James Franco: "General Hospital Was an Experiment"

[VirginiaHamilton]

I'm probably the only person that enjoyed James Franco's stint (well, at least his first one, since I didn't watch his second), as I saw it for what it truly was - a hilarious mocking of how asstastic (post-2000) GH writing was/is.

Anywho, he is debuting the finished product of his stint (Francophrenia) at the Tribeca Film Festival this Friday and discusses it with THR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-franco-francophrenia-ian-olds-general-hospital-critics-312520

[DRW50]

I don't think he knew enough about GH to mock the show being bad. He's working again with one of the producers who helped make it bad in the first place.

[frequentsoapfan]

He said this sometime last year. As if anyone really cares about his opinion of GH. And we know part of the reason he kept coming back was his friend Jill

[VirginiaHamilton]

I think he looked at the state of GH (from its synopsis), saw what a stinking turd it was on paper, and decided to do a stint for shits and giggles (as well as publicity).

[DRW50]

I guess that also explains his Oscars hosting.

[VirginiaHamilton]

Perhaps...

(though I didn't think he or Anne Hathaway were any worse than most of the Oscar hosts, save for Hugh Jackman and Chris Rock that were actually entertaining)