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Jen Carlson
Published Nov 30, 2009
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Now that James Franco has been on General Hospital for the past ten days, and counting, it's time to check in on his Port Charles alter ego, known as "Franco." Seriously. The too-weird-to-be-real scenes of his mysterious artist character include him hitting on a younger blonde lass, who in real life probably never dreamed she'd be sharing a scene with the Hollywood actor... who in turn probably never thought he'd be spewing lines like, "If it makes you feel any better I don't want to have your babies. Any commitment longer than an evening makes me break out." What do you think of his temporary role?
The actor discusses his decision to be on the soap, and what the experience has been like, after the jump. And on December 19th he'll be hitting the small screen again, as host of SNL.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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