Catherine Zeta-Jones on Michael and Kirk Douglas

TOGETHER.
AND HOW THAT HAPPENED AND WHAT
HAPPENED AFTERWARDS, WELL.
WELL, THAT WAS A STORY AND A
FEUD OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.
>> WHAT WAS BEHIND THEIR FEUD?
WHY DID THEY HATE EACH OTHER SO
MUCH?
>> FEUDS ARE NEVER ABOUT HATE.
FEUDS ARE ABOUT PAIN.
>> Jimmy: CATHERINE ZETA JONES
IN "FEUD" WHICH PREMIERES
SUNDAY, MARCH 5th, ON FX, THIS
SUNDAY.
YOU'RE PLAYING A MOVIE LEGEND,
OLIVIA DEHAVILLAND, WERE YOU
EVEN AWARE OF HER WORK?
>> OH, YES, VERY MUCH SO AWARE
OF HER WORK.
SHE'S STILL WITH US, LIVING IN
FRANCE.
SHE'S SIX MONTHS OLDER THAN MY
FATHER-IN-LAW, KIRK DOUGLAS.
>> Jimmy: AND YOUR
FATHER-IN-LAW --
>> SHE TURNED 100 IN THE SUMMER,
HE TURNED 100 LAST DECEMBER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: UNBELIEVABLE, WOW.
>> AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW KNEW
HER.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW KNEW ALL THESE
WOMEN IN THAT TIME.
>> Jimmy: A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR
FATHER-IN-LAW.
WOW.
HE'S REALLY WHISPERING SWEET
NOTHINGS.
>> I KNOW.
THE LITTLE TINKER.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU ASK HIM ABOUT
HER BEFORE YOU PLAYED HER?
>> I DID.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT ALL OF THEM,
ACTUALLY.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT OLIVIA.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
HE WENT, AAH, OLIVIA.
I WENT, OH.
HIS WIFE WAS SITTING AT LUNCH, I
SAID I'D LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I SAID, WHAT ABOUT BETTE LIKE?
>> Jimmy: BETTE DAVIS?
>> HE SAID, SHE WAS A REAL
BROAD, SHE SAID IT THE WAY IT
WAS, SHE DIDN'T GIVE A HOOT WHAT
PEOPLE THOUGHT.
I THOUGHT, HOW WAS JOAN
CRAWFORD?
HE SAID, SHE WAS OUT OF HER
[ BLEEP ]ING MIND.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
OKAY, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
THANKS, KIRK.
I REALLY COULD SIT THERE FOR
HOURS WITH HIM.
>> Jimmy: I BET.
>> AND HE'S JUST -- THE STORIES.
YOU THINK OF THE HOLLYWOOD
SYSTEM BACK THEN.
BOY, IT WAS TOUGH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH FOR WOMEN
TODAY.
BUT IT WAS REALLY TOUGH THEN.
ALL THOSE WOMEN, AND MEN, IT WAS
TOUGH FOR KIRK, WERE THROWN INTO
THIS STABLE.
THEY'RE ALL PITTED AGAINST EACH
OTHER TO SEE WHO WOULD GET THE
RIGHT ROLE OF THE SEASON, IF A
SCRIPT WAS COMING IN.
>> Jimmy: YOU DID WHAT YOU WERE
TOLD, BASICALLY.
>> YOU DID WHAT YOU WERE TOLD.
THERE WERE STRICT RULES.
SOMETIMES YOU DATED WHO THEY
SAID BECAUSE THEY HAD TO FEED
THE GOSSIP COLUMNISTS.
>> Jimmy: IT'S AMAZING.
IT REALLY IS.
>> IT WAS TOUGH.
THESE WOMEN WERE TOUGH.
MY CHARACTER OLIVIA, WE THINK OF
HER AS MELODY IN "GONE WITH THE
WIND."
MELLIE TO VIVIAN LEIGH'S
SCARLETT O'HARA.
SHE WAS TOUGH, SHE WENT UP
AGAINST THE HOLLYWOOD SYSTEM,
SHE WON.
THEN SHE KIND OF REMOVED HERSELF
FROM THE RAT RACE AND LIVED IN
FRANCE.
MET A FRIEND OF MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW'S.
AND MARRIED HIM.
AND BEEN LIVING IN FRANCE.
>> Jimmy: SHE'S 100 YEARS OLD,
WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> WHATEVER SHE'S DOING, I WANT
SOME OF THAT.
>> Jimmy: YOUR HUSBAND WENT
THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.
HE WAS FORCED TO PLAY MATT
DAMON'S LOVER --
>> JIMMY, FEUDS.
AS I SAID IN THE CLIP --
>> Jimmy: THEY'RE NOT ABOUT?
>> FEUDS ARE ABOUT PAIN.
>> Jimmy: THEY'RE ABOUT PAIN,
OKAY.
>> YOU HAVE TO SAY IT TWICE.
>> Jimmy: FEUDS ARE ABOUT PAIN.
>> WAIT.
ABOUT PAIN.
>> Jimmy: ABOUT PAIN.
>> THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT.
>> Jimmy: I WAS THINKING WHAT A
PAIN IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO BE
WITH MATT DAMON ALL DAY LONG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ABOUT PAIN.
AGAIN.
>> I KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH
YOU GUYS.
>> WAS IT WEIRD WHEN HE WOULD
COME HOME SMELLING LIKE HIM?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: NO?
>> NO, NO.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE A VERY TOLERANT
PERSON.
>> YEAH, I'M A VERY TOLERANT
PERSON.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
WELL, THANK YOU.
MY PAIN.
AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
"FEUD" PREMIERES SUNDAY MARC

Catherine Zeta-Jones on Michael and Kirk Douglas

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