Ethan Shanfeld When Sean Penn first read the script for “Flag Day,” he knew his daughter Dylan needed to play the starring role.“Rarely have I ever had an actor’s face dominate what I was reading on the first read of the script, and Dylan’s face was imprinted on it by page 30,” Sean told Variety at the film’s premiere on Wednesday at the Director’s Guild of America in West Hollywood.The movie, also directed by Sean, marks the first time Dylan has starred alongside her father.“The intensity was what I expected,” Dylan said. “But the playfulness of working with him as a director and as a co-star was really surprising and a relief at the same time.
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