Days after visiting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to movie scenes for his documentary on Russia’s invasion, Hollywood actor-director Sean Penn discovered himself amongst 1000’s of refugees fleeing to Poland, becoming a member of the exodus on foot.
Penn, 61, posted a photograph to his Twitter feed on Monday displaying the film star sporting a backpack and toting a bit of baggage on wheels as he trudged alongside the shoulder of a highway beside a line of vehicles stretching into the space.
Myself & two colleagues walked miles to the Polish border after abandoning our automotive on the aspect of the highway. Almost all of the vehicles on this photograph carry ladies & youngsters solely, most with none signal of baggage, and a automotive their solely possession of worth. pic.twitter.com/XSwCDgYVSH
— Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) February 28, 2022
“Myself & two colleagues walked miles to the Polish border after abandoning our car on the side of the road,” Penn stated in a caption tweeted with the image. “Almost all the cars in this photo carry women & children only, most without any sign of luggage, and a car their only possession of value.”
The tweet didn’t clarify why the Academy Award-winning actor and his companions had been compelled to desert their car.
A spokesperson in Los Angeles, Mara Buxbaum, informed Reuters by e-mail on Tuesday that Penn had “made it out of Ukraine safely.” She declined to reply different questions on his whereabouts or the circumstances of his departure from Ukraine.
Penn was in Kyiv final Thursday attending a press briefing on the workplace of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the primary day of Russia’s invasion, recording footage for a documentary chronicling the disaster, Zelenskiy’s workplace stated in an announcement on the time.
“Sean Penn is amongst those that help Ukraine in Ukraine in the present day. Our nation is grateful to him for such a present of braveness and honesty,” the assertion stated.
It stated Penn had interviewed Ukrainian political and army figures in addition to journalists as a part of the manufacturing, for which he initially visited Ukraine in November.
In an announcement final week, the actor acclaimed for Oscar-winning roles in “Mystic River” and “Milk” praised the Ukrainian individuals as “historic symbols of courage” and known as Ukraine “the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of goals. “
“If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost,” Penn wrote.
Penn, whose directorial credit embody “Into the Wild” and “The Crossing Guard,” can also be recognized for his political activism and involvement in numerous humanitarian causes, together with reduction efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 and Pakistan floods in 2012.
He made headlines in 2016 when Rolling Stone journal revealed an interview Penn had secretly performed with Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at his jungle hideout previous to the arrest of the cartel boss.
Penn is producing the Ukraine documentary for Vice Studios, a US-Canadian digital media and broadcasting firm, in accordance with Hollywood commerce publication Variety.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
