Overview
- Sheen shared the account on the Oct. 30 episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger.
- He says Emilio Estevez called to tell him Tom Cruise had been cast as Ron Kovic.
- Sheen recalls meetings and a dinner with Kovic before communication with Oliver Stone stopped, noting there was only a handshake and no contract.
- He says he later confronted Stone in a bar, where the director told him he thought Sheen had lost passion for the project.
- Sheen praises Cruise’s Oscar-nominated performance and says Cruise should have won, and outlets report no new response from Stone.