Although you would not know by firearms and machetes experts moves 54-year-old Oscar winner, El Pistolero marks the first action movie in the 40-year-Penn.Seeing how bad is distributed easily, surprisingly Penn has not taken the genre before. Still, the Mystic River and actor milk is not considered a typical hero. "Calling it a 'action movie' is like calling Meryl Streep sexy blonde girl," he told USA Today in the summer when I was shooting the film in Europe. "She is. But that does not really tell the story of what it is at all.
"I do not separate this in my mind from anything else I've done. It's a very human story that deals with the same things exploited in action movies, like war."
In El Pistolero, Penn plays Jim Terrier, who has taken the nonviolent work in the Congo to distance himself from his vicious past. He retired again, however, when his beloved (played by Jasmine Trinca) gets into trouble. The film also stars Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, and Ray Winstone.
Penn appears in the best shape for the role, but again, they really did not want to go there, refrain from discussing diet and exercise preparation made for the role: "I find much more interesting when anatomical discussions focused on the female form, "he told USA Today. "I'll leave it at that."
El Pistolero, directed by Pierre Morel (The Transporter, Taken), storms theaters March 20.
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