The recently recaptured Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman apparently had no idea who Sean Penn was until shortly before he made plans to sit down with the two-time Oscar winner for an interview.

Guzman was much more eager to meet actress Kate del Castillo, according to Mexican newspaper El Milenio, which on Tuesday published some of Guzman's text messages that the country's government reportedly intercepted.

Del Castillo and Guzman have corresponded since 2012, when the actress wrote an open letter directed at him. The Mexican star urged Guzman to meet with Penn and later connected the men for a secret meeting in October. Rolling Stone published a piece about the encounter on Saturday .

Guzman made an elaborate escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico City in July. He apparently couldn't abstain from texting while on the lam.