Sean Penn and the Oscar to Zelensky: “When you’ve won the war, you’ll bring him back”

There are still more than four months to go Oscar ceremony, yet the famous statuette is already finished in the spotlight. In fact, in the last few hours Sean Penn he gave one of his to the Ukrainian president Vlodymyr Zelenskyduring a visit immortalized on social media by Anton Gerashchenkoadvisor to the Ministry of the Interior: “This is for you”, said the actor, who has long taken public sides against the actions of Russia towards the neighboring country. “It’s a symbolic thing, but I feel better when I think that there’s a piece of me here with you“.

“I can’t accept it,” he tried replicate Zelensky, but finding the firm opposition of Sean, who received theAcademy Awards in 2004 for Mystic River and in 2009 for Milk. “When you win the war, you will bring him back to Malibu “. A compromise that convinced the leader – and former actor – who in turn delivered one merit medal to the Hollywood star. “It is the third time that Penn has come to Ukraine since the conflict began,” he stressed on social media, “but this time she was really special. He brought me the statuette like symbol of hope“.

“It will stay here until the end of the warHe concluded. «It was a pleasure for us to give him the third degree Order of Meritfor the sincere support and for the contribution he is giving to the world let’s talk about Ukraine“. For months, in fact, Penn has been grappling with a documentary which recounts the Ukrainian resistance: «I started shooting in November, a Miriupol‘, interviewing the soldiers on the front line, ”said the actor last March during an interview with What’s the weather like. “Then we returned to Kiev, where we had arranged an interview with Zelensky“.

The outbreak of war, however, has upset the plans. “The day after our first meeting, it started the Russian invasion», Added Penn, revealing that he left Ukraine by abandoning the car on the side of the road and walking for miles alongside an endless line of cars, until they cross the border with Poland. «I was struck by the strength and courage that Ukraine was able to show. And nobody embodies this national spirit better than the president, a determined person who loves his people, freedom and dreams ».

According to Penn, an Oscar-winning profile.

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