Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm, Patrick Stewart were all auditioned but due to the extreme physicality of the role nobody would insure us unless we hired an actor under the age of 60. Michael Sheen is young and fit with relatively low cholesterol. So combine that with his acting prowess, he’s the ideal candidate.
Mr Sheen is a collection of significant events in the life and career of Charlie Sheen, spanning thirty years. Beginning on the set of Platoon, we skip forward to his roles in Wall Street, Eight Men Out and Hot Shots. Basically those are the only half decent films he has made and the gaps in between are filled with bad movies, orgies with porn stars and cocaine and alcohol abuse. Eventually he manages to get his shit together and ends up getting paid millions to star in a marginally amusing sitcom but after a few seasons he goes mad, returns to the coke and orgies and gets replaced by Ashton Kutcher. I mean seriously, can you imagine what kind of toll that would take on the human mind, being replaced by Ashton Kutcher.
Michael is a pro. Sure we had some teething problems but that was back when we had Charlie on board on a advisory capacity. He took Michael out one night to show him some of the bars he used to drink at and three weeks later we found him in the depths of the Amazon Jungle. He was with a native tribe and had apparently declared himself a living God. It took us a while to convince him to return but eventually he returned and he’s managed to cut down to three porn stars and two bottles of Jack Daniels a day.