For the first time in his
career, Charlie Sheen will use his real name, Carlos Estevez, in the credits of
the movie "Machete Kills", a decision that contrasts a past statement
that he does not feel "Latino".
Celebrity-news Web site
TMZ.com published a shot from the film, to premiere September in the US, which
shows Sheen carrying an assault rifle while a super on the screen says
"and introducing Carlos Estevez".
Charlie's dad, Martin Sheen,
the son of a Spanish immigrant to the US, was born Ramon Antonio Gerardo
Estevez. He called himself Martin Sheen to get work as an actor, but never
legally changed his name.
Martin Sheen starred in the
2011 movie "The Way", directed by his son Emilio Estevez, the story
of a Californian ophthamologist who goes to France when he learns that his son
died in a storm in the Pyrenees. After discovering that the young man was going
to make a pilgrimage on the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, he
decides to take his place, carrying his ashes.
It was in July last year that
Charlie Sheen said he didn't feel Latino.
"I'm not ashamed of it,
I'm not escaping from it, but I was born in New York and grew up in Malibu -
that's not very Latino," Sheen said in an interview that aired on
Univision.
"I'm a white guy in
America," said the actor, who changed his name from Carlos to Charlie when
he was 4 years old to avoid confusion with his Uncle Carlos, while the switch
from Estevez to Sheen happened when he became an actor.
"I just don't get up
feeling like a Latino," said the younger Sheen, whose Spanish grandfather
died before he was born. (Source)
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