In ‘The Gunman’, American actor Sean Penn takes on the role of Jim Terrier, an ex-special forces soldier and military contractor suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who flees the Democratic Republic of Congo after carrying out an assassination, leaving behind his lover.<br /><br /> But Terrier’s past comes back to haunt him when his former employer tries to have him killed, and he must travel to London and Barcelona to clear his name.<br /><br /> The two-time Oscar winner was joined by his A-list girlfriend Charlize Theron in London on Monday at the film’s premiere. <br /><br /> ‘The Gunman’ is Penn’s first leading role in an action film but he said that it wasn’t a conscious decision to do one.<br /><br /> “Well I don’t know that I summed it up quite that simply. I mean clearly it’s what drives the narrative but the world of it I suppose. The characters were interesting and I like Pierre Morel.”<br /><br /> Based on the novel ‘The Prone Gunman’ by Jean-Patrick Manchette, the movie’s helmed by French director Pierre M
