Diego Luna to Join Up with Sean Penn for Milk

According to Entertainment Weekly, Sean Penn's Harvey Milk has met his match, so to speak.

The magazine is reporting that Mexican actor Diego Luna will portray Jack Lira, Milk's supporter and lover. Luna joins a cast on the biopic that includes topliner Penn along with Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, and Stephen Spinella.

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office in America in 1977, when he was elected to San Francisco's city supervisors board. He was murdered, along with the San Francisco mayor, by another city supervisor, Dan White.

The film is being directed by Gus Van Sant.

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Milk was released November 26th, 2008 and stars Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare. The film is directed by Gus Van Sant.


Sources: Entertainment Weekly

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Comments (2)

  1. MaViNx

    As a mexican macho, i hope this isnt the role that makes him blow up in hollywood. He needs to sell out a little and make some money making films.

    4 years agoby @mavinxFlag

  2. CelluloidDreams

    Diego Luna is a good actor! He still hasn't found "THE" role to break through, this may be it! I loved him in "Y tu mam&#225 tambi&#233n"!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

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