Kirk Douglas to make cameo on new Spartacus as prosthetic penis!

Washington: In a rather odd cameo, Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas will be cast in the new TV remake of Spartacus as a prosthetic manhood.Producer of ‘Spartacus: Blood & Sand’ Rob Tapert revealed the story about how artificial penis used in the shoot came to be named after the 92-year-old actor.

The prosthetic body part was apparently made for some of the more modest and less-endowed cast members for the many full-frontal nude scenes in the TV mini-series. "There is a great deal of nudity, both male and female, and some guys in the series are not as well-endowed as other guys, so we had to create the Kirk Douglas, as it was aptly named, so that certain actors would have a prosthetic that they could wear and feel comfortable,” Contactmusic quoted Tapert as saying. He said: "Someone lovingly called it the Kirk Douglas, and the name stuck." Actress Lucy Lawless, who stars in the film, said: “That was Erin Cummings, who plays Spartacus`` wife Sura. She thought she should have the right to name it (penis), so Kirk Douglas`` agent, don`t call us. "That thing gets shared around. At the moment it`s pinned to the wall next to all the merkins in the make-up truck." ANI