Best of 2021: Sean Penn

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Willie looks back on his memorable interviews of the year. In the 39 years since audiences fell in love with Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the two-time Academy Award winner has become one of the best and most respected actors in Hollywood. In this “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with Penn to talk about his impressive career, including his movie Flag Day and his humanitarian work off-screen with his foundation, CORE.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another special edition of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast,
0:07.0	where I choose my favorite conversations from 2021.
0:12.1	I really enjoyed getting together with Sean Penn, the Academy Award winner.
0:16.8	He and I got together back in August to talk about his film Flag Day, which he directed
0:21.9	and starred in alongside his daughter, Dylan, who was making her debut on the big screen.
0:28.8	He tells the true story of a counterfeiter and a con artist named John Vogel and his
0:33.3	relationship in the movie with his daughter, Jennifer.
0:36.5	I had never interviewed Sean Penn before, never met Sean Penn before, you never know what
0:40.4	you're going to expect.
0:41.4	And man, did I enjoy my time with him?
0:43.4	We got together at Gallagher's Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan, a favorite spot of his
0:48.2	in his early days way back when, as a Broadway actor.
0:53.3	And yes, I did tease him a bit about the last time I saw him, which was via Zoom on my
0:57.8	other show on MSNBC called Morning Joe, where his disheveled, shall we say, look, went viral.
1:05.1	I hope you enjoy revisiting my conversation from August with Sean Penn right now on the
1:10.7	Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
1:13.1	Sean, thanks so much for doing this.
1:14.1	I appreciate it.
1:15.1	Great to do it with you, thanks.
1:16.2	I don't know if you recall, but the last time you and I spoke, you looked a little different
1:21.1	than you do now.
1:22.1	Remember this guy?
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