Monday, August 28, 2023

Sean Penn portrays a New York City taxi driver in a new movie called "Daddio", premiering next month at the Toronto International Film Festival.






The movie takes place in a New York City taxi, on a ride from JFK to Manhattan, capturing a single  conversation.

Originally conceived as a stage play, Daddio boasts a script penned by playwright Christy Hall, who directs.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1104621-dakota-johnson-and-sean-penns-new-film-set-inside-taxi-in-nyc

Hall wrote the cabbie character with an abundance of internal paradoxes, so it wasn't difficult for her to realize that Penn's consistent on-screen complexity made him a perfect fit for the role. 

"His immeasurable talent affords him the unique ability to ride that razor's edge that we all have within us, that thin dividing line between our greatest angels and our darkest demons," Hall says. "Our cabbie needed to be both deeply charming and wildly offensive. He is vastly intelligent and shockingly base, highly evolved and stuck in his own era, has a hardened exterior and also a tender heart. I don't know anyone else in the world who could so effortlessly allow all these truths to co-exist within one unforgettable character."

https://ew.com/movies/sean-penn-dakota-johnson-daddio-first-look

Sean Penn doesn't need any intro here, but, a refresher on his career isn't out of order, he is a two-time Academy winning actor, filmmaker, and author who has frequently championed charity and volunteerism in disasters such as Katrina, and the catastrophic Haiti earthquake, and has been to Ukraine numerous times over the last two years, co-directing SUPERPOWER, a documentary capturing the “David and Goliath” struggle between President Zelensky’s Ukraine and Putin. 

As a filmmaker, Penn’s been  the Academy Award nominated, as an actor, Penn has been nominated five times for the Academy for Best Actor winning twice for MYSTIC RIVER and MILK. 

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