We have to admit this morning’s announcement that SEAN PENN had been nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award came as no surprise. PENN’S performance as Harvey Milk in GUS VAN SANT’S terrific biopic, MILK, was nothing short of brilliant.

We caught up recently with PENN backstage at the Critics Choice Awards and he talked to us about his role in the film, who should have really played the lead in MILK and a movie we should check out. Listen in below: