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From nearly dying at birth to becoming Hollywood's ultimate bad boy, Charlie Sheen's life has been nothing short of cinematic. Join us as we explore the most shocking revelations from Netflix's revealing documentary! Our countdown includes his near-miss with "The Karate Kid," Clint Eastwood's intervention, wild times with Nicolas Cage, and candid confessions about his most controversial moments.
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00:00I was offered the lead role in The Karate Kid.
00:04Yeah, that was a big deal.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the wildest,
00:11most shocking things we learned from Netflix's two-part documentary,
00:14aka Charlie Sheen.
00:16Now let's get into all the things you've never publicly talked about.
00:22Number 10, Charlie almost died during birth.
00:25I was born dead.
00:26Yeah, I had the umbilical wrapped.
00:27There was no signs of life.
00:30Dad was a devout Catholic, and he was already looking for a priest to deliver some last rites,
00:35and Mom was way more optimistic.
00:38She had faith.
00:39Director Andrew Renzi's docuseries opens with a wryly relevant anecdote
00:42about Charlie briefly commandeering an airplane.
00:45Yet, the actor immediately undercuts the bravado,
00:48recounting a moment from his birth when he had no control at all.
00:51And the doctor beat me black and blue until there were signs of life.
00:56So, good start.
00:58In a startling confession, Sheen reveals he was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck,
01:03nearly losing his life before it began.
01:05Doctors successfully resuscitated him, and in a show of tremendous gratitude,
01:09his parents, Martin and Janet, named him after the physician who saved him,
01:13giving him the middle name, Irwin.
01:15When your life starts like that, basically doesn't start,
01:19it can do a number on your head.
01:22My birth name is Carlos Irwin Estevez,
01:25and Irwin came from the doctor that delivered me and saved me.
01:32There's four of us.
01:33I'm third.
01:35Number nine.
01:36How he was affected by Martin Sheen's heart attack.
01:38He was there for a couple of months without us,
01:42and then started hearing rumors that Dad was sick.
01:45Dave Salvin let Melissa tell Barry Hirsch that Marty had a heart attack.
01:50What the f*** is that?
01:52Do you know that it's going to be all over Hollywood in a half an hour?
01:55If Marty dies,
01:57I want to hear that everything's okay until I say Marty is dead.
02:01You got it?
02:01Though Charlie's father declined to be interviewed for AKA Charlie Sheen,
02:05Martin Sheen's presence,
02:06and that of Charlie's brother Emilio,
02:08looms large throughout the series.
02:10Charlie speaks with deep affection for his father,
02:12but there's unmistakable pain when he recalls Martin's highly publicized battle with alcoholism
02:17during the filming of Apocalypse Now,
02:19a struggle that culminated in a near-fatal heart attack.
02:21He was taking baby steps on a cane,
02:24and he was crying,
02:25and he was devoid of that dad light.
02:28It was gone, you know?
02:33I had brought a couple of baseball gloves.
02:35I was playing baseball at the time.
02:37And so we'd go out somewhere on the ground,
02:39and we'd start throwing the ball.
02:41Yet, the bond between father and son is clear.
02:44Charlie remembers simple games of catch as a lifeline during Martin's recovery.
02:48In retrospect,
02:49Martin's demons feel like a harbinger of the turmoil Charlie himself would one day endure.
02:53He credits me with having a major hand in helping him
02:56during his rehab
02:58to get his strength back,
03:00get his focus back,
03:01get his...
03:02just get his life back.
03:05Yeah, this f***ing mattered.
03:07Number eight.
03:08He showed up late to film Ferris Bueller.
03:10We're filming in Long Beach.
03:11I think you should come down,
03:12and I've recommended you to John Hughes.
03:14It's only one scene or two scenes,
03:16but they're both pretty memorable.
03:18They're both with me.
03:20I'm like, well, what is it?
03:21Who is this guy?
03:21What's the scene?
03:22She's like, don't worry about it.
03:23Just read it.
03:24Prepare as best as you can,
03:25and then get your ass down there.
