Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Born on the Fourth of July is an anti-war movie based on Kovic’s autobiography of the same name.

Charlie Sheen was upset at losing a role to Tom Cruise because of the "betrayal factor". The 60-year-old actor had previously worked with director Oliver Stone on Platoon and Wall Street and thought ...

Charlie Sheen recalled how his brother, Emilio Estevez, broke the news to him that he would not play the lead role in Oliver Stone's 1989 war drama, "Born on the Fourth of July." Prior to the filming ...

Charlie Sheen revisited one of his most personal Hollywood setbacks while reflecting on his early career. The actor opened up about losing the lead role in Born on the Fourth of July to Tom Cruise. He ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Sheen believed he was a shoo-in for the role of Sergeant Ron Kovic Charlie Sheen was convinced he would be cast as the lead in Oliver Stone’s 1989 Vietnam War movie, Born on the Fourth of July — until ...

Sheen shared that he reached out to Stone to check in but was told he was in Cuba. Sheen asked Stone's team to have him call back when he was available. He then got a call from his brother Emilio ...

Charlie Sheen was caught off guard when he learned that Tom Cruise had been cast as Sergeant Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone’s 1989 Vietnam War movie, Born on the Fourth of July, instead of him. On a recent ...