I was looking through he can't remember if it was a phone book,' he said.
01:34"'I must be gone, I don't know, let me think of something here.'
01:38And I went, oh, that sounds reasonable.'"
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