03:27Marlon Brando,
03:28Daniel Day-Lewis,
03:29and Charlie Sheen?
03:30While few would link the two-and-a-half men star to method acting,
03:33Sheen reveals his brief,
03:34but iconic cameo in John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off
03:37was his attempt at the craft.
03:39It seems like he's from the other side of the tracks,
03:41so I'm going to stay up late.
03:44I just figure if I show up looking tired,
03:47that that's going to be an asset.
03:49I know what's wrong.
03:51I just want to hear you say it.
03:52There was no booze.
03:53There was no dope.
03:54There was nothing involved in that night preparing for this.
03:57You want to spend a little more time dealing with yourself.
03:59A little less time worrying about what your brother does.
04:02He insists no alcohol or drugs were involved.
04:04He simply stayed up all night to capture his mysterious character's
04:08bleary-eyed, leather-clad edge.
04:09My call time down there was like 6 a.m.,
04:12and I set my alarm for 4.30.
04:14I was going to leave at 5, give myself an hour,
04:16and I did that stupid thing where the alarm went off,
04:20and I was like, I'll just grab that extra 10 minutes.
04:24And that extra 10 minutes turned into an extra hour and a half.
04:27And the next time I saw the clock, it was 6.30.
04:29The experiment worked on screen, but backfired off it.
04:33Sheen overslept and nearly missed the shoot.
04:36While Hughes let it slide, his friend Jennifer Grey,
04:38who'd recommended him for the role, was less amused.
04:41What is wrong with you?
04:42I go out on a f***ing limb to create this opportunity for you,
04:45and you do this.
04:47So I go through makeup, I go through wardrobe,
04:49and I finally get to the set,
04:51and I'm expecting a dressing down from him as well.
04:54And he looks at me, he says,
04:56okay, good, you're here.
04:59Let's get started.
04:59Number seven, that time he and Nicolas Cage hijacked a plane.
05:03We wound up on an airplane to San Francisco.
05:09Everybody was high as s***.
05:13Then it happened.
05:15Nick got a hold of the intercom handset.
05:19There was no warm-up.
05:21He launched into,
05:22this is your captain speaking.
05:25Okay, well, not really.
05:27This isn't con air, after all.
05:29But Charlene's longtime partner in crime,
05:31Oscar winner Nicolas Cage,
05:33did get up to some pretty hair-raising hijinks
05:35in the early days of both men's careers.
05:37Sheen speaks with admiration for Cage's fearless individuality,
05:40but the two weren't just kindred spirits.
05:42They were notorious partiers.
05:44I'm not feeling well.
05:48I'm losing control of the aircraft.
05:55We heard this,
05:57and I knew we were instantly in s*** city.
06:00Their boldest stunt?
06:01A reckless prank on a commercial flight
06:03that could have gone very wrong.
06:05Sheen admits their celebrity status
06:06likely saved them from serious consequences,
06:09a testament to just how untouchable
06:10Hollywood's bad boys once felt.
06:12One of the guys was a big enough fan of mine,
06:15big enough fan of Nick's,
06:16and he just decided to, you know,
06:19make sure this doesn't happen again, young man.
06:20And we, we got through, you know?
06:25Yet another experience of the perks of the job.
06:28I guess.
06:29Number six, Clint Eastwood scared him straight.
06:32I was never involved in any of those interventions,
06:36and, and, you know, I, I was not, uh, you know,
06:40walking a perfect trail of my own in some regards.
06:44And I haven't said a f***ing word,
06:47because there's a lot to process.
06:49It probably won't come as much of a surprise to audiences,
06:52but Charlie was far from pleased
06:53about his family's first attempt at staging an intervention
06:56to curb his escalating substance use disorder.
06:58Is this a situation where now I'm given some time
07:02to think about this?
07:04And they said, no.
07:06No, this is a decision we've made for you
07:08that has to happen today.
07:10What you have just seen is a good lesson
07:13in what not to do in a situation of this nature.
07:16You can tell me what they did wrong.
