Sean Penn Says He Gave Oscar to Ukraine’s President Out of ‘Shame Towards the Motion Picture Academy’ (Video)
thewrap.com“smelt [my Oscar] in public” if the producers did not include Zelenskyy in the telecast. In November, he gifted him the statuette during a visit to Kyiv.“It’s just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this is here then I’ll feel better and strong enough for the fights,” Penn told Zelenskyy at the time. “When you win, bring it back to Malibu, because I’ll feel much better knowing there’s a piece of me here.”The two-time Oscar winner was in Berlin to present “Superpower,” his new documentary about Zelenskyy’s leadership throughout the Ukraine war.
Production on “Superpower” began in late 2021, with his first meeting with the president taking place on the eve of the invasion.
At the panel, Penn also spoke at length about the need to deliver more long-range precision missiles to the besieged country.
On the subject of impartiality, he said, “This is not an unbiased film because this is not an unambiguous war.” “The word propaganda can be used as a disparagement.
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