“I was a b—tch.”
She’s the daughter of Robin Wright and Sean Penn. After she finished high school, her parents cut her off. Dylan Penn tells Brut what happened next ...
She’s the daughter of Robin Wright and Sean Penn. After she finished high school, her parents cut her off. Dylan Penn tells Brut what happened next ...
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00:00I was a b**ch. Yeah, I was a real b**ch at 12.
00:03A little too cocky and too confident,
00:07but it's funny because I had braces, headgear,
00:11and still thought I looked great.
00:14So that was me at 12.
00:15♪♪
00:25I had applied to school and I didn't get in,
00:29so I moved to New York, and they were like,
00:32if you're not going to go to school
00:34and you're going to move to New York
00:35and do whatever, you pay for everything.
00:38So, yeah, I was waitressing at different bars.
00:43I was hostessing.
00:44I worked in an ad agency for a second,
00:50and then I started delivering pizzas,
00:53and that led to modeling by day and delivering pizzas by night.
00:58I went to a fraternity with a pizza in full makeup,
01:01and I had my uniform on and everything,
01:06and I had the hot pizza in my hand,
01:08and I was like, you know, 12.95 or whatever,
01:11and he was like, guys, I think the stripper's here
01:15because I was in full makeup from the day of modeling.
01:19So, yeah, it was a humbling experience, that's for sure.
01:23You think you'd be a different person
01:24if you hadn't had those experiences?
01:26Yes, for sure.
01:28I think, I mean, I really think it was like,
01:31do your job and shut up.
01:32That's really what I was doing,
01:35and the customer's always right,
01:37and you have to learn to really act.
01:42So, yeah, it was great.
01:43Your father is a liar.
02:01I'm an entrepreneur.
02:03Just saying we should be straight with each other.
02:05No matter the whole world can explode,
02:08and I will be here for you.
02:10I remember hearing him in talks about it
02:12when I was like 14, 15, 16, around there,
02:15and I read the book, and I loved the book,
02:20and that's when he asked me to play a young Jennifer,
02:26and I said no, and that was kind of the last of it.
02:29I just didn't want to act.
02:30I just, it wasn't something I was interested in.
02:33I kind of thought it was a ridiculous profession,
02:35like adults dressing up as other people,
02:38but I think also growing up around it,
02:40it seemed boring to me.
02:44I have enormous respect for actors now
02:47after doing it myself,
02:48but I just always wanted to be behind the camera,
02:52like whether it was directing, writing, producing,
02:55which is something I still want to do,
02:56but that's really why I said no,
03:01and then one thing led to another,
03:04and 15 years later, I decided to do it.
03:06I'm the first to say nepotism is a real thing.
03:11I wouldn't be sitting here if it weren't for my dad
03:14putting me in this film.
03:15I don't think he would have given it to me
03:17unless he thought I could do it.
03:22I also auditioned for someone else,
03:24the other actor who was supposed to play John,
03:26but yeah, I think that this is really interesting actually
03:32because I'm a really bad auditioner, really bad.
03:36I think it's a completely separate skill,
03:38and some people are really good at it,
03:41and they're terrible actors.
03:44You can have your opinion about me, and that's fine,
03:46but I really messed up the audition,
03:50but I think my dad wouldn't have given me the role
03:52unless he thought that I could do something.
03:55Also, this is Jennifer's choice.
04:00My dad would not have given it to me
04:02unless Jennifer approved it first.
04:04This is her story.