The James Franco Story

Author (and actor) James Franco offers this story about how it's only right before you die that you know you're living Author (and actor) James Franco offers this story about how it's only right before you die that you know you're living Esquire printed Franco's story and Scribner is publishing Franco's book for the same reason I'm writing this blog post: Because it's James

He's a handsome, fascinating actor. And his fictional piece in Esquire is bad enough to make you forget all that. You know James Franco is an actor. Maybe you know he is a subversive performance artist. But did you know he is a published fiction writer? Now he is! Given that Franco could have opted to coast by on movie star mystique, the decision to write about the suburb of his upbringing is intriguing.

Actor James Franco arrives at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The Best James Franco Story Ever I don't know if this guy was fucking with me or what last night (he was a Tisch graduate from Rochester so you knooooow), "Reads like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho fell into a Catcher in the Rye remix" or "A collection of beautifully written stories"?