The desire to have a movie made about his life helped Mexican authorities capture drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who had been on the run since his Hollywood-esque prison escape last summer.

Mexico’s Attorney General Arely Gomez said Friday the head of the Sinola Cartel intended to make a biopic and his people talked with actresses and producers about it. The development eventually helped authorities track Guzman, 57, to Los Mochis, the coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, where he was captured.

She said Guzman will be taken back to the maximum security prison in Altiplano, where he escaped from last July using an elaborate tunnel dug into his shower stall.

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