Warning: This article contains Spoilers for The Mule.

The real-life Earl Stone in Clint Eastwood's The Mule is based on Leo Sharp, who was once the oldest drug mule in the world; here's what happened to him after the events depicted in the movie. Sharp was a horticulturist before he started working for the Mexican cartel as a drug courier. Sharp and Stone, played by Eastwood, share many similarities, although some details were altered for the fictionalized telling of Sharp's unique story. For instance, the fictional Stone served in the Korean War while Sharp was a decorated World War II veteran.

Several aspects of Sharp's true story behind The Mule, such as names and locations, are changed to protect the real-life people involved. The screenplay is based on a 2014 New York Times Magazine article about Sharp by Sam Dalnick, depicting the elderly protagonist's descent from a humble horticulturist and...