Thursday 20 October 2022 07:58 PM Geena Davis claims she avoided Jack Nicholson's advances by using a line Dustin ... trends now

Geena Davis claimed she was able to avoid Jack Nicholson's advances thanks to advice by her former costar Dustin Hoffman in her new memoir Dying Of Politeness.

While speaking about the book to The New Yorker recently, the 66-year-old Oscar winner claimed that Nicholson called her up sometime in the 1980s, shortly after she appeared with Hoffman in his comedy classic Tootsie (1982).

She was allegedly able to get the acting legend, now 85, off her tracks by claiming a sexual relationship would ruin any 'sexual tension' if they worked together in the future.

DailyMail.com has requested comment from Nicholson's representatives.