Sean Penn directs his daughter Dylan in her first leading role in the new film “Flag Day,” which opens in select cinemas on Friday. The two play a father and daughter with a complex relationship.
“We had to sit back and be patient,” he added because she was “reluctant” to do the film.
And he had to be patient, since Dylan Penn, 30, said it took her 15 years to agree to the task.
Dylan Penn described her experience working beside and being directed by her celebrity father as “overwhelming” and “nervous.”
Working alongside his daughter, on the other hand, made Sean Penn’s job a bit simpler.
“You’re attempting to convey a relationship-related emotion. And I believe we were able to employ the emotional shorthand that we had developed as a result of growing up with “He made a point. “It’s a coming-of-age narrative in which I am the protagonist.”