The fact is that, for better or worse, it's hard to find any celebrity who doesn't feel free to opine on the potential war. The numbers of bold-name protesters (such as Martin Sheen, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, and Edward Norton) seem to be growing every day. ''I felt isolated when I first started speaking,'' says Susan Sarandon, ''but I'm much less afraid now.'' Even some non-Americans are daring to be called un-American these days, like Pedro Almodovar. ''When I demonstrate, that's not the time to worry about backlash,'' says the Spanish director (who received a standing ovation when he dedicated his Golden Globe ''to all those who do not fear working for peace''). ''If something like [a backlash] happened to me, don't worry -- I would tell you immediately.''

For now then, there seems to be just one name on the ''blacklist'': Sean Penn. And it's up to a court to ultimately decide if he's really been blacklisted or put on another sort of list Hollywood producers have been reputed to keep: one titled Life Is Too Short -- to fill with notoriously ''difficult'' actors.

Originally posted Feb 28, 2003 Published in issue #698 Feb 28, 2003 Order article reprints
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