Did someone from SoapZone post ANOTHER wild rumor that gained steam? And Steve Burton and everyone is just playing along with it?

Let's not forget the Genie Francis is coming to Y&R to play JT's mom. That actually made its way to SID too.

no.

jillian michaels posted it. via vanessa marcil.

steve burton confirmed it.

abc confirmed it.

Gotta be a hoax. Last I read (thanks, Perez!), since Johnny Depp may drop out of Pirates IV, Franco is one of the three top contenders to replace him. While that is a Disney project, I simply cannot fathom that he would consider a bottom-rated bottom-feeding soap opera. (Imagine what Entourage's Ari Gold would say if he heard that news???).

That said, I could imagine a scenario whereby this happens. The "Pirates" news suggests that he has conversations with Disney. What if Frons is thinking about a LAST DITCH strategy to save GH...to get buzz...to get something akin to the Liz Taylor boost from the 1980s. Franco is young, he has Spiderman (and other) cachet. Maybe if they threw millions at him PLUS the promise of X number of films, and creative control, I could see how he might agree to do this.

Since the name Vanessa Marcil is tied to this item, it also makes me wonder (if true...I'm sure it is not) if his return might be tied to a return of Vanessa. Is he her new lover?

If Franco came, I could see Frons spending millions to get him and promote him. If, then, the ratings are still sh!t, I could see GH being cancelled within weeks after that.

Not even Disney would not want to damage its Pirates franchise by having Franco do a soap. If JF really does GH, I would think that he won't get a sniff at Jack Sparrow. Nah, JF is doing this out of desperation. He is in debt to his dealer or bookie. LOL!

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LOL.

soap fans bitch about soaps being a joke to mainstream news than bash an actor and claim he has a drug issue when he comes to a soap for a 2 month guest role.

C'mon, jp! You know I'm a huge soap fan and wish the mainstream would take Daytime seriously for the genre that it is. But even you have to admit that there is a pecking order. Franco and Daytime soaps? That is a yawning gulf the size of the atlantic ocean. I mean, Julia Roberts always talks about how much she loves Days and Oprah is apparently a GH fan. I don't see either one of them lining up to join their soaps as a special guest star for ONE SHOW, let alone 2 months.

It occurred to me that Sam might be the first woman to cheat on Jason if Franco demands a love scene with hot KMo. Now that would be worth seeing. Nah, never happen.

I would pay to see that. Franco is insanely hot. I saw him in the street filming once. INSANELY hot.

Not even Disney would not want to damage its Pirates franchise by having Franco do a soap. If JF really does GH, I would think that he won't get a sniff at Jack Sparrow. Nah, JF is doing this out of desperation. He is in debt to his dealer or bookie. LOL!

It's a test I tell you! They just want to see if he's willing. It's like one of those trust exercises where you fall backwards.

I would pay to see that. Franco is insanely hot. I saw him in the street filming once. INSANELY hot.

I have never found him that hot. I would take his character boinking Sam if only to see how it would effects the order of things on GH. LOL!

C'mon, jp! You know I'm a huge soap fan and wish the mainstream would take Daytime seriously for the genre that it is. But even you have to admit that there is a pecking order. Franco and Daytime soaps? That is a yawning gulf the size of the atlantic ocean. I mean, Julia Roberts always talks about how much she loves Days and Oprah is apparently a GH fan. I don't see either one of them lining up to join their soaps as a special guest star for ONE SHOW, let alone 2 months.

But those stars also are not in college turning down lead roles because they want to learn about film and media. those odnt take non credited, non paying roles in bit indie movies for fun, they dont do things for the experience. James Franco isnt your typical im better than you are star. Hes an actor. End of story. I gained so much respect for him after watching his shorts and reading interviews with him where he was blew off the system and hollywood. Hes real.

A source says that Franco “wants to do everything”

including Kelly Monaco

LOL. Well, if rumors are to be believed, wouldn't he be more interested in Brandon Barash?

It's a test I tell you! They just want to see if he's willing. It's like one of those trust exercises where you fall backwards.

LOL! A career damaging test at that. It will be fun if nothing else. I can riff off this one for years.

I have never found him that hot. I would take his character boinking Sam if only to see how it would effects the order of things on GH. LOL!

Neither did I -- until I saw him. Those cheekbones. And the way he walked and handled himself. Hotness.

I would love it if he messed things up at GH and left Jason and Sonny looking like the putzes they are.

LOL. Well, if rumors are to be believed, wouldn't he be more interested in Brandon Barash?

Now we're talking. Too bad Greg Vaughan is out. Franco and Vaughan would steam the place up. Jason Thompson and Franco would work as well.

But those stars also are not in college turning down lead roles because they want to learn about film and media. those odnt take non credited, non paying roles in bit indie movies for fun, they dont do things for the experience. James Franco isnt your typical im better than you are star. Hes an actor. End of story. I gained so much respect for him after watching his shorts and reading interviews with him where he was blew off the system and hollywood. Hes real.

Okay okay, all kidding aside. Franco was just in Cleveland a few months ago in support of some art film. I didn't go but my coworker and her daughter did and got the same impression you did. The guy truly is a sponge for experience. The type who insists on touching a hot stove just to feel the pain for himself. So I guess this does fit the profile.

Now we're talking. Too bad Greg Vaughan is out. Franco and Vaughan would steam the place up. Jason Thompson and Franco would work as well.

Bring on the slash fiction, bitches!

But those stars also are not in college turning down lead roles because they want to learn about film and media. those odnt take non credited, non paying roles in bit indie movies for fun, they dont do things for the experience. James Franco isnt your typical im better than you are star. Hes an actor. End of story. I gained so much respect for him after watching his shorts and reading interviews with him where he was blew off the system and hollywood. Hes real.

See, when you put it that way, you got me all convinced! And you make me even more of a fan of his! And I already thought he was real because he did Freaks & Geeks and to this day still talks proudly about the show and the people he worked with there.

Oh, and the James Dean biopic.

Bring on the slash fiction, bitches!

LOL Technically, Greg Vaughan is still on the show so... I wouldn't mind commencing with some Vaughan-Franco interplay. Lucky and Whateverthefuck Vladimir Cassadine on opposite sides of the feud... but strangely drawn to each other?

See, when you put it that way, you got me all convinced! And you make me even more of a fan of his! And I already thought he was real because he did Freaks & Geeks and to this day still talks proudly about the show and the people he worked with there.

Oh, and the James Dean biopic.

Freaks & Geeks <3333

Ive loved him since then. I really fell for him in Milk tho and all his interviews.

When is this guy gonna do a Jeff Buckley biopic? He'd be perfect for that. Maybe it's a bit too close to playing James Dean again...

ARGH...I'm so angry about these things that make me watch soaps again!