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Saturday 21 OctOber 2017
Kate del Castillo releases doc 'The

Day I Met El Chapo'

By ALICIA RANCILIO tawdry and transparent." that mind. What is going on
Associated Press In a recent interview with in his head? How a little kid
NEW YORK (AP) — Kate del the Associated Press, del from ... Sinaloa becomes
Castillo says she just "wants Castillo talked about the this No. 1 drug lord. ... Who
closure" and is hoping to film, Sean Penn and mov- helps them? Because he's
get it from the release of ing forward. Answers have not there by himself, right?
her new three-part docuse- been edited for clarity and AP: You and Sean Penn
ries "The Day I Met El Cha- brevity. AP: What do you have different accounts of
po," now on Netflix. hope to clear up with "The what happened.
The documentary tells del Day I Met El Chapo"? Del Castillo: He has a per-
Castillo's version of events Del Castillo: Well, first of all ception of what hap-
In this May 15, 2017 file photo, actress Kate Del Castillo attends surrounding a 2015 meet- (the media) sexualized the pened and I have an-
the NBCUniversal Network 2017 Upfront in New York. ing with Joaquin "El Chapo" whole thing. ... that I had other perception of what
Associated Press Guzman, a Mexican drug a sexual relationship with happened. ... We tried to
lord who at the time was Mr. Guzman, that I was in- reach out to (Penn) many
hiding from authorities. fatuated with him, that he times in the documentary
He's since been captured was infatuated with me. and he decided to ignore
and extradited to the U.S. ... There've been a lot of the requests and then he
and is awaiting trial. When men that have visited him watched it and he didn't
del Castillo met with Guz- and many other fugitives like it and now he wants to
man, she said it was with or drug lords and they say, say and be a part of it and
the intent to make a film 'Oh my God, how smart, sorry. He's too late. (Note:
about his life. She brought how intelligent, how brave Penn says it's common to
along two film producers of him.' But if it's a woman ask to see a cut of a project
and actor Sean Penn, who then they sexualize you. before agreeing to partici-
went on to write an article AP: Your correspondence pate. After viewing it, Penn
for Rolling Stone magazine with Guzman began with asked for a change which
about the encounter. Since what seemed like a com- did not happen.)
then, del Castillo and Penn plimentary tweet about AP: After you met with Guz-
have clashed over their him. How would you de- man and before he was
accounts of what hap- scribe him now? captured and Sean Penn's
pened. Del Castillo also Del Castillo: I think we all article was published, what
suggests that Penn tipped have good and bad inside happened? Del Castillo:
off authorities to the meet- of us but we cannot forget When we got back, my
ing which ultimately led to who he is. He's a criminal. ... I nightmare started because
Guzman's capture. saw him and he was a gen- I had to work for Sean liter-
Penn, through publicist tleman. He was very nice ally translating his article,
Mark Fabiani, describes del with me, with us. He loves sending it to Senor Guzman,
Castillo's efforts as "nothing his family very much so, so who is a fugitive by then so
but a cheap National En- that's part of the interesting he's not answering all the
quirer-esque tale spun by thing that I want to show if I time and Sean is screaming
a delusional person whose ever do the movie, his story that he has a deadline and
hunger for fame is both life, what happens inside El Chapo had approval. q
Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' leads

Gotham Award nominations

NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan
Peele's thriller "Get Out" has
gotten an awards season
boost with a leading four
Gotham Awards nomina-
tions, including best fea-
ture.
The Independent Film-
maker Project announced
nominations for the 27th
annual IFP Gotham Awards
on Thursday.
"Get Out" is also up for
breakthrough director, best This image released by Universal Pictures shows Daniel Kaluuya
screenplay and actor. Oth- in a scene from, "Get Out."
er top nominees include three each. Tonya."
the coming-of-age film "Call Me By Your Name" Dee Rees' period drama
"Call Me By Your Name," and "The Florida Project" "Mudbound" has also re-
Greta Gerwig's directorial are also among the best ceived a special jury award
debut "Lady Bird" and Sean feature nominees with the for ensemble cast.
Baker's childhood odyssey heist pic "Good Time," and Awards will be handed out
"The Florida Project," with the Tonya Harding biopic "I, in New York on Nov. 27.q