Who Will Save Charlie Sheen? A List of Possible Saviors

By Ryan Weyls Thu., Mar. 10 2011 at 8:34 AM

Categories: LOL, Ryan Weyls, Top Five, Video Treasures, before it gets old, media circuses

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It doesn't have to end like this

Charlie Sheen now admits he's losing his mind, but since his public downward spiral began, the meth-tastic actor has been thumbing his nose at offers of help from family, friends, Dr. Drew and traditional rehab programs.

Who will save Charlie Sheen? And can he be saved at all? Well, yes--because he has been saved before. And by people you'd least expect.

Our five favorite Sheen rescues after the jump. 5. Clint Eastwood

In 1990's The Rookie, Sheen is saved from a gang of malignant heshers by none other than Clint Eastwood, who mouths the sort of lame catchphrases that Charlie would eventually unleash in his web-video rants ("This is a crackdown"). Eastwood also makes a prescient comment about Sheen's taste for kink ("I didn't know you were into group sex"). Watch until the clip's end for a cameo by one of Sheen's favorite real-life costars, cocaine.

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