I don’t know about you but I really, really like James Franco. Carlos the Dwarf has won a permanent place in my heart. He was the best part of the Spider-Man franchise and fuck if he didn’t cement himself as a stoner idol for the ages in Pineapple Express.He’s basically been one of my favorite actors and I make it a point to try and see most of his films.

But he’s also a really, really weird dude. He has a reoccurring role on General Hospital (where he plays a kind of soap opera version of himself); he graduated from Tisch not too long ago after studying filmmaking (which has yielded a behind the scenes SNL Documentary); he shows his art in respected galleries and he’s even attending Yale to get a Ph.D in English at Yale…which he does while being on general Hospital and shooting films. He’s just a really interesting and out there guy who is not your typical Hollywood celebrity. I’ve always think of James Franco as a Crispin Glover for a new generation… well Crispin Glover with better film roles.

Oh and he’s also on the cover of he new issue of New York Magazine which features a lengthy article on him called The James Franco Project. The article basically examines the enigma that is James Franco. It’s a really interesting look at a guy most of us think of as an actor but he’s clearly much more than just that.

- My Pal the Crook