The documentary, The Day I Met El Chapo, focuses on an encounter in October 2015 between Penn, the Mexican actor Kate del Castillo and El Chapo, real name Joaquín Guzmán Loera, one of the world’s most wanted men.
Lawyers for the actor Sean Penn have reportedly warned Netflix that a documentary about the Mexican druglord known as El Chapo places their client in danger.
Del Castillo was instrumental in setting up the meeting between Penn and El Chapo, which formed the basis for an article penned by the Hollywood actor for Rolling Stone magazine, published the day after El Chapo was seized by authorities.
Netflix said: “Penn was given the opportunity on multiple occasions to participate in The Day I Met El Chapo and did not do so.