"Completely slipped away"

Michael Keaton fights for his real name!

Michael Keaton finally wants to read his real name in the credits of films.(Bild: AP/Scott A Garfitt/Invision)

Michael Keaton finally wants to read his real name in the credits of films. Or at least a bit of it. He's willing to compromise. Bad news for him: his real name was already used by an extremely famous star before him. 

Hollywood star Michael Keaton wants to integrate his real name Michael John Douglas into his stage name in future.

"Completely slipped away"
The 72-year-old told the US magazine "People" that he actually wanted to be listed as Michael Keaton Douglas in a new film last year. It then "completely slipped his mind" to pass on this wish in time. "But it will happen," he clarified.

"A little leafed through"
When Keaton wanted to register with the Actors' Guild in the 1970s, there was already a Michael Douglas in Hollywood. According to the "Beetlejuice" star, he no longer knows exactly how he came up with the name Keaton. He leafed through something for inspiration - "I don't remember if it was a phone book", he said. When he heard the name Keaton, he thought to himself "Oh, that sounds reasonable".