It all started in 1932, when Laura Ingalls Wilder published a short children’s novel based on her own adolescence called Little House on the Prairie. The rest you know: the success and birth of a saga of eight sequels and 113 spin-offs, the last book (so far) published in 2012. And of course there was its famous TV adaptation: Little House on. Prairie, a series that began in 1974, ran for nine seasons and made Michael Landon a star. But he’s not the only one who got his first big break thanks to the classics.
Indeed, among the directors of the series was a certain Leo Penn, who specialized in the field of television, directing episodes of Columbo, Kojak, Star Trek and Magnum. He was even nominated for an Emmy in 1983. Little House on the Prairie And how could you not take advantage of the opportunity to sneak one of your children onto the screen as an extra?
Yes, that’s how little Sean Penn, then completely blonde, made his debut in episode 11 of the series when he was just 14 years old. After that, it would be several years before he set foot on another set again: it would be to appear in an episode of the series Barnaby Jones, then in the TV movie “The Killing of Randy Webster”. Finally, it wasn’t until 1981 that he made his big screen debut, thanks to Harold Becker’s drama Taps, opposite Tom Cruise, in one of his first major roles as a mad soldier.
Since then, it is no secret that the career Sean Penn He took off significantly and never stopped working – with two Oscars to pocket! Also, just ten years after his film debut, he made his first film, Indian Runner, and fell in love with working behind the camera as much as in front of it, so he didn’t plan to retire at the age of 64. from the profession. He recently appeared in the TV series C*A*P*T*I*F*S and will soon appear in the drama War Through the Eyes of Animals, as well as an upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson film that has yet to be released. No title yet. And all this thanks to a small role Little House on the Prairie…
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