To this day, I truly believe this scene wasn’t in the script:
It’s from Two and a Half Men. The first episode of season 8. I think that’s just the way they kicked off this season.
On the first day, everyone shows up on set and Charlie Sheen just happens to lie there, drunk, no pants, passed out on the stairs. So they start rolling the cameras.
That man has not done a day of acting in his life.
1987, Wall Street: Plays a stock broker who gets sucked into the world of money, drugs, corruption and in-cab-blowjobs, because the thing he’s most afraid of is being poor.
1993, The Three Musketeers: Plays a womanizing, unapologetic, blasphemous, but arguably funny swordsman.
1999, Being John Malkovich: Plays himself, talking about weed, sexual fantasies and dumping women in one45-second scene alone, ending with “truth is for suckers.”
2003, Scary Movie 3: You guessed it, more sexual innuendo.
2006, Scary Movie 4: Wakes up in a bed with 3 playmates…
…has no idea how he got there, but proceeds to take a huge dose of Viagra, washes it down with vodka, only to kill a cat with his giant – ahem – two seconds later.
2010, Wall Street 2: Shows up at a gala dinner with two women, then talks about playing golf and spending winters in St. Barts.
2010, Due Date: In what you could call a cameo of a cameo, Zach Galifianakis’s character ends up as a guest star on Two and a Half Men. Charlie asks him for pot, of course.
2013, Scary Movie 5: Is just about to record a sex tape with Lindsay Lohan before things go sideways.
2013, Machete Kills: Plays the president of the United States, who’s built a wall to fend off illegal immigrants, shoots guns, hires killers and has legalized marijuana in 48 states.
…and if those aren’t enough for you, there’s 100 episodes of Anger Management…
…and another 177 starring Sheen in Two and a Half Men.
Charlie Sheen is a true antihero. He’s not a great role model and there’s not much to learn from him. Except for one thing, which I think deserves our undenied respect:
For all his success, throughout all his highs and lows, he’s always stayed true to himself.
He’s a character alright. But not one from a movie.
