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Sean Penn

The two-time Academy Award–winning actor discusses the #MeToo movement, Haiti and his debut novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff

The main character of your book is a mercenary who opposes a Trumpian figure. Do you share Bob Honey’s worldview? I wrote this book to get myself away from my own worldviews. That doesn’t mean they are or are not expressed in the book. It’s up to the reader to decide.

Bob drafts a letter to the Trumpian character saying, “We are a nation

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