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In New York (dailymail.co.uk



I'm amazed at how well she and Michael are handling all of this...a real couple to admire!!![]()

Catherine Zeta-Jones has turned down several movie roles, including the chance to portray Vivien Leigh, so she can spend more time with husband Michael Douglas, who is being treated for throat cancer.
The Oscar-winning actress had been approached about playing the vivacious second wife of Laurence Olivier in a film about Olivier making The Prince And The Showgirl with Marilyn Monroe at Pinewood studios in 1956.
Catherine was approached by executives at Weinstein Co, the studio producing the picture with David Parfitt, to take the Vivien Leigh part. While it’s not the weightiest of roles, it does have four or five crucial scenes, plus *Vivien’s the second-most glamorous character in the movie — after Marilyn.
There’s a poignant moment in the film when Vivien realises she’s 43 and Marilyn’s barely 30 and that not everyone still has eyes for the woman who dominated Gone With The Wind.
Catherine, however, felt she didn’t want to be away from her husband for the week, or more, she would need to *prepare for and film her scenes. She didn’t mind being away for up to 48 hours — as she was this week, for the Ryder’s Cup launch in Wales — but any longer would make her worry.

horrendous outfit![]()