Michael Douglas told Catherine Zeta-Jones she is "most terrifying" when she does nothing at all.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Dougas
The actress has asked her husband for advice as she prepared to shoot new Netflix crime drama 'Cocaine Godmother', and she was a little taken aback by her man's words of wisdom.
Speaking on SiriusXM, she said: "As I was leaving for the airport to go shoot, [my husband] said, 'Just think of one thing. I'm gonna give you one thing to think about, darling'.
"And he said, 'You don't need to do much.' And I went, 'What do you mean? This is probably the most multi-layered, multi-faceted character I've ever ... what do you mean I haven't got to do much?'
"He went, 'No you don't have to do much because you are at your most terrifying when you do absolutely nothing.' "
Thankfully, Catherine saw the funny side - and teased her man that he must have lived in fear for almost two decades of marriage.
She laughed: "I went, 'Wow, really, after 19 years, I just do nothing and I scare the bejeezus out of you. OK, good to know.'"
The 48-year-old actress - who has been married to the 73-year-old Hollywood star for nearly 18 years - has hit out at the allegations he had behaved inappropriately towards a female employee over 30 years ago, including touching himself in front of her, saying it was "very, very upsetting".
She said: "It was very, very upsetting. Anything like that, that is erroneous and false, would take anyone by surprise."
Catherine - who has children Dylan, 17, and 14-year-old Carys with Michael - also blasted the claims as a "non-story" and is "glad" he released a statement to deny them before they were made in public.
She is quoted by the Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: "I'm glad that the non-story was put straight. It was a looming accusation and I am very happy that Michael did a pre-emptive move.
"This was something that supposedly happened 30-odd years ago and was unfounded, so Michael needed to make that stance."
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