LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

The 80-year-old Oscar winner last appeared as Benjamin Franklin in the 'Franklin' mini-seriesMichael Douglas says he's ...

The last time Michael Douglas and Richard Plepler teamed up for a TV biopic, they spurned convention and produced a classic. Their latest, a listless history lesson on Benjamin Franklin's French ...

"He was very proud," he said of Franklin and how he passed gas. "He wrote a whole book about it, so I decided the opening episode." Related: Michael Douglas Quips He's Playing 'Rascal' Benjamin ...

At first, Michael didn't make quite the same ... In the series "Franklin" (streaming next month on Apple TV+), Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin during his eight-year tenure in Paris.

Michael Douglas is finding some common ground with ... interviewer referred to as his "third act" in life, to that of Benjamin Franklin, who became a Founding Father at 70 years old, leaving ...

Michael Douglas executive produces and plays the title role in Franklin, an upcoming eight-episode limited series from Apple TV+. Douglas portrays American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin who ...

The talk inevitably turned political at the press conference for Michael Douglas ... sort of knows about who Benjamin Franklin is,” said Jupe, who joined Douglas along with the rest of ...

He looks more like Michael Douglas than someone trying to imitate Benjamin Franklin. Rather than experiencing “eight hours of the full Ben Franklin covering up Michael,” Douglas says ...

Benjamin Franklin ... series and made Ben Franklin, very well-played by the late Tom Wilkinson, a more rounded figure in a supporting role than he is here as a lead. Douglas is wry, and I didn ...

The Oscar winner returns to the small screen with the upcoming AppleTV+ series “Franklin,” based on the life of founding father Benjamin ... really only one: Michael Douglas.

I t might have been a surprise to many when Oscar and Emmy winner Michael Douglas signed on to play American founding father Benjamin Franklin.The Oscar and Emmy winner doesn’t look much like ...