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LMAO at James Franco (SPOILERS)

posted 11 years ago by hot_action_ninja
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Alright so I'm still watching the movie right now but I just had to pause for a moment to post that that was the most shameless and cheap way to get a big actor's name on the front of a DVD box that I have ever seen. I mean this was the most useless role. It could have been played by literally anybody. They could have hired a homeless guy off the street and it wouldn't have cost them anything more than a cheap bottle of booze. But no, they get James Franco for the part. Classic.

Is it strange that I had an erection during that scene?

[–] ilikepie314159 11 years ago

what happened was he was suppose to play the part that chris evans got, but the director said Franco dropped out; so maybe they just gave Franco a cameo instead of nothing.

[–] SlickySlixta 11 years ago

It's still a farce that his name is on the poster though, just like Harrison Ford being billed on the Apocalypse Now poster.

[–] Ithilfaen 11 years ago

And as most of the time, you couldn't tell if he thought he was in a comedy or a spoof. He was so over the top. I don't know what it is with that guy. He can be alright if he applies himself but most of the time, it's like he's on SNL or something.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] daddysarm 11 years ago

But then, I'm not a stoner.

[–] ratneck 11 years ago

Ray Liotta countsa heckuva lot more to me as well, and i AM a stoner. So there you go. Not fond of james franco at all.

[–] Ckrisis 10 years ago

Yeah I basically bought this movie for Franco (and partly for Chris Evans)...40 minutes into the movie I ask myself where the hell is Franco and then all of a sudden bam there he is and ....Bam....dead 2 minutes later. His role was nothing short of a cameo and it was a serious obnoxious piss off that they put his name on the cover as the 3rd lead actor. Chris Evans is in it 1000% more than him and he had the "and" ranking for some strange reason.