A Brazilian actor who
previously dubbed Sean Penn's voice into Portuguese has
rejected an offer to re-record dialogue for the film
Milk.
Marco Ribeiro, who dubbed Penn's voice in
All the King's Men
and
21 Grams
, says that the film about martyred gay rights activist Harvey
Milk clashes with his religious beliefs.
Ribeiro is a pastor at
an Assembly of God church in Rio de Janeiro.
"I did not feel
comfortable with the job," Ribeiro said, according to
Variety
. "My voice is involved with other causes, and for the
same reason I have refused to work on certain types of
advertising."
Penn won his second
Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in
Milk
, directed by Gus Van Sant. The film is currently playing in
Brazilian theaters with Portuguese subtitles, but will be
dubbed into Portuguese for television.
Ribeiro will be
replaced by actor Alexandre Moreno.
The DVD for
Milk
hit stores on Tuesday in the U.S.