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Sean Penn blames Hollywood's "extraordinary cowardice" for "limiting" film

Sean Penn has taken aim at the “extraordinary cowardice” of Hollywood, claiming it is “limiting the imagination”.

“So I don’t get very excited about what we’ll call the Academy Awards [except for] when a film like The Florida Project, or I’m Still Here[are nominated], or, you know, Emilia Perez, of the things that are likely to happen this year.” Penn added that the industry is “afraid” of addressing controversial political topics, referencing the recent Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, which is expected to miss out in the coming awards season. Among the films expected to be in the running at the Oscars early next year are Sean Baker’s independent drama Anora, Netflix’s experimental musical Emilia Perez and A24’s historical epic The Brutalist, as well as more mainstream fare such as Wicked, Gladiator II and Dune: Part Two.

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