07:18When the actor predictably pushed back
07:19and resisted their efforts to send him to rehab,
07:22Martin took the situation to the next level
07:24and brought out the big guns.
07:25Well, specifically one big gun.
07:28None other than Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood.
07:31I thought I'd be a family member.
07:33And I'm like, hello?
07:35And it's a very recognizable,
07:37very globally familiar voice.
07:40Eastwood, who directed Charlie
07:41and starred alongside him in 1990's The Rookie,
07:44took a tough love approach,
07:45imparting some stern but well-intentioned words of wisdom.
07:48Whatever was said exactly isn't important.
07:50What is, is the fact that it got Charlie to rehab.
07:53He said something to the effect of,
07:56you know, you gotta get the train back on the tracks, kid.
07:59You know, um, he said, he said,
08:02you're, uh, you're worth saving.
08:06Yeah, it was, it was really powerful.
08:08And I thanked him and gave the phone back to dad
08:11and said, all right, let's go.
08:13Number five.
08:14He was nearly the karate kid.
08:15It was a mess.
08:16And the director, he saw it differently
08:19because he wanted to know
08:21how fast you can get into karate training.
08:25I'm like, okay, like for what,
08:27one of the hoodlums on that team of bad guys?
08:29And they're like, no, no, Danny, for the guy.
08:32Before Ralph Macchio Crane kicked his way
08:34into pop culture history,
08:35The Karate Kid almost starred Charlie Sheen.
08:38Casting director Carl Jones had her eye on the young actor,
08:41who was already making waves in Hollywood
08:42thanks to his famous last name
08:44and undeniable screen presence.
08:45So I took it to my dad and I said,
08:47hey man, I got this thing
08:48and it's a life-changing opportunity.
08:50And so, um, they want me in karate training,
08:54like, tomorrow.
08:56And he said, well, there's a problem here.
08:58You gave this other company your word.
09:01Sheen revealed that he was offered the role
09:03of Daniel LaRusso, but ultimately passed,
09:05fearing that it would hold him back
09:07from other opportunities.
09:08And in that moment,
09:09tell me about your mindset towards your dad.
09:13I was pissed.
09:15I was pissed.
09:15I thought I was terribly misled.
09:18The part went to Macchio,
09:19whose boyish charm and underdog persona
09:21are now inextricably tied to The Karate Kid.
09:24But the story serves as a tantalizing
09:26what-if in Sheen's career.
09:27Had he donned the G,
09:29Sheen's trajectory,
09:30and perhaps the entire tone of the film franchise,
09:32might have been very different.
09:33I mean, yeah,
09:34I went on to burn down the world
09:35and spawn, what,
09:37five sequels or whatever,
09:38and he probably made $20 million.
09:41However,
09:42I don't know that it necessarily, um,
09:45opened up a lot of doors
09:46to maybe other stuff
09:49that he was passionate about.
09:51I don't want to say I dodged a bullet.
09:52Maybe I dodged a back kick.
09:54Number four,
09:55Charlie's car was driven off a cliff.
09:57Twice.
09:57I wake up one morning
09:59and TMZ is reporting that
10:00Charlie's Mercedes
10:01is at the bottom of a ravine.
10:04And I'm like,
10:04holy crap,
10:05did he drive off a flipping cliff?
10:07So I go into work that day
10:09and he comes in,
10:10he's like,
10:10hey man,
10:10and I'm like,
10:11hey,
10:12because I'm looking him up and down
10:13to see if there's scratch,
10:14because I assumed that he was loaded.
10:16Charlie Sheen's life
10:17has been anything but ordinary,
10:19and even his car
10:19has a story worthy of a Hollywood script.
10:22Sheen once had his Mercedes stolen
10:23and discovered at the bottom of a cliff
10:25in Los Angeles'
10:26famous Mulholland Drive area.
10:28Stranger still,
10:29after replacing the car,
10:30the exact same fate struck again.
10:33The new vehicle was also found wrecked
10:34in the same spot.
10:35Charlie Sheen's Mercedes
10:37was stolen from his home in Hollywood Hills,
10:39then pushed off a cliff
10:40along Mulholland Drive.
