Sean Penn reminisces over the encounter he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
The Mystic River star made his acquaintance with the Ukrainian legend during his trip to craft a documentary about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The actor recalled his moving encounter with the hero while filming a documentary about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
In the moments that followed their conversation, Penn recounted to CNN, “The way that he has unified that country … I think that Mr Putin added to paving the way for that.”
“But this is such an extraordinary moment, and I was endlessly impressed and moved by him, and terrified for him and for Ukraine.”
Penn’s organization CORE is a non-profit that works to help affected communities and he believes the invasion is an atrocity to “this democracy, this symbol of free dreaming, is being assaulted.”
“[Ukrainians] are fighting for their lives, and will continue to fight for their lives, and I feel that we as Americans are plummeting off a cliff — the top of which is our flag which represents all of our dreams and the best of our dreams.”
“We’re plummeting where it will go out of our sight. I don’t know the answers. I don’t know if ‘no-fly zones’ will create a nuclear war. I do know that we have to invest everything that we have to support the Ukrainian people and support President Zelensky, or we will not have a memory of what America used to be.”