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<p>Apart from his work as an actor&mdash;including as Farmer Arthur Hoggett in the classic <em>Babe</em> and, more recently, as the conniving Cardinal Michael Spencer on HBO&#39;s <em>The Young Pope</em>&mdash;actor James Cromwell has been an especially vocal activist for a number of progressive causes since the 1960s. Now it looks as if the 77-year-old may spend a week in jail because of his protest activity.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/YC5xjcmGFl">pic.twitter.com/YC5xjcmGFl</a></p>&mdash; James Cromwell 🐷 (@jamesocromwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesocromwell/status/825074857138282496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Back in 2015, Cromwell was one of six people arrested and found guilty of obstructing traffic during a sit-in to protest the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant in Wawayanda, New York, which they said would have a disastrous effect on the environment. Three of those individuals paid a fine of $375 in relation to the charge, but Cromwell (who lives in a neighboring town) and two others (Pramilla Malick and Madeline Shaw) refused, receiving a sentence of seven days in the county jail.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/jamesocromwell/status/881005122909724672" height="308" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-07-01-at-123955-pm-Vj7iGn.png" width="732" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Cromwell doesn&#39;t seem rattled by the threat, and with an appeal filed, he now has a new deadline of July 14 to pay the fine&mdash;which, again, it doesn&#39;t seem like he has any intention of doing. Instead, he&#39;s having a laugh on Twitter.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/BuckyIsotope/status/880965026290384899" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/ddnrariuqaaymga-yLOgRz.jpg" width="576" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He&#39;s not *that* hot <a href="https://t.co/y9lOLMwqj5">pic.twitter.com/y9lOLMwqj5</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Pumpkin Spiceotope (@BuckyIsotope) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckyIsotope/status/880965026290384899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He&#39;s also not Canadian. <a href="https://t.co/1JzxGXu0GP">https://t.co/1JzxGXu0GP</a></p>&mdash; James Cromwell 🐷 (@jamesocromwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesocromwell/status/881022521583194112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;If we don&rsquo;t stay together, nothing will change,&quot; <a href="http://www.recordonline.com/news/20170629/actor-james-cromwell-sentenced-to-jail-for-protest">Cromwell said</a> after the initial deadline to pay the fine came and went. &quot;Power to the people.&quot;</p><p>That&#39;ll do, James. That&#39;ll do.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

77-year-old actor James Cromwell sentenced to jail time for role in climate change protest.

Apart from his work as an actor&mdash;including as Farmer Arthur Hoggett in the classic Babe and, more recently, as the conniving Cardinal Michael Spencer on HBO&#39;s The Young Pope&mdash;actor James Cromwell has been an especially vocal activist for a number of progressive causes since the 1960s. Now it looks as if the 77-year-old may spend a week in jail because of his protest activity.pic.twitter.com/YC5xjcmGFl&mdash; James Cromwell 🐷 (@jamesocromwell) January 27, 2017 Back in 2015, Cromwell was one of six people arrested and found guilty of obstructing traffic during a sit-in to protest the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant in Wawayanda, New York, which they said would have a disastrous effect on the environment. Three of those individuals paid a fine of $375 in relation to the charge, but Cromwell (who lives in a neighboring town) and two others (Pramilla Malick and Madeline Shaw) refused, receiving a sentence of seven days in the county jail.Cromwell doesn&#39;t seem rattled by the threat, and with an appeal filed, he now has a new deadline of July 14 to pay the fine&mdash;which, again, it doesn&#39;t seem like he has any intention of doing. Instead, he&#39;s having a laugh on Twitter.He&#39;s not *that* hot pic.twitter.com/y9lOLMwqj5&mdash; Dr. Pumpkin Spiceotope (@BuckyIsotope) July 1, 2017 He&#39;s also not Canadian. https://t.co/1JzxGXu0GP&mdash; James Cromwell 🐷 (@jamesocromwell) July 1, 2017 &quot;If we don&rsquo;t stay together, nothing will change,&quot; Cromwell said after the initial deadline to pay the fine came and went. &quot;Power to the people.&quot;That&#39;ll do, James. That&#39;ll do.