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\u201cEmilio, he calls me. He says, \u2018Hey, man. You sitting down?\u2019 And I think somebody died, right?\u201d Sheen recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018No, what\u2019s going on?\u2019 He says, \u2018Cruise is doing Born on the Fourth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor continued, \u201cI love that Emilio thought that I needed to be seated to get news he thought was going to make me faint. I mean, what are we doing here? It\u2019s a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Sheen and Cruise were friends at the time, the Two and a Half Men<\/em> alum confessed that losing the project was \u201ca big deal\u201d to him.<\/p>\n\n![\"Charlie](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Charlie-Sheen-Felt-Betrayed-After-Losing-Movie-Role-to-Tom-Cruise-MCDBOON_EC001.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Universal\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cIt was also the betrayal factor of it,\u201d Sheen said. \u201cSo, I was like, \u2018OK, alright.\u2019 You know, Oliver\u2019s been a fan of Tom\u2019s for a long time. It\u2019s a different movie if Tom does it than if I do it. I was like, \u2018What are you going to do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheen acknowledged that you \u201ccan\u2019t lose something you never had\u201d since he \u201cdidn\u2019t sign a contract.\u201d<\/p>\n
After learning the news, Sheen ran into Stone at a bar and decided to bring up losing the role.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was drunk enough and he was drunk enough for that thing to finally be brought up,\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd he was like, \u2018I just felt like you didn\u2019t have any passion for it. I felt like you lost interest.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Well, I didn\u2019t see you. How do you know how much passion I lost or interest that evaporated if we never talked about it again?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\u201cIt was also the betrayal factor of it,\u201d Sheen said. \u201cSo, I was like, \u2018OK, alright.\u2019 You know, Oliver\u2019s been a fan of Tom\u2019s for a long time. It\u2019s a different movie if Tom does it than if I do it. I was like, \u2018What are you going to do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheen acknowledged that you \u201ccan\u2019t lose something you never had\u201d since he \u201cdidn\u2019t sign a contract.\u201d<\/p>\n
After learning the news, Sheen ran into Stone at a bar and decided to bring up losing the role.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was drunk enough and he was drunk enough for that thing to finally be brought up,\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd he was like, \u2018I just felt like you didn\u2019t have any passion for it. I felt like you lost interest.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Well, I didn\u2019t see you. How do you know how much passion I lost or interest that evaporated if we never talked about it again?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n