Sorry ladies (and possibly gents), he’s not starring in one, so let’s just get that out of the way from the get-go.
James Franco, the man who chopped off his arm for an Oscar nod, and more recently handed our planet over to a hoard of pissed off primates is getting behind the camera for a porn documentary about the hardcore porn site, Kink.com (you can search it yourself, perv). [The Playlist]
Franco divulged to Conan O’Brien (video below) that he’s recently been fascinated by Kink’s “amazing facility in San Francisco,” noting, “It’s at this old armory and they do everything in house, they build their props in house.” He later gushed that he sees the actors (not the right term, but it’s the first that comes to mind) in the porn industry as “great performers… selling it to an audience.” To me, that seems like a given, but hey, whatever keeps you occupied, James.
I do admire the man’s Jack-of-all-trades nature, as he’s tackled numerous creative pursuits – some more worthwhile than others – and making a doc about the porn industry seems, in an odd way, to be the logical next step for him. Although, I can only imagine where he’ll shop it around, but maybe it’s like they say sex sells – and plenty would argue that’s doubly true when Franco is the salesman in question.
What do you think of Franco’s next pursuit? Do you think it’s a worthwhile project for him?