He immortalised dead, drug taking, mystic rocker Jim Morrison and disgraced ex-US President Richard "tricky Dickie" Nixon.
Now it is rumoured that Hollywood director Oliver Stone wants to commit to film the story of one of his greatest political heroines - Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
According to The Sun newspaper, Stone wants to turn Maggie's life story into another blockbuster, and has his eye on Oscar winning actor Meryl Streep for the role.
What either of these two great women think about the idea is not known.
And there are already numerous names being mischievously batted about in Westminster as the most appropriate person to play her - everyone from Prunella Scales to Barry Humphries.
Read the public's suggestions here (BBC)
Now it is rumoured that Hollywood director Oliver Stone wants to commit to film the story of one of his greatest political heroines - Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
According to The Sun newspaper, Stone wants to turn Maggie's life story into another blockbuster, and has his eye on Oscar winning actor Meryl Streep for the role.
What either of these two great women think about the idea is not known.
And there are already numerous names being mischievously batted about in Westminster as the most appropriate person to play her - everyone from Prunella Scales to Barry Humphries.
Read the public's suggestions here (BBC)