Sean Penn Receives Ukrainian Oscar Replica After Skipping Academy Awards

Sean Penn received a handmade Oscar replica in Ukraine after missing the Academy Awards, where he won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another. Ukrainian railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi presented Penn with a trophy crafted from metal salvaged from a railway carriage damaged by Russian missiles. “You’re missing Oscars, so we made this one,” Pertsovskyi said, acknowledging the flat metal statue wasn’t gold but came “from the bottom of our hearts.” Actor Kieran Culkin accepted Penn’s official award Sunday, telling viewers Penn “couldn’t be here tonight, or didn’t want to.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the 65-year-old actor as a “true friend” for his continued Ukraine support four years into the war. Penn previously loaned Zelenskyy his 2003 Mystic River Oscar, requesting its return after Ukraine repels the Russian invasion. Story URL