Stranger than Fiction: The 10 Best James Franco Stories of 2010
5. Franco Keeps the Quotes Coming
While his Twilight review was pretty classic and we all had a chuckle when he admitted to masturbating a lot, nothing topped this sentence from his fictional short story: "I wish I was Mexican, or Hebrew, I mean Jewish, I mean Israeli, or Mexican Jewish, or Mexican Jewish gay, because it can be so boring being you sometimes, and if you were the most special thing like that, it could be really great."
4. Inside the Actor's Studio
Uh oh. A top-seven list within a top-ten list? Well, since it involves Franco learning method acting from prostitutes and selling his own urine, we'll let it slide. Just this once.
3. The Trailer for Your Highness
Okay, most likely Norbit and Yogi Bear are worse than David Gordon Green's stoner-medieval-fantasy movie. But at the same time, I don't think there's ever been such a jaw-dropping, WTF trailer that hit while one of its lead actors was supposed to be campaigning for an Oscar. Actually, make that two leads, since Natalie Portman is in the film, too.
2. The Short Films of Franco
Sadly, we'll have to wait until his return to General Hospital to see the short film he's making with queer performer Kalup Linzy. In the meantime, hold yourself over with his NSFW Queer Basketball film The Feast of Stephen. Oh, what's that? You really like Three's Company? Franco has you covered there too.
BEFORE NUMBER ONE: I'd like to hand out an Honorable Mention for news that, in addition to everything previously mentioned, Franco will also be co-writing, directing and starring in an adaptation of the Movieline Gift Guide-approved novel The Adderall Diaries. Yep, irony. But also excitement, since the book's a knockout. And while we're at it, his 30 Rock appearance was great, as was his Gucci campaign (Or is it Gucky?).
Drumroll, please, for number one!
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Franco sent his assistants to class at NYU and Columbia in order to work on that soap. He didn't do a STITCH of work on his own and rarely was in class to participate. He is the exact kind of student these Ivy League schools lap up: rich and stupid. He got to bypass all of the every day things like going to class that all of his peers were forced to do. He's not Mr. Popularity on either campus, to be sure.
Nothing here as crazy nuts as I feared. Still, these kinds of articles are the reason I love Movieline.
Very witty article-it reads like a hilarious list of events/shenanigans for a character in a novel, but it's real! (which gives me an idea..)