Actor and producer Michael Douglas enjoyed great success by avoiding the heroic leading man archetype by creating smart, flawed, sympathetically human characters. His popularity grew through battle-of-the-sexes dramas “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “Basic Instinct” (1987) and “Disclosure” (1994) and held strong as he portrayed mid-life professionals at a crossroads in “Wall Street” (1987) and “Wonder Boys” (2000). Douglas rarely dominated a movie like his famous father Kirk Douglas had during his 1950s heyday, and though his $20 million price tag might have suggested otherwise, the younger Douglas
