Sean Penn shares film’s dream of ducking stardom

Sean Penn shares film’s dream of ducking stardom

By DAVID GERMAIN
The Associated Press

Published Jan 23, 2012 04:22PM MDT

Park City • Sean Penn’s new movie casts him as a former rock star who turns his back on stardom and goes into exile overseas.
Penn can relate. He said in an interview Sunday that he has thought often about ducking out of the limelight.
He stars in “This Must Be the Place,” which had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Penn first came to Utah about 27 years ago with “The Falcon and the Snowman.”
The film, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, stars Penn as Cheyenne, a raven-maned, mascara-ca...

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