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Sean Penn as Harvey Milk

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Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta has posted two shots of Sean Penn in bearded, early '70s guise as the late, deeply mythologized San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant's currently-rolling Milk. It appears as if Penn is trying to merge with Milk by wearing a prosthetic schnozz. His own nose has never been patrician or baloney-slice thin, but it does seem larger and more bulbous in the black-and-white Milk photo.

Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk; Harvey Milk

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 30, 2008 at 01:07 PM

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PerfectTommy says ...

This could get Penn another Oscar (in the tradition of Nicole Kidman.)

Posted by PerfectTommy at January 30, 2008 01:30 PM

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Geoff says ...

Adrien Brody and Matt Damon seemed perfect to me. Although Josh Brolin is the shit right now.

After watching 30 minutes of ALL THE KING'S MEN, Sean Penn needs something good. He was bloody awful in that film.

Posted by Geoff at January 30, 2008 01:38 PM

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Ray says ...

Isn't Peter's last name SCIRETTA?

Posted by Ray at January 30, 2008 01:39 PM

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JD says ...

I'm not normally a big fan of prosthetic noses, but this nose a) looks real and b) makes Sean Penn look just different enough for me to believe that he's a gay politician, not the most aggressively heterosexual actor of his generation. On a semi-related note, does anybody else believe that Penn's marital problems might stem from a little line-crossing method acting in preparation for this role? Just a thought.

Posted by JD at January 30, 2008 01:51 PM

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Rich S. says ...

In that particular photo, Milk looks more like Hank Azaria to me.

Posted by Rich S. at January 30, 2008 01:53 PM

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Stephe96 says ...

He looks exactly like Pete Townshend

Posted by Stephe96 at January 30, 2008 01:56 PM

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MikeSchaeferSF says ...

Stephe96: damn, you are dead-on with that. Maybe he can play Townsend in Mike Meyers' Keith Moon biopic.

BTW, Peter Coyote played Milk in the Showtime adaptation of Execution of Justice some years back -- also good casting that most have forgotten about.

JD: if that were true... I mean, woudn't you think two actors married to each other would have an understaning about such things?

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at January 30, 2008 02:06 PM

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Josh Massey says ...

That's not Sean Penn.

He's smiling.

Posted by Josh Massey at January 30, 2008 02:23 PM

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Geoff says ...

I'm pretty sure everyone here who's familiar with Harvey Milk has an image of Sean Penn SMILING throughout the film. It's interesting to me.

Posted by Geoff at January 30, 2008 02:33 PM

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Monument says ...

I knew there was something weird about that photo (besides the nose). I haven't seen Sean Penn smile like that since he played Spicoli.

Posted by Monument at January 30, 2008 02:33 PM

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Geoff says ...

...meaning that it's unusual and surprising.

Posted by Geoff at January 30, 2008 02:34 PM

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Terry McCarty says ...

MikeSchaeferSF wrote:
Stephe96: damn, you are dead-on with that. Maybe he can play Townsend in Mike Meyers' Keith Moon biopic.

I believe David Thewlis would be a better Townshend.

Posted by Terry McCarty at January 30, 2008 02:41 PM

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Nightswimmer says ...

The nose and teeth are both false - straight from the makeup trailer.

Posted by Nightswimmer at January 30, 2008 02:54 PM

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Nightswimmer says ...

The nose and teeth are both false - straight from the makeup trailer.

Posted by Nightswimmer at January 30, 2008 02:55 PM

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Nightswimmer says ...

The nose and teeth are both false - straight from the makeup trailer.

Posted by Nightswimmer at January 30, 2008 02:56 PM

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Monument says ...

Are the teeth false or is Sean Penn normally a closed-mouth smiler?

Posted by Monument at January 30, 2008 03:03 PM

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MAGGA says ...

The nose and teeth are both false - straight from the makeup trailer.

Posted by MAGGA at January 30, 2008 03:13 PM

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Monument says ...

I only asked because I saw a photo and those teeth don't look all that different than Penn's natural set...and yes I am so bored that I did an image search looking for Sean Penn's teeth.

Posted by Monument at January 30, 2008 03:18 PM

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