James Franco’s War On Sleep
James Franco is a busy fellow. He’s sleeping his way through grad classes and filming more stoner movies. Is he perhaps too busy, too overstretched? Some recent news about the honey-dipped actor would suggest so.
First comes word that Franco, though on a career “hot streak”, has been forced to turn down several movie roles. Mostly because he’s being loyal to his buddies David Gordon Green and Danny McBride and will go make a stoner movie in Northern Ireland with them this summer. This scheduling has forced him to drop out of big prestige (get it?) picture Inception, a Christopher Nolan-directed film to star Leonardo DiCaprio. His grad classes are also interfering with an offer to costar with Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love. (Though, that actually might be a good thing.)
He’s stretched in so many different directions. He’s watching the whole Criterion collection, dashing over to LA to give a big-time speech, and making late night house calls to a Columbia student, at her dorm. Well, so says a tipster, anyway:
Well, at approximately 4:00AM this last Saturday night, I saw James Franco get signed into a Columbia residence hall by a girl (whose name escapes me at the moment but could find out rather easily). So here I am wondering what the hell James is doing getting signed in by some college junior girl in her PJs, who if you care to know is not the prettiest of girls by anyone’s standards. Doesn’t Franco have a girl of his own to go home to? Does she know Franco goes to chill out with college girls in their PJs on a Saturday night?
Phew! So basically something’s gotta give. Either he puts school and academic-related speaking engagements and Criterion bids for intellectual cred on the back burner, or he sidelines his acting career. We’d guess that, in the end, flashy movies and money will win out. It’ll just take that one project he really wants to do, and then it’s goodbye, Mr. Chips.
The modern career boy just can’t have it all, sadly.
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"who if you care to know is not the prettiest of girls by anyone's standards" Dayum, that's one jealous bitch!
For the first time ever, I wish I went to Columbia.
kithkin
If I was his agent, I would be pretty pissed about him turning down that Chris Nolan thing.
I thought he was on "The List". What's he doing with girls?
depardoo
@Colander: No kidding...Nolan is a damn good director. Maybe the script was bad?
Mmmm...honey-dipped James Franco...
@bytememehard: Plain girls deserve love, too.
I'm sorry the only thing I can focus on in this post is that they're making the shit book Eat, Pray Love into a movie.
FancyUnicornSmuggler
@Tietsu: I think Franco is making a sound decision here. Nolan is a great director, however, his intention to finish grad school is laudable.
It's a little Pollyannaish I know.
Well, damn. Now I have to go to Staples and get a clipboard and sign-in sheets. It's always something...
Rumpelstilskin
Rewind ... he turned down Nolan and Leo to star in a medieval stoner flick? That's just bat (get it?) shit crazy. A critters 3 (get it?) fail on all accounts.
FaceMelter
@bytememehard: Maybe he picked her because she isn't a catty bitch who would sell him out to gawker?
@depardoo: It could just be his hag, and he needed to talk.
Richard, was this just an excuse to post a soft focus pic of a beatific be-angeled Franco? It's not that he isn't a Yum-muffin, he so clearly is, but really, he's a silly boy actor not unlike Paul Walker, that cute Prison Break fellow, or some other wavy-haired often tanned visual adaptation of cloned butterscotch.
Yes. Please sir, give us some more. (Say with street urchin-like Brit voice.)
Spirit Fingers
@formerly it takes a lot to laugh: If Franco can bang plain chicks, why can't he do gay guys? Would that be such a leap for him?
We'd have the BEST NAP EVER! Just like Ross and Joey!!
NoGrumpys
I'd love to stretch him out just a wee bit further.
Dear James,
If you are reading this, then you already know: we love you. Please respond somehow to us and/or Richard.
Best,
Everyone
P.S. Apologies for the whole gay rapist thing. But we know you can take a joke.
@NerD!!! is a 5 man. Sorry 4.: I say make the money while there is money to be made. Grad school will always be there. Not sure that you can say the same for a hot-streak in Hollywood.
James Franco is the next Heath Ledger James Franco IS THE NEXT HEATH LEDGER JAMES FRANCO IS THE NEXT FRANC NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH I CAN'T HEAR YOU I CAN'T HERE YOU MOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM! RICHARD SAID. RICHARD. SAID. MOMMM!
is he reading a biography of T. Rex?
I volunteer to tuck him in.
Do they still call the Columbia residence halls roach motels?
@downlow: That's what I mean, grad school has no age limit. Sexy actor does.
Who cares! I wanna know what's going on with Giuseppe Franco.
Citryphus
@Dr. Nick:
You're right! That's got to be a picture of Marc Bolan.
depardoo
@downlow: And maybe he can get them to pay him to attend.
@Colonel Mustard: I'd like to get a taste of his honey drippings.
@bytememehard: don't tease.
Please plesse please do the movie with Chris Nolan and Leo DiCaprio. That would be nearly all my favorite actors/director rolled into one movie. If Christian Bale were involved, I don't think I could watch the movie in a theater with other people. No one needs another stoner movie James.
rahelio
Why would a successful and very pretty grown-ass man bother being "signed into a Columbia residence hall"? Unless he's buying class notes or drugs from one of his little classmates, there's no earthly reason for him to enter such a place.
I call bullshit.
City_Dater
@bytememehard:
ewwwww?
NoGrumpys
@Spirit Fingers: Say nothing against Paul Walker until you see "Into the Blue" in Blu-Ray. I watched it two years ago and I still have a boner.
Tattertotter
I worked several scenes with him in MILK. At the time, he was flying back and forth to L.A. to attend classes as well as filming the movie - more often than not on the same day. He was present, professional and pleasant. All this attention because of one photo of a student nodding off during a lecture? Talk about slow news days...
ZahirGomez
man, I have got to get myself honey-dipped.
vainandbitter
@FancyUnicornSmuggler: me too. WTF? Julia, you're so much better than this.
Maujer
@Tattertotter: I'm still blushing from "Pleasantville", "The Skulls" and "She's All That" from my pre-adolescence.
@propertius: I wouldn't know except for the fact that roaches swarmed by boyfriend when he tried to move into one so he had to find other accommodation FAST. And, no, he's not Franco.
@LemonDropGirl: I know how that goes. In those rooms you don't count sheep to go to sleep, you count the roaches coming down the wall toward your bed.
And actually, that leads to insomnia, not sleep.
wait what!? scuttle butt was when he was in Toronto filming he was all over boys town hanging at the gay bars...whats he doing in a girls dorm?
mackoroni