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 In "Ingobernable," which debuted on Netflix last month, del
Castillo, 44, plays a fictional first lady of Mexico on the run
after she is framed for her husband's murder.
"This is a woman who's tried to prove her innocence. This is a
woman who's been persecuted by the government. This is a woman
who's been criticized or under scrutiny for something that she
didn't do wrong. She's not a criminal, you know?" del Castillo
told Reuters on Friday.
"I was treated like one in Mexico, in my country. All those
things, she risked her life, she's in danger, all of those
things, I live them in mine."
Del Castillo brokered an interview between Guzman, the boss of
the Sinaloa drug cartel, and Penn in 2015, after the drug lord
became interested in making a movie of his life. The interview
was published in Rolling Stone in early 2016 and helped lead to
the drug lord's arrest.
Penn and del Castillo were not investigated directly by Mexican
authorities, but the actress did say in a statement to Univision
at the time that she believed the Mexican government "wants to
destroy me."
"I can tell you that I have no regrets at all," del Castillo
said, adding that she didn't "see there is anything wrong" in
trying to secure the rights to Guzman's life story.
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"It was risky of course, but at the end I'm an actress, a Latina
woman living in another country, struggling still. And I'm going to
go and reach out to the good stories when they're there," she added.
Yet, del Castillo said she did feel guilty for her family in Mexico
having to deal with the news of her involvement with Guzman.
Details of flirtatious phone messaging chats between Guzman and del
Castillo gripped Mexico, and an official said the drug lord's
"obsession" with her led him to lower his guard and be caught.
"It's not been a good year, it was very stressful to say it in one
word. But I'm getting better, pulling myself together," del Castillo
said.
(Reporting by Alicia Powell for Reuters TV; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy;
Editing by Michael Perry)
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