Sean Penn & Iggy Voice Roles in Persepolis

Sean Penn & Iggy Voice Roles in Persepolis

By Gregg Goldstein
Hollywood Reporter
July 12, 2007

Sean Penn and Iggy Pop will voice roles in the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics' French animated political drama "Persepolis."

It's the first animated role for Penn, who will lend his voice to the father of a young girl struggling with life in Iran during and after the fall of the Shah in 1979. Pop, who has voiced roles in animated series like Comedy Central's "Lil' Bush," will play her politically active uncle.

Gena Rowlands has already been cast to voice the role of the girl's grandmother in the new version, and Catherine Deneuve will reprise the French-language role of the girl's mother in English. The film is tentatively slated for domestic theatrical release at the end of 2007.

Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's film is based on Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novels. It tied with Carlos Reygadas' "Silent Light" for the jury prize at May's Festival de Cannes.

Penn's recent credits include his Oscar-winning turn in "Mystic River," "All the King's Men" and the upcoming immigration drama "Crossing Over." Pop appeared in "Coffee and Cigarettes" and "Snow Day."


Penn is repped by CAA and Blue Train Entertainment. Pop is repped by Vox.