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 Douglas plays the main
character, Sandy Kominsky, in the popular
Netflix comedy drama, while Turner joins the
cast as his ex-wife Roz.
Alan Arkin, who previously co-starred with
Douglas as Norman Newlander, Sandy's agent and
friend, does not feature in the latest season.
In an interview with Reuters, Douglas and
Turner, who also starred together in 1980s
movies "Romancing the Stone" and "The Jewel of
the Nile", spoke about acting together again.
Below are excerpts edited for length and
clarity.
Q: Are you worried fans will miss Alan Arkin's
character?
Douglas: "The show was originally contracted for
two seasons, for two years, and we did them. But
it's a tough pace ... Alan is ... a few years
older than I am and I know how awful I was. So I
think he probably had his fill for the two
seasons. But I wanted to do it every year. I
wanted to tie to the whole show together, give
it a beginning, a middle and end."
Q: Do you feel like Alan Arkin's replacement?
Turner: "There is an element of being a friend
and a confidant that would otherwise be missing.
But no, I think that Roz and Sandy’s
relationship has been very rocky, and I think
it's intriguing how they are reminded of what
they were."
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 Q: Why is the show so popular?
Douglas: "Everybody can understand what the
issues are, (in) terms of the aging issues. They
enjoy the comedy. And I think one of the things
we do really well is we jump from comedy to
drama effortlessly, which is the way life is."
Q: What was it like working with Kathleen Turner
again?
Douglas: "Even though it's been ... 31 years
since the 'War of the Roses', the last time we
actually worked together ... we've talked over
time and it's just a comfort factor that allows
you to overtalk each other ... to be much more
comfortable and in this case when you're playing
an old divorced couple it helps."
Q: What are some of your fondest career moments?
Turner: "Well the films with Michael (Douglas),
I absolutely had the best time, however
difficult it was in the jungle or in the Sahara
or in the chandelier - God help me. At the same
time ... I do a lot of theatre and some of the
great highlights for me have been the shows on
Broadway, on the West End in London."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by
Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Estelle
Shirbon)
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