10:42And then,
10:43it happened again.
10:44Twice in four months,
10:46the same cliff.
10:47But he just appeared to take it in stride.
10:51Gotta be something else going on
10:52in the world right now, right?
10:53While police chalked it up to thefts
10:55and joyrides gone wrong,
10:56the coincidence fed tabloid speculation
10:58about Sheen's chaotic personal life.
11:00The incidents became yet another strange chapter
11:02in a career and life
11:04defined by larger-than-life drama,
11:06reinforcing Sheen's reputation
11:07as someone who can't escape the cinematic,
11:10even when he's just trying to drive home.
11:11It was starting to show in the work.
11:13Look, I understand your concerns,
11:15but it's not like that.
11:17I could see his timing was off.
11:20He was clearly overcompensating
11:23for being loaded.
11:24I mean, he would come in
11:25and he would be super friendly to everybody.
11:26Hey, everybody, how's it going?
11:28And, you know,
11:28and he would hug crew members,
11:30you know, who were like,
11:31hey, hi, Charlie.
11:32Good to see you.
11:33Number three,
11:34shutting down the Corey Haim allegations.
11:36Certain things,
11:37certain behaviors,
11:40certain instances,
11:43memories,
11:44have just for too long
11:46had too much power over me.
11:48And I'm tired of being
11:50held hostage by them.
11:52The Corey Haim allegation,
11:54did that happen or did that happen?
11:55Absolute f***ing bullshit.
11:56One of the most explosive moments
11:58in AKA Charlie Sheen
11:59comes when Sheen directly addresses
12:01long-circulating allegations
12:02made by Corey Feldman
12:04that he abused a young Corey Haim
12:06on the set of Lucas.
12:07Sheen doesn't hedge
12:08or soften his response.
12:10He delivers his passionate denial
12:11with visible anger and disgust.
12:13I should have taken
12:14legal action against Feldman.
12:18You know,
12:18there's a lot of good people
12:19in this industry,
12:20but there's also a lot of
12:21really, really sick,
12:22corrupt people in this industry.
12:24But I didn't feel like
12:26giving that clown
12:28that much more
12:29you know,
12:32content.
12:33The documentary doesn't shy away
12:34from the controversy,
12:35instead presenting Sheen's statement
12:37unflinchingly,
12:38allowing audiences
12:39to judge his reaction
12:40for themselves.
12:41In a series defined
12:42by revelations
12:42and self-reflection,
12:44this segment stands out
12:45for its raw emotion
12:46as Sheen insists
12:47the claims are baseless
12:48and have caused deep,
12:49lasting harm
12:50to his reputation.
12:51We were friends
12:52back in the day
12:53or so I thought.
12:54It's a piece of
12:56vile fiction
12:57is what it is.
12:59The guy's mom
13:00came out
13:01and said,
13:02this is impossible.
13:03This is impossible.
13:06So, yeah,
13:07no,
13:07that one was just,
13:08ugh,
13:09ugh,
13:10f*** off.
13:11Number two,
13:12Heidi Fleiss thinks
13:13Charlie should have
13:13taken the fall.
13:14I'm not going to start
13:15naming all the actors
13:16I dealt with,
13:17but everyone you think
13:18is doing it
13:18is doing it.
13:19And big deal,
13:20what guy doesn't want
13:21to get laid?
13:22Charlie's connection
13:23to Hollywood madam
13:24Heidi Fleiss
13:24was once tabloid gold,
13:26but the Netflix doc
13:27explores just how badly
13:28their relationship soured.
13:29She was revealed in court
13:31to be one of Fleiss'
13:32most high-profile clients,
13:33reportedly spending
13:34tens of thousands
13:35of dollars on her services.
13:36Charlie is a crybaby b***h.
13:39I've been on the cover
13:40of Time
13:41with the Manson girls.
13:43I'm in the criminal category.
13:45People remember the criminals.
13:46That's what they know.
13:48Look,
13:48at 27 years old,
13:49I was arrested.
