James Franco Covers October 2008 Interview
James Franco is featured on the cover of this month’s Interview, looking just like James Dean in the cover image. Franco’s is interviewed by Gus Van Sant, who directs him as Harvey Milk’s lover Scott Smith in the new movie Milk.
On being an art collector:
The first piece of art that I ever bought - when I could afford it - was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was just getting out of doing commercial work and more into art. It’s a sketch of a young guy’s face. I guess the gallery that I bought it from thought I would like it because the young guy kind of looked like James Dean. I don’t know. But I liked it because it was unusual for Warhol. It was kind of before the silk screens or anything that is really recognizable - it’s almost like a fashion drawing, but it’s a portrait.
On researching the role of Scott Smith:
It was surprisingly hard to find material on him… Finally I went to Rob Epstein, who made the documentary on Harvey Milk that Scott’s in [The Times Of Harvey Milk, 1984] for, like, two seconds, and I asked him if he had any material. Rob had done a pre-interview with Scott for the documentary, so finally I got to hear how he talked and see how he behaved.
On the play he co-wrote, called The Ape:
… It was basically a guy in an ape mask. But it was very obvious that it was an ape mask, and that’s what I liked about it. I had bought this wacky ape mask for something else, and I thought, “Wow, this mask is kind of scary but also kind of funny. We could write a whole play around this mask.” The jaw actually moved.
On playing a stoner in Pineapple Express:
I don’t really smoke weed anymore, so everyone says, “Oh, you looked really high in the movie. How did you do that?” And I say, “Oh, I just pretend the wind is in my eyes.”
On whether he really was high during the filming of the movie:
Basically we’d say, “Did you ever see Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke? That’s what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie. You get two guys and no plot and it’s basically like, ‘Yeah! Let’s drive a van made of weed!’” And that’s pretty much the movie.
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POSTED BY: gossipmonkey
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