James Franco got his private pilot’s license when he was preparing for his role in Flyboys in 2006
127. His preferred e-mail signoff? “Peace.”
126. In 2009, Salon.com named Franco the “Sexiest Man Living.”
125. He is the face of Gucci in the fragrance company’s print ads.
89. A video he showed as part of his ‘Dangerous Book Four Boys’ art show featured him walking around the Louvre in Paris with a giant fake penis on his nose. When he showed his student film to a group of his NYU professors, he said one of them sat through it muttering the whole time, “What an a**hole, what an a**hole.”
124. He wears American Apparel underwear. In several colors.
87. One of the rooms in his art show also featured a junk-strewn floor with T-shirts, tapes and lunchboxes that were among Franco’s personal possessions during his teen years.
88. He had a poster of Justine Bateman in ‘Satisfaction’ on his bedroom wall when he was a teen.
89. A video he showed as part of his ‘Dangerous Book Four Boys’ art show featured him walking around the Louvre in Paris with a giant fake penis on his nose. When he showed his student film to a group of his NYU professors, he said one of them sat through it muttering the whole time, “What an a**hole, what an a**hole.”
1/127 facts and pictures about James Franco: James Edward Franco was born on April 19, 1978, in Palo Alto, California.
2/127 facts and pictures about James Franco: He shares the same birthday as Dudley Moore, Kate Hudson, Hayden Christensen, Tim Curry, Jayne Mansfield and Jesse James.
105. Franco on whether or not he read the book before starring in the mainstream chick flick ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ opposite Julia Roberts: “You know, in ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ my character mostly appears in the first 20 pages of the book. And I can definitely say I read the first 20 pages.”
106. His production company is Rabbit Bandini Productions, which he runs with friend and producer Vince Jolivette.
104. He got a D in an acting class at NYU, largely because he missed a lot of classes while filming ‘127 Hours.’
123. James Franco volunteers at the charity Art of Elysium in Los Angeles, helping kids with serious medical conditions. In January 2011, he was honoured for his work at the hospital, receiving the Spirit of Elysium accolade.