James Franco: The Next Heath Ledger [This Thing Looks Like That Thing]

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James Franco Is Hot
Published 8/12/2008 by Evil Beet at Evil Beet Gossip
... Here’s a little pick-me-up for those of you who are in crappy moods like I am: the James Franco photo spread from his new interview in GQ . HOTNESS. Now if we could only get a shot of him climbing out of the pool in a Speedo , Phelps-style. That’s what I need today. James Franco pubic bones. That is what I need today . And Gawker made the inevitable is-James-Franco-the-new-Heath-Ledger call, and noted that their GQ covers look oddly similar: ...

James Franco + Fake Wang = Gus Van Sant’s Milk
Published 8/13/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... Actor James Franco, being labeled the “new” Heath Ledger thanks to his pop-cult crossover in Pineapple Express, will likely draw comparisons to Dirk Diggler come this December. With a supporting role in Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-buzzing Milk, Franco will join that mythical club of major actors who have rocked fake dicks on screen. Here’s a classy story from the set via ...

James Franco Adorns Fake Penis in Van Sant’s “Milk,” Nudity and Sean Penn Make Him Nervous
Published 8/15/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... (where I stumbled upon the article which is now old by Internet standards) wonders whether or not “Milk,” directed by Gus Van Sant, could be this year’s “Brokeback Mountain.” This could mean a number of things. I’m guessing they meant that it could be the mainstream gay film of the year, and it could finally make a real star of Franco, the way Brokeback did for Ledger and Gyllenhaal. Some are even labelling Franco as the next Ledger. Hm. Maybe, the similarities are there but I’m not so sure - yet. We’ve yet to see Franco prove himself as a bona fide “actor” the way Ledger ...