Louis travels to Los Angeles to sit down with Hollywood heavyweight and international adventurer, Sean Penn. Renowned for award-winning roles in films like Milk, I Am Sam and Carlito’s Way, Sean discusses his colourful life and career, including dining with Jack Nicholson and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, his relationship with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his notorious run-ins with the paparazzi. 



Warnings: Strong language.  



Links/Attachments: 

 

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzva_I8WPAg 

  

Mystic River (2003) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NktJhrRYQ 

  

Milk (2008) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D07rmfwG0  

 

Dead Man Walking (1995) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgvbfLNYumU  

 

Carlito’s Way (1993) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMd4Baswb4 

 

The Apprentice (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OeYJXXlw0 

  

Superpower (2023) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54GUzUUM3w 

  

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrcDonY-B8 

  

TV Show: ‘Euphoria’ (2019 – Present) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/euphoria  

 

Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/  

 

TV Show: ‘Normal People’ (2020) - BBC / Hulu 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JQuWxt3cE 

 

Shanghai Surprise (1986) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbW06buYw0Y 

  

Song: ‘Like a Virgin’, Madonna (1984) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZPlNanZsJSPK5h9YZZFbZ  

 

Becoming Madonna (2024) - Sky Documentaries  

https://www.sky.com/watch/programme/4f309d01-57b4-42b1-92ca-82eef6ec747e  

 

A Complete Unknown (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc 

  

Audiobook: ‘Chronicles, Volume I’, Bob Dylan (narrated by Sean Penn) (2004) 

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Chronicles-Volume-1-(Audio)/Bob-Dylan/9780743501613  

 

TV Show: ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011-2019) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones  

 

Sweet and Lowdown (1999) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3fokY0kP0 

  

Daddio (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc 



One Battle After Another (2025) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-j8e9J5U0 

  

TV Show: ‘Merlin’ (2008-2012) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/merlin-series-1-1-the-dragons-call?seriesId=b00mjlxv-structural-1-b00dr74v  

 

I am Sam (2001) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6_2EkhzAc 

 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  

Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

   

A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk  
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S5 EP2: Sean Penn on dining with Jack Nicholson and Putin, run-ins with the paparazzi, and his relationship with Zelenskyy