Michael Douglas’ rare meeting with musical star as a child – ‘His face was shimmering!’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

The actor admitted he had only ever briefly met Liberace, but knew him back then as “Lee”, a friend of his father’s. 

Michael explained that the musical sensation simply stopped by his home one day to say hi: “He was in this big Rolls Royce convertible, a sunny day, he stopped to say hi. 

“First off, because it was a convertible I noticed his hair was not moving. Much later on I realised it was a wig. 

“He had so much gold on him, with the sun, as we were talking his face was shimmering with light. It was spectacular.”

Decades later, Michael found himself being cast as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra, an award-winning biographical film that showcased the final decade of his life.