Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Most likely not - he wont stop? Or most likely not - his popularity will continue to fall?
The first - youre right.
The second - way wrong.
Hmmmmm? Popularity continuing to fall?
I'm no Sean Penn fan, but you're either fooling yourself or uninformed.
Penn has never really been the type of "A"-list star who's gonna headline a blockbuster like a Tom Cruise is. But his movies have pretty consistantly made money and he's got the critics respect as someone who makes thought-provoking, powerful, intelligent movies instead of jumping into whatver action-adventure moneymaking schlock is offered to him.
Mystic River, the film for which he just won Best Actor in a Lead Role, is his highest grossing film EVER. It's made 75 million against a 30 million dollar budget so far, with more likely to result from his win. And it co-stars one of the most liberal activists in film, Tim Robbins. Doesn't seem to have affected the box-office receipts very much now has it?
His "WMD" comment was pretty lame (and came across as so) but his personal beliefs don't change the fact that he makes some quality movies and that his popularity as a mature actor is actually GROWING, not fading as you'd like to believe.
