James Franco discussed the end of his friendship and working relationship with Seth Rogen after Franco was accused of sexual misconduct.
Franco briefly discussed his erstwhile friendship/collaborative partnership with Rogen, as well the years since his “cancellation,” in a new interview with“I haven’t talked to Seth,” he said. “I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it’s over. And not for lack of trying. I’ve told him how much he’s meant to me.”in a 2021 interview that it was “not a coincidence” that his working relationship with Franco had ended when the allegations against him were raised.
Franco faced a handful of misconduct allegations during the 2010s, including a claim from his ex, actress Violet Paley, who said Franco forced her to perform oral sex on him while they were in a car together . In 2018, several women accused Franco of “inappropriate or sexually exploitative” behavior while he served as their acting teacher. A
Franco’s last major movie came out in 2019, though he’s returned to the screen this year with two films,, both of which are European productions. He has several other projects in the works — including a film directed by Vincent Gallo that wasMusk Has Regularly Talked to Putin, Faced 'Implicit Threats': Report
Franco said he was “grateful to be working” as an actor again, and of his hiatus, he noted: “I wasn’t working in movies, but I certainly was doing a lot of work to change who I was.” He said that before the allegations against him brought his career to a halt, he was a “workaholic” who always focused on the next project. Franco said, now, he’s able to “just be there for the project,” and is no longer “trying to fill some hole with work.
Asked if he felt he was unfairly “cast out of Hollywood,” Franco said, “I mean, it is what it is. I’ve honestly moved past it. It was dealt with, and I got to change. So that’s it, it’s over. I mean, I’ve worked in the U.S. too. So I’m just trying to move on.”Robert Downey Jr.
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