Dylan Penn Recalls Watching Mom Robin Wright in' Princess Bride' at School — and How Boys Reacted!

Robin Wright and Dylan Penn.Photo: Getty

Dylan Pennhad a unique fifth-grade experience involving her famous mom.

The 30-year-old actress — who is making her starring-role movie debut alongside dadSean Pennin the new dramaFlag Day— recalls having to watch momRobin Wrightin a movie at school when she was a child.

“The teacher put on a movie for the class to watch, and it wasThe Princess Bride,” Dylan tells PEOPLE, referring to the 1987 fantasy-romance epic starring Wright, now 55, andCary Elwes.

According to the daughter of Wright and Sean, 60, “All the boys in my class starting talking about how pretty my mom was!”

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Robin Wright and Cary Elwes inThe Princess Bride.20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Wright starred as Princess Buttercup in the movie, which would serve as her breakout film role after starring as Kelly Capwellon the soap operaSanta Barbara.

In September, the actress reunited with several of herPrincess Bridecastmates (including Elwes, 58,Mandy Patinkin,Billy Crystal,Carol Kane,Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn andChristopher Guest) for avirtual table read of the iconic film.

According to theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, more than 110,000 people donated at least $1 each, benefiting theWisconsin Democratic Party, to tune into the virtual reunion.

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As for Dylan’s role inFlag Day, which is based on a true story andmade its debut at Cannes this year, she plays Jennifer Vogel, the daughter of Sean’s John Vogel, a man who raised her in a fantastical world but has a con-artist past that Jennifer is forced to come to grips with as an adult.

And Wright — who was married to Sean from 1996 to 2010 and with whom she also shares sonHopper Penn— is a big reason Dylan agreed to star inFlag Day, which also features an appearance from brother Hopper, 27.

“She very simply said, ‘I’ve never worked with a better director than your dad. It was the most amazingexperience I’ve ever hadas an actor,’ " Dylan said of Wright, whom Sean directed in 2001’sThe Pledge. “So I trusted that.”

Flag Dayhits theaters Aug. 20.

For more from Sean and Dylan Penn, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

source: people.com