Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn remembered his first meeting with Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelensky. In particular, the celebrity personally met the President of Ukraine on February 23 last year.. Then Penn talked with Zelensky, because he was filming a documentary about the war in the east of the country. The actor recalled that already that night the Russian occupiers fired the first rockets in Ukraine. " Then the head of state was in a suit, the next time I saw him, he was in camouflage,"

Sean Penn does not hide the fact that he is fond of the President of Ukraine. Hollywood star says meeting with Zelensky is one of the most important in his life.

" — Vladimir Zelensky)," The director also shamed the organizers of the prestigious Oscar film awards for not allowing Zelensky to speak to an audience last year.. Sean Penn noted that he was annoyed that it was more important for the Film Academy to show the fight between actor Will Smith and presenter Chris Rock than the speech of the President of Ukraine.

Recall, during his visit to Ukraine, Sean Penn left his statuette " The director noted then that the film award would be in the country until the end of the war..