Charlie Sheen‘s documentary, titled aka Charlie Sheen, featured interviews with his ex-wives and former costars — but dad Martin Sheen and brother Emilio Estévez were intentionally nowhere to be found.
The first part of the Netflix feature, which started streaming on Wednesday, September 10, featured a message that read, “Martin Sheen and Emilio Estévez declined to participate.” In the doc, Charlie was asked about their decision to opt out.
“Emilio and Dad, they fully support me. They’re rooting for me in ways you can’t even imagine. But I can’t expect people to revisit all the drug abuse and all the s***** choices that hurt the people I love,” he explained. “Would I love them both in this? Absolutely. But I completely understand why they chose not to.”
Aka Charlie Sheen highlighted the actor’s rise to stardom and subsequent fall amid addiction struggles. Charlie’s exes Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller were interviewed, as were Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre and costar Jon Cryer. Charlie’s older brother Ramon Estévez was the only family member — outside of the actor’s youngest daughter with Richards, 54, Lola, and son, Bob, with Mueller — to participate.
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Charlie, 60, said he hoped his dad still watched the doc. “I think it is hard for sons to always share with their fathers what is truly in their hearts,” he continued. “I hope he sees some of this as the love letter to him that it is.”
At the end of the two-part documentary, Charlie appeared to dedicate the project to his father after reflecting on their ups and downs.
“I can’t imagine being my dad. I can’t even imagine it. We banged heads a lot over the years. We haven’t for a long time,” he concluded. “We came to a place that’s been beautiful. It has been nourishing. If I could put it into one word: gratitude.”
Before the documentary — and his memoir, out Tuesday, September 9 — were released, Charlie discussed how his drug issues affected his relationship with Martin, 85.
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“Dad was, like, halfway through [my book],” Charlie said on the Monday, September 8, episode of Good Morning America. “He said, ‘Your use of humor in your darkest moments is a gift to the reader,’ is how he described it.”
Martin was mentioned often in aka Charlie Sheen, with Charlie recalling his dad’s own struggles before getting sober. Charlie specifically brought up Martin filming Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1979 film Apocalypse Now in the Philippines. Martin notoriously suffered a minor heart attack while filming the movie after being heavily intoxicated throughout production.
“When we came back to the Philippines and saw him for the first time, he was taking baby steps on a cane,” Charlie recalled. “And he was crying, and he was devoid of that dad light. It was gone. … He credits me with having a major hand in helping him during his rehab.”
Aka Charlie Sheen is streaming now.
