Sean Penn is awarded (a version of) his Oscar in Ukraine
CNN
The actor skipped the Academy Awards only to show up in Ukraine — where he was presented with a statuette made from the metal of a train hit in a Russian attack.
Sean Penn finally got his hands on his third Oscar… sort of.
The “One Battle After Another” star, who was a no-show at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday when he won the best supporting actor Oscar for that film, was seen in a video published on social media on Tuesday receiving a makeshift version of the statuette in Ukraine.
Published to the Instagram account for Ukraine Railways, also known as Ukrzaliznytsia, the clip showed the 65-year-old actor, activist and humanitarian receiving a flat, metallic trophy in the unmistakable silhouette of the Academy Award.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, CEO of Ukrainian Railways according to Reuters, told Penn in the video that because he missed the Oscars, Pertsovskyi had the prize prepared in recognition of the star’s presence in and support of Ukraine.
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