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human
ELI5: How is Hollywood allowed to make a movie about a person and their life without the permission of that person such as Whitey Bulger in the movie Black Mass?

I recently read that Johnny Depp tried to meet the real White Bulger multiple times and he refused.
gpt
There's no such thing as a "right to not have people talk about you." 

As long as the producers didn't use anything that could be considered legally private information (like Bulger's health records) and as long as they didn't do anything that could be considered libel, then there's no reason they would have to get Bulger's permission first.