Sean Penn has just announced a few years out of making movies to recover from exhaustion after his latest movie All the Kings Men. IMDB have the full story:
Oscar winner Sean Penn’s latest movie All The King’s Men has left him with such severe exhaustion, he’s retiring from the movie industry for several years to recover…He explains, “The first week back, you want to make up for all the time you spent away from the kids – mistake. You have to pretend you’re still away except you’re not, so you just sleep and they come to see you, otherwise you’re ill. This one (All The King’s Men) has been extremely rough. I’m pretty burnt out and I’m going to have a couple of years off at least now.”
This is a real shame, although it has to be said he has his head screwed on the right way. Family first, and he’s taking time out for them. However, for us movie going public it’s a real shame. Penn is a superb actor and I really can’t get enough of him onscreen, he’s real, and filled with so much emotion and charisma it’s hard not to be engaged by him. I would class him as a real screen icon.
What’s the opinion out there of Penn? What’s his career high and low to date?
