Billy Van Zandt Really Loves Lucille Ball

The rest of the Sean Penn story.

During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Sean Penn told a fabulous Taps-era anecdote.

After working on the 1981 drama in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania with Tom Cruise, he and another co-star, Billy Van Zandt, picked up Cruise at LAX when the actor followed with a trip out west. Penn decided the first order of business should be a drive to Lucille Ball’s Beverly Hills home, since Van Zandt was a devoted fan of the comedienne.

“I mean, generationally, it didn’t make much sense, but this guy [Van Zandt] was a fanatic Lucille Ball guy,” Penn told Kimmel.

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