I'm Rebecca Levoy, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary film,

aka Charlie Sheen.

I think there's so many stories and so many ingrained images in people's minds

about the concept of me.

It's not even like think of me as a person.

They think of me as a concept.

Today we're talking to director Andrew Renzi. Following in the footsteps of his famous father and

brother, Charlie Sheen became a star on both the big and small screens. But addiction

sabotaged his relationships and his career, culminating in a bizarre flameout fueled by cocaine

and, quote, tiger blood. Now sober, Sheen opens up about his life of success, excess, and

nonsense. The Netflix documentary film, aka Charlie Sheen, looks at the actor's rise to movie

and TV stardom, his personal demons, and his public implosion.

With deeply candid insights from those he loved and those he fought,

Sheen gives his own colorful takes on the heights of celebrity,

the depths of addiction, the cycle of self-destruction, and the quest to be winning at life.

If you asked Charlie what he, did he do this, he's going to tell you the truth.

And I'm joined now by director Andrew Renzi. Welcome to You Can't Make This Up.

Thank you so much for having me. So how did this project come about? Because you can't do this without

Charlie Sheen at the center of it, right? Yeah, I think that I was looking for a new project to do. And I wanted to,

I wanted to try to enter the conversation of icon documentaries

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