Sean Penn won the Best Actor award for his role in Milk and why not! Sean Penn is one of the most respected and talented actors around and James Franco’s role in Milk is quite great too! In fact, it was a surprise win for Sean Penn and most expected Brad Pitt to win. It is pleasing to see Sean win the award for Brad has got more attention than he deserved in his life.

Both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had to walk back home empty handed. Sean Penn plays the role of a gay rights activist and it is quite relevant too when the states of U.S.A are locked in a bitter feud about legalizing gay marriages.

Sean Penn described his win as a slap in the face to all those people who voted against gay marriages and that now they can sit back and ponder over their mistake and regret for not voting for legalizing the gay marriages. Surely, Sean Penn deserved the award for his challenging and controversial role and his speech at the Oscar was quite thought provoking too!

Via: Welt