The actor won a Golden Globe for his performance as the ruthless sergeant Robert Barnes in the groundbreaking anti-war film ...

There are tons of stories about actors who almost played some major role but didn't because of scheduling conflicts, but few are as truly terrible as Charlie Sheen losing out on playing the lead in ...

Clint Eastwood’s buddy cop thriller ‘The Rookie’ brought the ‘Dirty Harry’ grit to a whole new generation.

Charlie Sheen was the face of several major films in the 1980s, but there's one starring role he missed out on that felt like "betrayal." By the late 1980s, Sheen had already appeared in films like ...

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 ...

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.