On GPS: Michael Douglas on Playing Ben Franklin


by CNN

CNN— Michael Douglas speaks with Fareed about inhabiting the role of Benjamin Franklin.

CNN—On GPS: Michael Douglas on being Benjamin Franklin. Fareed sits down with Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas to discuss his new role portraying founding father Benjamin Franklin on the Apple TV+ series, “Franklin.”

CNN—On GPS: Michael Douglas on Biden’s age and the stakes in November. Actor Michael Douglas shares his thoughts on the prospect of a second Biden term and the upcoming US presidential election: “This is probably the most important election of my lifetime.”

The Guardian—‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias. It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel MaysIn 2017, the British character actor Daniel Mays was nominated for a Bafta. His one-episode turn in the police procedural Line of Duty, described as “visceral”, “outstanding” and “stomach-clenchingly tense”, had impressed his peers. The nomination was a turning point in his career, but it was also a bust: he didn’t win and he was so...