Shan About taking all the opportunities - both the screen turned on and off.

From his various Oscars victory, the proud father of the two, Pen goes with what he does and with his bowel, with knowledge that usually provides the best results. In an exclusive interview with Our weekly643 years of age actor recalled a special risk where he chose to cast daughter Dylan and son Hopper in his 20's, his 2021 thriller Flag dayThe This is a decision that he will never regret as a filmmaker or father - even when a parent's anxiety inevitably kicked.

"I don't know if this is true to everyone, (however) the biggest joy (in life) is often relieved it is it when you take a chance with something, you invest in it and The word of war. "And when I told my son Hopper or Dylan Dylan to do something to act in a movie, you realized, 'Jesus, it could be a setup for their insult.' And then they can feel that relief when they are great ... it's exciting to do it ""

Pen admits that some of the inspirations behind the decision to cast his children, whom he shared with ex -wifeObin WrightSelfishness. "I sleep the best of (when) my kids are too late in a barbecue that enters the night and goes here and I know all in close proximed. I feel the same way when I am around the work," he said OursThe

But it is the kind of heart-first thought that has taken him to his decades long, decorated career as an actor, director and executive manufacturer and his latest risk initiative comes in shape WarThe The image is based on the life and career of journalist and human rights worker AnnaWho reportedly reported political and social events until the murder of Russia in the early 2000s. Pen joined the project as an executive producer after shooting, he was happy to serve as the "champion" of a project he believed.

"The picture was shown to me and I simply said, 'All I can do will be helpful (I will)," "he explained. "It was a great story told. I thought (it was) necessary and exciting, the idea that it exists and it can be shared (a) alert story."

Pen also indicated Maxine PK's Performs as additional tipping points for his involvement as Anna, as well as of the Jason IsaacsWho believes in Pen that he deserves his flowers for some time.

“The world is known (Jason), but in it Puddle And this is, this kind of great actor has this kind of run. "He shared. When he returned to watch the recent HBO series long -standing speech, Pen acknowledged:" I was upset the whole week to wait for the next one. "

Beyond what is on the screen, the project is also about to spread real conversations about Large at Large around the world for pens, who is clearly interested in telling stories that have been more long than credit rolls.

"We are now in the circumstances, we think that the words are weapons now, very much, and the opinion and truth. I think we have lost the ability to discuss, debate," he explained. "You have to listen to people's opinions with whom you do not agree."

Pen added, but we should not be ashamed of these heated discussions. "We have thrown it. We can't hold the shutters because none of us will grow up and will move forward and learn," he said.

Pen Anna saw the emotion in the extraordinary journalism, as spreading herself through the lenses to portray her.

Pek told us at the premiere of the film earlier this month, "The words he put on the paper were so effective and he could connect with the audience so brightly and his writing was beautiful, even when he described the most horrible events," Pek told us at the premiere of this month. "It wants to sit and pay attention to when we do a lot of time, we can get away from those reports. (Thinking) 'I don't want to know. There's nothing I can do' and journalists like Anna engage you and make you realize that we have all the things we have Can Do "

War Out of the theater and now at digital.