Actor Sean Penn has flown all the way to Cuba to interview controversial communist leader Fidel Castro for an article to be featured in Vanity Fair Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor has learned. The Oscar winner has been regulalry criticized for his support of the anti-U.S. revolutionary, his president brother Raul, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

In fact, the media has even accused Penn discrediting his good work in the gay community by lending his support to such polarizing politicians. Now, the Mystic River actor is rumored to have jetted to the Caribbean to discuss how US President Barack Obama’s administration has affected Cuba for an upcoming piece for VF.