WATCH: Sean Penn's New Gender Bending Role
Lipstick, long hair, and a name like Cheyenne complete the role.
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
September 07 2012 1:10 PM ET

http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2012/09/07/watch-sean-penn-bends-gender-his-newest-film

Sean Penn, who has a legion of gay fans from his role as the eponymous leader in Milk, is gending bending in his newest film, This Must be the Place. In the video we learn Penn's character, Cheyenne, is an aging rock star with long hair, makeup, and a sweet and softspoken demeaner. All the press materials calls Cheyenne "he," but you'd be hard pressed not to see some nods to transgender life in the role, too.