Sean Penn Refuses to Resume Starz Series Until Entire Crew Is Vaccinated

Sean Penn is refusing to return to work on the Watergate-themed Starz restricted sequence Gaslit till your complete manufacturing, not simply the solid and key crew, has been vaccinated in opposition to the COVID-19 virus.

As reported by our sister website Deadline, Penn made clear his stance to producer UCP upon getting back from the Cannes Movie Competition premiere of Flag Day, a movie he directed and stars in alongside Katheryn Winnick (Huge Sky), his daughter Dylan Penn, and Josh Brolin. Penn reportedly has a pair weeks’ price of filming left on Gaslit.

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Present COVID security protocols in Hollywood, which had been the product of a lot negotiation with assorted unions, solely afford producers “the choice to implement necessary vaccination insurance policies for casts and crew in Zone A on a production-by-production foundation,” Deadline notes. (Zone A contains the place unmasked actors congregate and carry out on set, surrounded solely by key crew members.)

Past Zone A is a far bigger meeting of crew members and staff who aren’t obligated by current protocols to be vaccinated. UCP, although, has all the time saved near the set a cellular clinic from which anybody can obtain the COVID vaccine of their alternative, plus any required follow-up.

Per Deadline, Penn is totally vaccinated and has taken this stance not out of any concern for himself or his costars, however understanding that unvaccinated crew members not stationed in Zone A can doubtlessly unfold the virus. However once more, (many) unions are concerned, so no producer can merely snap their fingers and have Penn’s want be fulfilled.

Penn has no official touch upon the state of affairs right now, his reps informed TVLine. UCP declined to touch upon the standoff.

Based mostly on real-life occasions, Starz’s Gaslit follows Martha Mitchell (performed by Julia Roberts), a celeb Arkansan socialite and spouse to Nixon’s loyal Lawyer Normal, John Mitchell (performed by Penn). Regardless of her celebration affiliation, Martha is the primary particular person to publicly sound the alarm on Nixon’s involvement in Watergate, inflicting each the Presidency and her private life to unravel. As Lawyer Normal, Mitchell is Nixon’s most trusted advisor and greatest good friend. Temperamental, foulmouthed and ruthless – but hopelessly in love along with his famously outspoken spouse – he’ll be compelled to decide on between Martha and the President.

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Extra solid contains Betty Gilpin (GLOW), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Allison Tolman (Fargo), J.C. MacKenzie (October Faction), Chris Bauer (For All Mankind), Hamish Linklater (Legion) and Chris Messina (The Mindy Undertaking).

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