Hopper Jack Penn is one of them since the up-and-coming actor is the son of A-listers.
“The Princess Bride star Robin Wright and Academy Award winner Sean Penn are his mom and dad.
He recalled toEvening Standard, “I was like, ‘Why do people know you?'”
And the same with my mom.
It was weird.”
Obviously, we’re talking about looks, but Hopper shares many similarities with Sean outside of just appearance.
So let’s break those down, along with how Hopper has found success in his own right.
Hopper had appeared in three shorts before that, but this was his first feature film.
Yet, Hopper feels he has much more to prove despite who his father is.
“I was like, ‘They’re just pissed that they’re not in the movie!'”
He did clarify toCryptic Rockthat neither of his parents pressured him to act but were supportive of it.
His mother made that clear onAccess Hollywoodwhen disclosing the career advice she gave him.
He recalled, “It was like, ‘Pick which one you’re gonna do.’
Hopper recalled initially being nervous but with Sean’s encouragement, he then discovered hispassion for skateboarding.
Yet, Wright said she immediately agreed to it just from her son asking her to play his mom.
Not surprisingly, Hopper loved the experience of working with his mother.
He toldCryptic Rock, “It was like the best thing ever.
My mom is still one of my best friends.”
She apparently also made him a better actor.
The victim didn’t press charges, so Hopper wasn’t arrested, and he later expressed his regret.
But they’re not real to me.”
He continued, “I woke up in a hospital and my dad was like, ‘Rehab?
Or bus bench?'”
Troopers there found marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and amphetamine pills inside their car after pulling them over.
Hopper later settled the case with a $1,000 fine.
However, sources toldRadarthat his father was livid with him for continuing to get into trouble with drugs.
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He was also involved in a serious skateboarding accident that almost cost him his life.
It’s something he’s been very invested in since childhood.
It seems Sean was more impacted by Hopper’s serious accident though.
He later even gushed about her when promoting the movie, tellingHotCornhow good she was in the film.
Hopper previously worked with his girlfriend’s mother in the 2020 film “Puppy Love.”
She said, “I really enjoyed connecting with him as an actor.
He’s real and comes from this very pure place, which is just being himself.”
From the looks of their Instagrams though, the two seem to enjoy each other’s company.
For Sean, that’s been directing and producing, having done both for several films and music videos.
While Hopper hasn’t followed his dad to the director chair just yet, he’s interested in producing.
“It fascinates me,” he said.
“After getting in touch with it, I fell in love with the fashion world.”
Yet, there is a reason that Hopper has his specific name.
He also pointed out that Nicholson is someone who every actor admires.
“My dad wanted to name me Steak, the food, because he loves it so much.”
He also pointed out that it was because he didn’t have another movie lined up at the time.
It seems that Hopper has been working at Lamonica’s NY-Pizza in Los Angeles since at least 2017.
It probably helps that the restaurant’s owner is Hopper’s godfather.
