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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 7:03
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Subject: [Sndbox] Sean Penn
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Lone Ranger Sean Penn has spent decades
proving his versatility, from ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' to
''Sweet and Lowdown'' to ''I Am Sam,'' but this was the year that
showcased the absolute extremes of his range. With his performances as
the working-class Boston tough in Clint Eastwood's ''Mystic River'' and
the tweedy academic in need of a heart in ''21 Grams,'' Penn generated
some of the best reviews of the year and his career. When the actor
explains the link between the two parts -- ''In both of these movies,
the codes of behavior, of honor and responsibility, are called into
question at moments of great stress, and the interest lies in how people
behave in stressful times'' -- he could also be talking about his third
notable, albeit more poorly received role of the past year: as a
real-life political activist who went on a highly controversial
fact-finding mission to Baghdad. Talk of the trip stayed off the
''Mystic'' set (''Nobody on the picture ever discussed politics,'' says
Eastwood), probably because of the intense way in which the 43-year-old
Penn prepares for films.
Part improviser, part old-school Method man, poring over his scripts
for emotional and intellectual truths that resound with him, he rendered
his ''Mystic'' and ''21 Grams'' roles devastatingly convincing -- and is
now generating Oscar buzz for both. Penn's fans say that although the
enigmatic performer has been acting for 29 years, Hollywood is only
beginning to get him: ''Sean has an enormous capacity to be sympathetic
that not many movies of his have tapped into,'' says Eastwood. ''Even
though he ends up committing murder [in 'Mystic River'], you still end
up feeling sorry for him anyway.'' --by Ken Tucker
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Mims
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