Sean Penn won't return to 'Gaslit' set unless all cast and crew receive Covid vaccinations

(CNN)Sean Penn volition not instrumentality to the acceptable of his caller amusement "Gaslit" until the full formed and unit person received Covid vaccinations, the star's typical confirmed to CNN connected Friday.

Penn plays the relation of Attorney General John Mitchell successful the governmental drama, which is simply a modern-day instrumentality connected the Watergate scandal. Julia Roberts portrays John's woman Martha successful the show, which is owed to aerial connected Starz aboriginal this year.

Deadline reported connected Thursday that Penn issued the ultimatum due to the fact that the 60-year-old prima was not satisfied with the vaccination requirements imposed by NBCUniversal, the workplace down his latest production.

This week, the TV and movie institution announced it had implemented mandatory vaccinations successful "Zone A", which means the formed of the amusement and those who travel successful adjacent proximity indispensable beryllium vaccinated.

With a surge successful Covid-19 cases successful California -- wherever filming is presently underway -- Penn wants the argumentation extended to those connected the task extracurricular of Zone A also, Deadline reported.

He is present challenging information protocols by telling producers that helium won't instrumentality to enactment until each subordinate of the accumulation squad has been vaccinated.

Penn has offered to facilitate the vaccination effort escaped of complaint done his enactment CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), according to Deadline, the nonprofit has helped unfastened aggregate Covid-19 investigating and vaccination sites successful California and elsewhere during pandemic.

According to the publication, the actor's lack from the acceptable whitethorn effect successful a hold successful shooting arsenic helium has yet to wrapper his scenes.

CNN has contacted NBCUniversal for further comment.