Sean Penn may be considered one of the industry's most respected and outspoken actors now, but back in the 1980s, soon after making his film debut, he was also considered one of its troublemakers. While earning major credit for films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and At Close Range , he was also involved in a very highly-publicized relationship with Madonna , who he was married to from 1985 to 1989 , plus a string of legal issues during that decade often involving the paparazzi.
The actor, now 65, who stars in the new acclaimed Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another , spoke with the New York Times about some of his troubles then as part of their "The Interview" series, specifically honing in on an incident in 1986, when he allegedly dangled a photogra