Sean Penn

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 22 August 2021

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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 week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with Penn to talk about his impressive career, including his new 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 episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
0:06.1	My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.
0:09.4	I've got a great conversation for you today with the Hollywood icon, Academy Award winner
0:14.5	Sean Penn.
0:16.0	He's won two of those trophies, once for Mystic River, the other playing Harvey Milk in the
0:20.4	acclaimed film Milk.
0:21.8	So where do you begin with Sean Penn?
0:24.1	A guy who grew up in a Hollywood family who was making home movies with his neighbors
0:29.1	Charlie Sheen in Emilio Estivez in Malibu, California as a kid.
0:33.2	A guy who starred as Spacoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
0:37.1	I just looked down as I was speaking and realized I am wearing currently the black and white
0:42.2	checks Spacoli vans as we speak.
0:44.8	Purely coincidental, but I've got the Spacoli vans on right now.
0:48.6	Get that image in your mind.
0:49.8	So Sean now has a new film out called Flag Day.
0:54.6	He directs it.
0:55.8	He stars in it.
0:57.2	And importantly, he co-stars with his real life daughter, Dylan, with his ex-wife Robin
1:03.0	Wright.
1:04.0	She is extraordinary.
1:05.0	She's 30 years old.
1:06.3	Has not had a major role in a film before, but he said Sean knew that his daughter was
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