It is not every day that someone gives you one of the most expensive and lavish gift. Well, not everyone has a mentor like Steve McQueen or shares the same bond that he had with Michael Douglas. The two worked together when Douglas starred in Adam 6 A.M., which was produced by McQueen’s production company, Solar Productions.

And on the final day of the film’s production, McQueen gave him a fancy and expensive car as gift.

Steve McQueen gifted a Porsche to Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas recently appeared in Mostly Sheenius with Charlie Sheen to talk about his career, personal life, friendships, and his memoir One Helluva Ride. When asked about Steve McQueen’s expensive gift for him, Douglas admitted and revealed that the late actor gave him a tangerine-orange Porsche 911 Targa on the final day of filming. He recalled that the character in the film, Adam 6 A.M., who was a wealthy UCLA college professor, had the car, so he had spent much time driving the car during the shoot.

“And he said, you know what? Thank you. He did a good job. And oh, by the way, here they held up these this keys,” he said. 

During the conversation, the actor recalled that after the film, Steve McQueen was practicing racing for his sports action film, Le Mans. He remembered joining McQueen for his practice sessions. Douglas, in his memoir One Helluva Ride, spoke about McQueen’s when he was diagnosed with cancer and how the actor chose to say his final goodbye. In his memoir, Douglas has shared several such heartwarming stories about his career, personal life and much more.

Most recently the actor has opened up one of the earlier stories about his romance with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Michael Douglas reveals Catherine Zeta-Jones’ warning before romance

Michael Douglas recently made an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. The act spoke about his relationship with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. He revealed that Jones had a condition before agreeing to a relationship with him.

“I looked at him and I just said, ‘You got to be s******* me.’ And he gave me the car and I had it for years,” he said

At the time, Douglas was already divorced and seeing five different women. So, he agreed to end things with everyone to start a new relationship with the actress. Cut to the present: the two have been happily married for more than 2 decades.

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