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Maybe next year we’ll be reading the nominees for the biopic of the Mexican drug kingpin known as El Chapo. No doubt whoever writes the script will include his now famous secret meeting with actor/director Sean Penn.
Let’s hope the script uses the actual textsthat were exchanged between El Chapo and his lieutenant who helped arrange Penn’s visit:
El Chapo: What’s the actor’s name?
Granados: Sean Penn
Granados: He made the movie 21 Grams.
El Chapo: 21 Grams, What year was that made?
Granados: I’m checking for the exact date.
El Chapo: Ok.
Granados: 21 Grams was in 2003.
Granados: He’s also a political activist
Granados: Who has been critical of the Bush administrations.
El Chapo: That’s his most recent movie.
Granados: These days he rarely acts. Now he produces movies.
Granados: And he knows almost all the directors and producers in Hollywood.
El Chapo: What’s the latest thing he’s produced?
We now present translated excerpts, as read by The Frame Repertory Company. The first voice you hear is the actor playing El Chapo.