Charlie Sheen has worked with director Oliver Stone in movies like Platoon and Wall Street. However, he thought that he would be starring in one of Stone’s best Vietnam War movies, Born on the Fourth of July. Sheen talked about how his brother Emilio Estevez felt he “needed to be seated” to break the news that Tom Cruise got the part.
Given the history Charlie Sheen had with Oliver Stone, it was natural for him to believe he’d be starring in one of his upcoming projects. However, on a segment of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the Two and a Half Men alum got real about the confusion he felt not hearing from the award-winning director about Born on the Fourth of July:
