Originally published on E! Online
Just don’t say his name three times.
Michael Keaton is ready to return to his roots, more specifically to his birth name. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The star shared that after five decades in show business, during which he has played several iconic characters such as Batman and Beetlejuice, he wants to use his original nickname –Michael Douglas-again.
Due to the Screen Actor’s Guild’s rules that no two members may have the same name, Keaton was forced to find a solution, as both Wall-Street Actor Michael Douglas and talk show host Michael Douglas.
“I leafed through it – I can’t remember if it was a phone book,” the 72-year-old recalled to People in an interview published on September 4. “I must have thought, ‘I don’t know, let me think of something.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, that sounds reasonable.'”
In the future, Keaton plans to work professionally as Michael Keaton Douglasa combination of his stage name and his real name.
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The Oscar-nominated actor said he plans to use the new name for his 2023 film Knox leaveswhich he directed and starred in, but noted that he simply “forgot” about it in the chaos of filming.
“I said, ‘Hey, just a heads up, my name is Michael Keaton Douglas.’ And it completely slipped my mind,” he said. “And I forgot to give them enough time to put it in and create it. But that’s what will happen.”
Keaton is not the first Hollywood star to decide to return to his birth name in a professional setting. Emma Stonewho coincidentally starred alongside Keaton in 2014’s “ Birdmanhad previously announced that she wanted to return to her first name Emily.
“That would be so nice,” she said The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on April 24. “I would like to be Emily.”
In fact, Stone says, several of her colleagues are already doing so.
“When I get to know them, so do the people I work with,” she explained. “I freaked out a few years ago. For some reason I thought, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Just call me Emily.'”
Read on to learn more about celebrities who have changed their real names.
Katherine Elizabeth Hudson
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Although the singer first released a Christian album under her birth name in 2001, she felt that the stage name Katy Perry– inspired by her mother’s maiden name – might inspire awe, awe, awe among pop fans.
Belcalis Almanzar
Cardi B adopted the name Bacardi after family and friends called her sister Hennessy. She later shortened the name to something that suited her better.
Rachel Meghan Markle
Before she became Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was briefly known as Rachel.
Eilleen Regina Edwards
Shania Twain told the story of how her stage name came about during an appearance on Apple Music Radio now at home: “In short, I was born Eilleen Regina Edwards, then I was adopted and became Eilleen Regina Twain. Then I became a professional singer and needed a stage name that sounded a little less like my grandmother’s name, because I am named after my grandmother, after both grandmothers, Eileen And Regina. I think in my head I just didn’t want to be called by my grandmother’s name on stage, so I decided to change it to Shania Twain. I met someone named Shania, thought she was beautiful, and that’s how Shania Twain was born.”
Jelena Noura Hadid
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Mark Vincent
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Fate Hope Cyrus
Miley Cyrus‘ bright smile inspired her childhood nickname, Smiley. Eventually the name was shortened to Miley and stuck.
Peter Gene Hernandez
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Stefani Germanotta
Before the meat dresses and the chart hit music, Lady Gaga was just a normal girl from New York.
Daniel Sudeikis
Jason Sudeikis confirmed on Today that he was named Daniel after his father, but after some confusion his mother began using his middle name Jason to avoid confusion.
Emily Stone
Emma Stone stopped using this stage name after she discovered that a member was already registered with the Screen Actors Guild under her birth name.
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
It turns out that Reese doesn’t even Reese Witherspoon‘s middle name. The actress chose the nickname in honor of her mother, whose maiden name is Reese.
Elizabeth Woolridge Scholarship
Every artist has an alter ego and Lana Del Rey happens to be the role of the singer’s choice.
Christopher Edwin Breaux
In 2014 Frank Ocean officially changed his name, why not?
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
A little known fact about 30 rocks‘S Tina Fey is that her real name is Elizabeth. The comedian paid a not-so-subtle homage to her birth name by naming her character Liz Lemon.
Calvin Broadus
This pioneer of West Coast rap later became known as Snoop Dogg.
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor
It turned out that the singer of the “Royals” is really interested in learning about the aristocracy, hence the reason why she chose the name Lordebut with a feminine “e”.
Enrique Morales
Before he started shaking his candy for the masses, the music superstar Ricky Martin bore this everyday name.
Amethyst Kelly
It is hard to believe that Iggy Azalea Amethyst Kelly was born!
Adam Richard Wiles
Fans were confused when Taylor Swift thanked his then friend Adam in a thank you speech, which led people to discover that Calvin Harris is simply a stage name. The DJ said Selection list According to the magazine, he chose the name because his first single was more emotional and he wanted something “more racially ambiguous.”
Jennifer Anastasiak
Before she became a household name, this was what was once Friend Jennifer Aniston answered.
Alicia Augello Cook
Alicia Keys didn’t always have such a musical name.
Thomas Mapother IV
Before he The biggest movie star in the world, Tom Cruise bore this name.
Natalie Hershlag
This is what the future great actress looked like when she was born in 1980 Natalie Portman welcomed the world.
