In 2011, things in Penn’s love life got ramped up a couple more notches when he started dating superstar Scarlett Johansson. Penn was photographed with Scarlett many times, including one picture of the pair where Johansson played footsie with him while dining at an upscale restaurant.
Each of the photographs seems to portray a pretty intense, yet laid-back romantic vibe going on between the stars. Penn and Johansson even accompanied one another to the White House Correspondent’s dinner that year. But things didn’t exactly end up going very far between the two, and Penn reportedly cut things off with Scar-Jo not too long after.
About A Boy
In her interview with Access Hollywood, Jewel describes Penn as being, “all about the business,” when they first made contact. But of course, Jewel was a young woman in L.A and Penn was, well, he was Sean Penn. She couldn’t help but to develop a crush on him, even in the beginning. She admitted that she had always admired that he was very, “sharp and sweet.”
It also doesn’t hurt when you feel like someone that you admire sees your potential and encourages you to follow your dreams, and that is exactly how Sean was with her. Not to mention, he was flying her out to all kinds of exotic locales and introducing her to other mega-stars.
Big Dreams
At a time in Jewel’s career when she was just starting out, she was understandably a little nervous and was reaching out to Sean for support. She felt very lucky to have this incredibly talented star in her corner. The relationship that these two have may not have been a life-altering or extremely impactful relationship for him, but it meant a lot to Jewel to have Sean believe in her when “no one else did.”
Jewel apparently really did love and look up to him, and he felt that which is why he enjoyed spending his time with her.
Freeze Frame
Sean is no stranger to the way things work around Hollywood. He obviously knows that the press loves to spin stories, especially ones that put A-listers together in the world’s view. But Sean started taking steps to actually avoid Scarlett when the pair’s casual romantic episodes came to a halt.
One time on the red carpet, a photographer was lucky enough to catch them in the same vicinity and asked them to take a picture. Scarlett happily agreed, much to Sean’s dismay, and they were portrayed as being an item once again. Apparently, Sean’s efforts to avoid Scarlett that night by sneaking in the exit didn’t really pay off as he’d hoped.
Master Actor
Acting is a profession that requires its dedicated servants to wear a million masks. A good actor will portray their character so believably that the audience feels like they truly know the person in whatever movie or show they’re watching.
Unfortunately, this often means that when a fan gets to meet the “man behind the mask,” their hopes and dreams are shattered. This is basically what happened when Sean started to have all sorts of episodes in the public eye – especially when it came to light that he’d been physically abusive towards Madonna.