go.com's MrShowbiz calls it the Rob Lowe School of Career Management School - nothing quite like finding a relative film project to relieve the burden of your sex scandal(s).
As if being sued by two porn stars for assault is not enough porn connection, beleaguered actor Charlie Sheen is going porn for Showtime - sort of.
Sheen and his brother Emilio Estevez have just wrapped a biopic about the notorious Mitchell pornographer brothers for the cable network, MrShowbiz reports. Estevez directed Rated X, based on the David McCumber book and originally slated to be filmed for HBO.
The film, like the book, chronicles the rise of the Mitchell brothers and the journey of the two San Franciscans through the porn business, which led in the end to furious sibling rivalry and, ultimately, fratricide. Rated X is scheduled to air later this season on Showtime.
For now, of course, Sheen - whose film credits include 1994's Beyond The Law - has his own real-world trouble with the porn world. Porn stars Christina Lee (Teri Starr) and Erin (Charlese L'Amour) Seiman, who appeared together in Hot Bods and Tail Pipe 4, have sued Sheen and his bodyguard, claiming the bodyguard assaulted them at Sheen's home earlier this month.
Sheen is also the only publicly-named celebrity client of former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss.
