“You’re worth saving”: Charlie Sheen Acknowledges Clint Eastwood’s Kind Gesture That Made Him Go to Rehab

Charlie Sheen remembers how Clint Eastwood convinced him to go to rehab in the actor’s new Netflix documentary series.

In Netflix’s two-part docuseries, aka Charlie Sheen, the 60-year-old actor recalled how his former costar, Clint Eastwood, convinced him to go to rehab during an intervention arranged by his family.

Charlie Sheen recounted how he was invited to a gathering under the pretense of his father’s 50th birthday.

Upon arriving, he met a bunch of people who tried to convince him to go to rehab.

Thinking that if he pretended to agree, he would be able to hatch a plan to escape. In the same moment, his father handed him the phone. Sheen explained in the documentary:

I said, ‘Hello’ and it’s that very recognizable, globally famous voice:

It’s Clint. He said something to the effect of ‘You gotta get the train back on the tracks. kid, You’re worth saving.’ It was really powerful.

I thanked him, gave the phone back to my dad and said, ‘All right, let’s go.’

The process was not smooth sailing.

He checked into rehab multiple times due to several issues, and this one from 1990 was the first one.

He went back in 1998, then in 2010, after confessing to the assault of his ex-wife.

He returned in 2011 following his feud with Chuck Lorre.

Netflix’s Charlie Sheen Documentary Unveils Actor’s Struggle With Alcohol Addiction

The new documentary featured shocking revelations from Sheen’s troubled life.

From his battle with alcohol and substance addiction to engaging in s*xual relationships with men, the actor shared it all in a no-holds-barred interview.

Following his misuse of drugs, he turned exclusively to alcohol, which the actor revealed ruined his family life.

What exactly led the actor down this dark path? Sheen admitted in the documentary that he turned to alcohol and drugs as a form of coping mechanism.

Dealing with his lifelong struggle with stutter, he said drinking softened the edges (via Good Morning America).

It gave him freedom and confidence until he became reliant on its effects.

This led to a pattern of substance, alcohol, and prescription drug abuse.

Sheen achieved sobriety in 2017, a triumph he had long wished and worked for.

The actor has also strived since then to make amends with the people he has hurt during his struggle with addiction.

Clint Eastwood’s Role in Sheen’s Recovery Traces Back to Their 1990 Movie ‘The Rookie’

Charlie Sheen and Clint Eastwood in The Rookie / Credits: Warner Bros.

The famed director played a huge role in Sheen’s recovery, and Eastwood’s influence on the actor dates back to when they both starred in the 1990 movie, The Rookie.

The film was neither a huge critical nor a commercial hit at the time, but it allowed Eastwood to step into his first foray into the buddy cop genre. Years later, it became a cult-classic, but this wasn’t the only good thing that came out of the project.

At the time, Sheen was only a rising star, and to be paired with Eastwood in a lead role was a dream come true.

They both exhibited onscreen chemistry, making it a rather fun action movie.

Their bond while working on The Rookie turned into an unforgettable memory, and this was why Eastwood’s words heavily impacted Sheen’s decision to enter rehab.

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aka Charlie Sheen is now streaming on Netflix (USA).