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dave franco has rejected the suggestion that nepotism has played a significant role in his continued success in the film industry.
now you see Me The 40-year-old actor has younger brothers Pineapple Express star James FrancoWho became famous with Sam Raimi’s superhero blockbuster spider man (2002).
talking to stirFranco initially credited his brother with helping him secure an agent, but insisted that if he had been relying on nepotism he would have “disappeared” by now.
“Nobody was going to hire me just because I was James Franco’s little brother,” he told the outlet. “If I sucked I would disappear very quickly.”
Addressing his current relationship with his brother, he said: “Right now, I think he’s excited to see me trying new things and seeing me grow.”
Franco and his brother starred together in the 2017 film disaster artist,
In recent years, Franco has collaborated with his wife on several occasions, Mad Man Actor Alison Brie.
Most recently, Brie and Franco co-starred in the body horror film TogetherDirected by Michael Shanks.
When asked about his connection to Brie’s work, Franco said: ,If the downside of working with my wife is people saying, ‘Oh, he’s just Alison Brie’s husband,’ then that’s OK. it’s worth it.”
In a four-star review Together For IndependentCritic Clarice Loughrey wrote: “As a relationship horror, Together It understands that the call is coming from both inside and outside the home, and how two people feel about each other can be shaped as much in private as in public.
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“Though Shanks’s ideas are smart, and his direction of the film’s digital and practical effects is suitably crisp and dirty, it’s the casting that makes all the difference. Brie and Franco are married in real life, and it gives their characters an easy, lived-in quality on screen.”
He added: “But the genius lies in the fact that none of them are traditional horror stars – they are comedy people, used to contorting their bodies and faces in strange ways to get very different reactions from the audience. If you want to be a clown, you have to dedicate every part of yourself.”
After years as an A-list Hollywood star, James Franco has been largely off the screen for the past five years. In 2018, he was accused of sexual misconduct by five women. At the time, the actor said the allegations were “not accurate” but that he did not want to “shut down” people who “didn’t have a voice”.
Two of his accusers sought legal action in 2019. The lawsuit was settled in 2021, with the actor agreeing to pay $2.23m (£1.67m). Since the deal, Franco has signed on to several film projects currently in development.