Sean Penn, Vladimir Zelenskyy Rally Industry Support for Ukraine at CORE Gala: ‘This Is Our Reality’
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business EditorThis is not a movie, Ukraine president Vladimir Zelenskyy told the crowd Friday night at the fundraising gala for Sean Penn’s huminatarian relief organization CORE.The embattled leader addressed the dinner event with a pre-recorded video that urged the wealthy and powerful attendees at the Hollywood Palladium event to find ways to support Ukraine.
His five-minute plea was intercut with scenes of the detritus of war large and small, from buildings being blown up to a close up of a battered and bloodied stuffed animal left behind on a road by a fleeing family.“This is our reality,” a grim-faced Zelenskyy, who wore a green T-shirt and fatigues and spoke while sitting in front of a tactical map.
The actor who became Ukraine’s president in 2019, addressed the industry crowd as a fellow professional. “It’s not vfx, it’s not computer graphics.
All of this is our reality,” he said. Ukrainians have been resisting Russian advances for 107 days and counting, Zelenskyy said.
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