Sean Penn revealed that he is still open to working with controversial director Woody Allen despite the allegations against him for the last few years.
Allen has not worked with a major Hollywood studio since 2018 due to the allegations of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. He has vehemently denied the accusation.
Sean Penn is Still Open to Working with Woody Allen Again
In an interview on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Penn gave his praises to Allen and revealed that he is still open to working with him despite the allegations.
They previously worked together in the 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown, where Penn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
"I love that movie. I’d work with him in a heartbeat if it was the right thing," the actor said.
"Do I think he has a bad rep? Look, with these things... I don’t know anyone well enough to say 100% this didn’t happen or that didn’t happen or something. God forbid you’re wrong and there is a victim involved, right?
Penn continued, "I haven’t read everything, but the stories are mostly told by people who I would not trust with a dime. It seems so heavily weighted in that way."
Sean Penn Defends Woody Allen from the Allegations
When Theroux pointed out that the allegations came from Allen's children, Penn defended the director.
"I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I ever heard talk about the subject of pedophilia, that in 80 years of life, it only happens once. I am not aware of that," he said.
"When people try to associate his much younger girlfriends, right or wrong, is not the conversation here. Post-puberty consensual stuff is a different conversation."
Penn continued, "I just think that whatever is the worst of people’s suspicions about him, just check them with the fact, separate from the [#MeToo] movement and all those who benefited from that. Let’s just take a second, is all I’m saying. I see he is not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent. I would work with him in a heartbeat."
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