S5 EP2: Sean Penn on dining with Jack Nicholson and Putin, run-ins with the paparazzi, and his relationship with Zelenskyy
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Louis travels to Los Angeles to sit down with Hollywood heavyweight and international adventurer, Sean Penn. Renowned for award-winning roles in films like *Milk, I Am Sam *and Carlito’s Way, Sean discusses his colourful life and career, including dining with Jack Nicholson and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, his relationship with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his notorious run-ins with the paparazzi.

*Warnings: Strong language. * 

Links/Attachments: 

 

*Fast Times at Ridgemont High *(1982) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzva_I8WPAg) 

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*Mystic River *(2003) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NktJhrRYQ) 

  

Milk (2008) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D07rmfwG0)  

 

*Dead Man Walking *(1995) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgvbfLNYumU)  

 

*Carlito’s Way *(1993) 

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMd4Baswb4) 

 

*The Apprentice *(2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OeYJXXlw0) 

* * 

*Superpower *(2023) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54GUzUUM3w) 

  

*One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest *(1975) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrcDonY-B8) 

  

TV Show: ‘Euphoria’ (2019 – Present) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/euphoria)  

 

Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/)  

 

TV Show: ‘Normal People’ (2020) - BBC / Hulu 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JQuWxt3cE) 

 

*Shanghai Surprise *(1986) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbW06buYw0Y) 

  

Song: ‘Like a Virgin’, Madonna (1984) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZPlNanZsJSPK5h9YZZFbZ)  

 

Becoming Madonna (2024) - Sky Documentaries  

https://www.sky.com/watch/programme/4f309d01-57b4-42b1-92ca-82eef6ec747e)  

 

A Complete Unknown (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc) 

  

Audiobook: ‘Chronicles, Volume I’, Bob Dylan (narrated by Sean Penn) (2004) 

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Chronicles-Volume-1-(Audio)/Bob-Dylan/9780743501613)  

 

TV Show: ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011-2019) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones)  

 

*Sweet and Lowdown *(1999) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3fokY0kP0) 

  

*Daddio *(2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc) 

*One Battle After Another *(2025) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-j8e9J5U0) 

  

TV Show: ‘Merlin’ (2008-2012) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/merlin-series-1-1-the-dragons-call?seriesId=b00mjlxv-structural-1-b00dr74v)  

 

I am Sam (2001) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6_2EkhzAc) 

 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  

Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

   

A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk)  

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