Why Aren't Martin Sheen And Emilio Estevez In Charlie Sheen's Netflix Documentary?

As you’d expect, Netflix’s new documentary about the one-man controversy magnet Charlie Sheen has already generated a lot of conversation.

The two-part movie Aka Charlie Sheen premiered on the streaming service last week, featuring interviews with the man himself, as well as a colourful array of characters including the Two And A Half Men star’s former colleagues, friends, partners and even enemies.

But there were a few key figures missing from that list, too.

Those who’ve already streamed both parts of Aka Charlie Sheen will have noticed that Charlie’s famous father and brother, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez, did not sit for interviews.

It’s even revealed during the documentary that they were both approached to take part, but declined – and this is why…

Why did Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez not want to appear in Netflix’s Aka Charlie Sheen?

Director Andrew Renzi insisted to TheWrap that Martin and Emilio’s decisions not to appear in Aka Charlie Sheen “wasn’t controversial”.

“It was actually understandable,” the filmmaker insisted. 

“[Martin] wanted Charlie to be able to tell his own story and not relive all the stuff, and Charlie wanted to make the movie a love letter to his dad. That didn’t bother me.

“Emilio just went through this process of letting this be for Charlie. They were really the only two who could have been in it but aren’t, but their reasons for not [doing it] make a lot of sense.”

Charlie himself also claimed that both his famous brother and Emmy-winning dad “saw a rough cut” of the doc “and they both loved it”.

He added that after seeing the film for themselves, they told him: “This is your story, we can’t tell it any better than you can, so we’re just going to let you.”

The Platoon star also pointed out that both Emilio and Martin appear in archive footage, “so they fully support” the documentary.

Who from Charlie Sheen’s family was interviewed for his Netflix documentary?

Interestingly, while his dad and brother Emilio said no, another of Charlie’s siblings, Ramon Estevez, did take part in Aka Charlie Sheen.

Also featured are two of his three ex-wives, Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards.

Which other stars appeared in Aka Charlie Sheen?

Among the star-studded interviewees are his childhood friend Sean Penn, former Two And A Half Men colleagues Chuck Lorre and Jon Cryer and his former co-star Chris Tucker.

The infamous Hollywood “madame” Heidi Fleiss – who Charlie famously testified in court, leading to her branding him a “crybaby rich boy” – also sat for interviews, as did the actor’s former drug dealer, Marco.

Aka Charlie Sheen is streaming now on Netflix.