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SEAN PENN: IRAQ STANCE COST ME ROLE
NY Post ^ | February 12, 2003 | BILL SANDERSON & TERRY SCHERMERHORN

Posted on 02/12/2003 3:52:11 AM PST by kiras

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:12:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Bad-boy actor Sean Penn says his opposition to a war in Iraq cost him a lucrative movie role - but the film's producer, Steve Bing, calls the claim "extortion." The feud over "Why Men Shouldn't Marry" erupted yesterday amid dueling lawsuits in Los Angeles.


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To: kiras
So that's the real reason he went to Iraq, he needed a setup for his blackmail scheme. That's Hollywood!
121 posted on 02/12/2003 9:28:59 AM PST by TigersEye
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To: kiras
Shameful that stupid Penn wouldn't think of this before he opens his mouth and spews out incoherent garbage, in which he has no standing or prior experience, other than reading a script and getting in front of a camera. Rather ludicrous for us to put much substance into anything these people say, when there biggest accomplishement is simply reading a script and getting in front of a camera. The reason they are famous is not the acting, but rather the camera. Cameras have a way of making ordinary, sometimes just plain stupid people, famous. But does that make them an expert on more pressing affairs, such as foreign policy? Hardly. In fact, let me put it to you this way:

NO IT DOESN'T


123 posted on 02/12/2003 9:31:56 AM PST by rs79bm
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To: freedomworks
I totally forgot that one.
124 posted on 02/12/2003 9:38:16 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: dighton
You're sick.

I like that.

125 posted on 02/12/2003 9:42:24 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: kiras
Bookmarking under "Hell Yeah".
126 posted on 02/12/2003 9:43:21 AM PST by wasp69 (The time has come.......)
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To: kiras
I hope he doesn't ever get another role in any film.
127 posted on 02/12/2003 9:46:39 AM PST by b4its2late
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To: metesky

Look who's talkin'!

;-)

128 posted on 02/12/2003 9:53:17 AM PST by dighton
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To: dighton
I'm a lot older now. That's not a good pic anyway. It makes me look fat.
129 posted on 02/12/2003 9:58:04 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: The Great Satan
Reality, "Lack of tallent cost Penn role"
130 posted on 02/12/2003 10:00:22 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: SternTrek
Kurt Russell, Tom Selleck, Larry Miller (actor, comedian, humorist), Drew Carey...
131 posted on 02/12/2003 10:04:30 AM PST by TigersEye
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To: SternTrek
More for the "good" list...Dennis Miller, Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck, Bruce Willis, Charleton Heston.

I have a really long list of the "bad guys". Not all have come out against the war but were in attendence at or contributed to Streisand's fun raiser.

I compliled the list because some here started asking for a list (and because my husband say's I'm always "on duty", LOL!)

If anyone wants it, I can freep it to you. :)
132 posted on 02/12/2003 10:06:54 AM PST by valleygal (Praying for our President and our troops.)
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To: friendly
And a very bad actor, I might add. Can anyone remember a single good performance by this professional fecal mass?

He never "acts". He just stands there and scowls. His "acting" is 100% affectation. My favorite movie of his was "Bad Boys", which was like 15 years ago. But that was only because of the good scences of violence. He was the lead character, but had less dialogue than nearly every other actor. I tried to watch "Dead Man Walking", but the first B.S. nonsense uttered by the idiot Sister Prejan made me shut it off.

134 posted on 02/12/2003 10:17:59 AM PST by montag813
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To: new cruelty
Hoffman was ok, I suppose, but I thought Hanks was much better in Gump.
135 posted on 02/12/2003 10:23:49 AM PST by Sinner6 (Communism is a cancer)
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To: Sinner6
Hoffman- Rainman in Rainman
Hanks- Gump in Forest Gump
Penn- Sam in I am Sam
Travolta- George Malley in Phenomenon
Travolta again- Governor Jack Stanton in Primary Colors
Jodie Foster- Nell in Nell (chickie may may, swaying in the wind!, I still love that line.)

others...?
136 posted on 02/12/2003 10:32:37 AM PST by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty
LOL it's chick a maaaaaaaaaaaaay taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay in daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wiiiiiiind!

Ga ange gel!

137 posted on 02/12/2003 10:43:36 AM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday! (" Don't Forget the Plastic , Duct Tape -And Lack of Gas Masks!" "Let's Roll!")
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To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
lol... you speak Nell!

139 posted on 02/12/2003 10:45:17 AM PST by new cruelty
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To: freedomworks
For God's Sake...MEL GIBSON! Do the words "Brave Heart" or "The Patriot" ring a bell?

at least as loud as "We Were Soldiers!"

140 posted on 02/12/2003 10:45:27 AM PST by kstewskis ("Aim small, miss small"......Benjamin Martin to Nathan and Samuel)
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