Michael Sheen of David Frost in 2008's "Frost/Nixon", a film dramatisation of The Nixon Interviews of 1977. Despite appearing in the original stage production in a part written for him by Peter Morgan, Sheen was surprised to have been cast in the film: "Peter said he'd only be prepared to give the rights to someone who would cast me as Frost, which was very nice, but when the studios get their hands on something... Right up until we started filming I was prepared to be disappointed". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" asserted that Sheen embodied his character in a "compelling, intense"
Charlie Sheen Street" and "Platoon" were directed by Oliver Stone. In 1988, Stone asked Sheen to star in his new film "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), but later cast Tom Cruise instead. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen did not take a lead role in Stone's subsequent films, although he did have a cameo role in "". In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased "", the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie "Grizzly". In 1988, he starred in the baseball