13:50I knew I would get arrested
13:52one day for running
13:53an illegal consensual
13:54sex empire.
13:56But I didn't think
13:57it would ever happen
13:58the way it happened.
14:00While Sheen initially
14:00defended Fleiss publicly,
14:02their relationship
14:03went south
14:03after her 1994 arrest,
14:05leading to a public fallout
14:06marked by legal scrutiny
14:08and intense media attention.
14:09They had the checks.
14:11Yeah,
14:12that's the part
14:13that sunk me.
14:13That's the part
14:14that I couldn't talk
14:15my way out of.
14:16I had meetings
14:16with the U.S. attorney
14:17and they said,
14:18look,
14:18we will grant you immunity,
14:20but you have to roll on her.
14:22So,
14:23you know,
14:24I don't want to be a rat,
14:25but there was really
14:26no other way out of it.
14:27Fleiss would later
14:28accuse Sheen
14:29of betraying her trust,
14:30while he maintains
14:31that their connection
14:31was blown out of proportion
14:33by the press.
14:34Decades later,
14:35their story remains
14:35a defining scandal
14:36of Sheen's image
14:37as Hollywood's ultimate bad boy,
14:40one that blurred the line
14:41between celebrity excess
14:42and criminal notoriety.
14:43He's a rich kid from Malibu,
14:45and they're not going
14:45to do shit to him.
14:46He's Charlie Sheen.
14:48You'd think he was
14:48at his peak then.
14:50They're not going
14:50to do anything to him.
14:51Are you kidding me?
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15:07Number one,
15:10he's unapologetic
15:11about checking out
15:11the other side
15:12of the menu.
15:13You know,
15:13if you're looking
15:14at a menu,
15:16at some point,
15:18you're going
15:19to turn that
15:19over.
15:21Oh.
15:22Oh, shit.
15:23What's all this?
15:25Huh.
15:26Yeah, let me start
15:27with, uh,
15:29let's go with that
15:30as an appetizer.
15:31In one of the
15:31docu-series'
15:32most candid moments,
15:33Sheen openly discusses
15:35his sexual encounters
15:36with men
15:36during the height
15:37of his substance use disorder.
15:39He speaks without shame
15:40or hesitation,
15:41framing these experiences
15:42as part of a chaotic period
15:44defined by reckless behavior.
15:46You know what?
15:47Yeah, you know,
15:48here's what I'm thinking.
15:49Um, let's just go
15:51with one of each.
15:53This, bring me
15:53the chef's surprise,
15:55you know?
15:55Rather than sensationalizing
15:57the revelation,
15:58Sheen leans into honesty,
15:59emphasizing that transparency
16:00is part of his ongoing effort
16:02to reclaim his narrative.
16:03His matter-of-fact tone
16:04underscores a striking shift
16:06from the secrecy
16:07and tabloid frenzy
16:08that once surrounded
16:09his personal life.
16:10The moment offers
16:11a rare glimpse
16:12of self-awareness
16:13from a man
16:13who spent decades
16:14living in the public eye.
16:16How does it feel?
16:17It's liberating.
16:18It's f***ing liberating.
16:20And it's, uh...
16:21Like, finally be able
16:22to say things.
16:22Just talk about stuff.
16:24You know,
16:25it's like a train
16:26didn't come through
16:27the side of the restaurant.
16:28A f***ing piano
16:29didn't fall out of the sky.
16:30No one ran into the room
16:31and shot me.
16:32And so, uh...
16:34No, it's...
16:35It's...
16:35Uncharted.
16:38Which part of
16:38AKA Charlie Sheen
16:39shocked you the most?
16:40Were there any
16:41jaw-dropping moments
16:42that we missed?
16:43Be sure to let us know
16:44in the comments below.
16:45Yeah, last night,
16:46knowing that we were
16:47on the eve of doing this
16:48and what this part
16:50was going to involve,
16:52I was trying to remember
16:54what the feeling was.
16:55What was the...
16:56You know,
16:56what were the feelings
16:57I was...
16:58That were really familiar.
17:00here.
17:00I don't know.
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