Overview
- At a Jan. 31 TCM Classic Film Festival conversation, Douglas said Stone visited his trailer two weeks into filming and asked, “Are you doing drugs?” before telling him he looked like he had never acted before.
- Douglas, who typically avoided dailies, watched scenes at Stone’s urging — including a limo sequence with Charlie Sheen — and both agreed the footage looked strong.
- Douglas credited the confrontation for pushing him to a higher level, saying Stone was willing to be disliked to get a better performance.
- His turn as Gordon Gekko won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Actor, and Douglas later reunited with Stone for the 2010 sequel.
- In reflections quoted from The Oliver Stone Experience, Stone said Douglas was comfortable playing a villain and complained that the Academy largely overlooked Wall Street beyond Douglas’s win.