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 ...

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.

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

Michael Douglas says he had his work cut out for him turning into Benjamin Franklin for his new Apple TV+ series. Talking with ET's Cassie DiLaura ahead of the release of his show, Franklin ...

"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 ...

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 ...

The 78-year-old actor is portraying one of the Founding Fathers of the United States in an upcoming, historic limited series. Michael Douglas has truly transformed for his upcoming role as ...

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 ...

Michael Douglas has traveled back in time! Douglas is playing Benjamin Franklin in the upcoming limited series, "Franklin," by Apple TV+, and he looks just like the inventor and political ...

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.

A new Apple TV+ series dramatizes the years Benjamin Franklin spent in France ... Based on Schiff’s book and filmed in France, it stars Michael Douglas, in his first period picture, as the ...

Michael Douglas is showing a new side to famed inventor Benjamin Franklin. In the first trailer for Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series, “Franklin,” Douglas’ Franklin embarks on a secret ...