Sean Penn gives President Zelensky one of his Oscars: ‘It’s a ridiculous symbolic thing’

THere is a common misconception about professional actors that the actor proved this week Sean Ben. Throughout his career, he has already won two Oscars for acting in roles ‘mysterious river(2003) andleben(2008). He has been nominated three more times for “dead man walking(1995),Sweet and Inner(1999), andI am Sam(2001). But Ben is one of those actors who values ​​other aspects of life more than their career in the film industry. He has been a political and human rights activist for almost his entire life.

Also, Ben risked his life on a number of occasions in order to get a story. On the other hand, he considers himself a journalist apart from his acting career. This passion for journalism and activism drove him to the war between Russia and Ukraineassociated with vice In order to bring war to American families. Ben has been the producer of a series detailing everything that has happened on the battlefront since the war began. For that and his clear support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky have given him Order of Merit of the State of Ukraine.

Sean Penn gives Zelensky his Oscar

But this confession was actually an exchange, like Sean Ben I also brought something Zelensky. One of his two Oscars was awarded to the President of Ukraine. What will likely surprise people is the dismissive way Sean Penn spoke about the award. It revealed what many actors think about it, they don’t consider it very valuable because they don’t think of themselves above other great actors in the film industry.

This is what Tell Sean Ben Zelensky When he presented the Oscar and was awarded the Medal of Merit: “This is for you. It’s just a ridiculous symbolic thing, but if I knew this was here with you, I’d feel better and strong enough to get into the fights. And when you win, I take it back to Malibu, because I feel so much better when I know.” That there is a piece of me here. There are three places in the world where all the pride of my life will be – the place where my daughter was born, the place where my son was born and that’s a thank you.”

We all wonder what academy They will think if they watch this video from Sean Benwho was rejected from the awards ceremony before. Other actors consider this to be an example of acknowledgment of acting but Ben describes it as something symbolically absurd. So far, there has been no reaction from Academy of Film and Arts About Sean Penn’s statement. At least he didn’t He smelled his Oscar, as he threatened him.

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