India, Sept. 22 -- Hollywood star Sean Penn has finally teamed up with Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, and for the Oscar-winner, the experience was as rewarding as it was overdue. Sean, who plays Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in the film, admitted that he and Leonardo had known each other since the latter was a teenager, but never had the chance to share the screen. "Leo brings humongous talent and laser focus," he said, adding that he was struck by how perfectly DiCaprio fit into Anderson's writing. "He will go as far out or under as it gets. I love him," Sean added.

The role Sean takes on is far from conventional. As Col. Lockjaw, he embodies a figure who is both menacing and oddly sympathetic, a man whos...