Sean Penn has criticised the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, for in his opinion, limit the kinds of films that can be funded and made. The 64-year-old actor said at the Marrakech Film Festival that he gets excited about the Academy Awards only on rare occasions.

Sean Penn has blasted the organizers of the Oscars of being cowards who, in effect, limit the kind of films that can be funded and made.

In a fiery speech at the Marrakech Film Festival, Sean Penn accused the Academy Awards of limiting artistic expression and cultural diversity, calling them cowards for their choices. He criticized the Oscars for their lack of support for innovative filmmaking and diversity within the industry.

"I would just encourage everybody to be as politically incorrect as their heart desires," Penn said while also applauding Ali Abbasi's daring Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice."

Sean Penn has taken a swipe at the Academy Awards. The Academy Award-winning actor and director has slammed the Oscars for "limiting different cultural expressions". "The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression,