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

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 ...

Franklin, America's first diplomat ... Sixty years after he reluctantly stepped on stage, Michael Douglas is looking out, feeling very much at ease. "One of the joys I get is when people recognize ...

Douglas wears gray, wavy hairpieces and extensions throughout “Franklin,” but his character eschews the formal wigs and powdered makeup of the French court. He looks more like Michael Douglas ...

Michael Douglas is finding some common ground with ... to that of Benjamin Franklin, who became a Founding Father at 70 years old, leaving behind an incredible legacy. "This has been a great ...

By Liza Foreman Benjamin Franklin’s diplomatic mission to ... and the series star and executive producer Michael Douglas hit the Croisette in Cannes to talk up the show ahead of its world ...

Douglas is wry, and I didn’t mind his very contemporary affectations at all — both because I don’t have a clue how Franklin actually sounded and because part of the point of the “character ...

Michael Douglas fits the bill as Ben Franklin in “Franklin,” an eight-part series premiering April 12 on Apple TV+. “Franklin” tells the story of 70-year-old Ben Franklin’s secret ...

The talk inevitably turned political at the press conference for Michael Douglas’ forthcoming series “Franklin,” in which he stars as the scientist and statesman. “A Quiet Place” star ...

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 ...

Douglas tries to infuse humor in the role, highlighting Franklin’s various ailments – including his bouts of gout, along with his terrible grasp of the French language. Still, these ...