![]() The new documentary, shot on location and codirected by Penn and Aaron Kaufman, debuts more than a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a period during which Penn visited the region and its president several times. In return, Zelenskyy honored Penn with the Order of Merit of the III degree for outstanding service, as well as a commemorative plaque. “I told him to keep it and bring it to Malibu after all this is over and his country is safe,” Penn said. “They can be melted down to bullets they can shoot at the Russians.” Instead, Penn gifted Zelenskyy with one of his Oscars last November. “I thought, Well, fuck, you know? I’ll give them to Ukraine,” Penn told Variety. ![]() The actor, who won Oscars for 2003’s Mystic River and 2008’s Milk, said last year that he would smelt his statuettes in support of Ukraine if Zelenskyy failed to be invited to the Academy Awards.
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