Hollywood actor Sean Penn has signed on to play gay-rights icon Harvey Milk in Milk, a bio-pic directed by Gus Van Sant, Focus Features said Friday.

An activist and politician, Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States.

In 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors’ board of San Francisco.

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Don’t ask me why, but I am oddly attracted to him.

“It’s not a real thing. I don’t live in Hollywood, I never even talk to anybody from Hollywood.” Actor SEAN PENN insists he doesn’t buy into the A-list lifestyle.

Have I mentioned how much I love Sean and Buttercup Robin-Wright Penn? They’re one of my favorite “Hollywood” couples. They have been together for sixteen years, and married for eleven. Together they have 2 kids – and unlike some celebrity parent’s we know Britney Spears they got their kids out of Hollywood, and raised them quietly.

A bit of trivia… In the 90’s Robin Wright was robbed of her vehicle at gunpoint in Santa Monica, California. Shortly after this – Sean packed his wife and young daughter up and headed out of LA.

Another tidbit… Her son Hopper Jack is named after two family friends, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Interesting, eh?