Sean Penn missed the Academy Awards with Sunday (15.03.26) as a result of he was assembly with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sean Penn missed this yr’s Oscars
The 65-year-old star – who scooped his third Oscar for his supporting position in One Battle After One other at this weekend’s ceremony – has been praised by the chief of war-torn Ukraine for being a “true pal” to the nation amid the continued battle with Russia.
Zelenskyy shared a photograph on X of himself and Sean and wrote: “Sean, due to you, we all know what a real pal of Ukraine is. You might have stood with Ukraine for the reason that first day of the full-scale struggle. That is nonetheless true in the present day. And we all know that you’ll proceed to face with our nation and our folks.”
In Sean’s absence, final yr’s Greatest Supporting Actor winner, Keiran Culkin – who was presenting the prize – accepted within the Milk star’s honour.
He quipped: “Sean Penn couldn’t be right here this night — or didn’t wish to, so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf.”
However Ukraine’s state rail group made certain the actor was honoured with a statuette whereas he was in Kiev.
Ukrainian railways shared a video of their CEO giving their visitor a silver Oscar-shaped statue carved from a flat piece of metallic and wrote on X: “Sean Penn got here to Ukraine and missed the Academy Awards – so Ukrainian railway gave him considered one of his personal.
“This Oscar was made from the metallic of a railway automobile broken by russian shelling. An emblem of resilience.(sic)”
Again in 2022, Sean – who beforehand gained the Academy Award for finest actor in 2004 and 2009 for Mystic River and Milk respectively – gifted Zelenskyy considered one of his actual Oscar statues throughout a go to to Ukraine.
In a video shared on the president’s Telegram channel on the time, Sean advised him: “It’s only a symbolic foolish factor, but when I do know that is right here then I’ll really feel higher and powerful sufficient for the fights.
“Whenever you win, carry it again to Malibu, as a result of I’ll really feel a lot better figuring out there’s a bit of me right here.”
The trophy will stay within the nation till the tip of the continued struggle with Russia.
In return, the Daddio star was honoured with Ukraine’s Order of Advantage.
Zelensky mentioned: “It’s not from me, it’s from Ukraine.”
Sean added: “There are three locations on the planet that every one the pleasure of my life will likely be. The place the place my daughter was born, the place the place my son was born and this.”
