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Sean Penn Says He ‘Went 15 Years Miserable on Sets’ After ‘Milk’ and Could Not Play Gay Role Today Due to a ‘Timid and Artless Policy Toward the Human Imagination’
Sean Penn says he was miserable on film sets for 15 years, and he could not play a gay role in "Milk" today as a straight actor.
Penn kept acting despite not entirely loving being on sets anymore — until his friend and fellow actor Dakota Johnson sent him the screenplay for their new film together, “Daddio.” The movie stars only the two actors and centers on a young woman who gets into a cab for the airport and has a life-changing discussion with the driver, a street philosopher from New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. “I felt like this could be a pleasant experience and that’s gonna matter to me now, maybe more than in the past,” Penn said about the film, a prediction that turned out to be true. Head over to The New York Times’ website to read Penn’s latest interview in its entirety.
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