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James Franco's attempt to rebuild his image is met with skepticism due to past allegations and controversial film choices. The controversy surrounding his involvement with Vincent Gallo's film raises questions about his judgment and reputation. Despite ongoing career setbacks, Franco's comeback attempts continue, leaving many to wonder if his past will overshadow his future roles.

James Franco has been in the news, and it's not for the right reasons. Along with Vincent Gallo, the actor has had allegations leveled against him that are difficult to defend and bounce back from. It is no wonder he is now attempting to rebuild his image with several upcoming roles on the horizon, even if they are far from his lead actor blockbuster days.

What is Franco trying to do, and will it work? The answers are a bit murky. It turns out that being accused of certain things during the post-...

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Following criticisms by John Leguizamo of James Franco’s casting as Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro in the independent film Alina of Cuba, producer John Martinez O’Felan has responded, calling the comments “culturally uneducated.”

Set to be directed by Miguel Bardem and based on a script written by Jose Rivera and Nilo Cruz, Franco stars opposite Mía Maestro, who portrays Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, a Cuban-born socialite with whom Castro becomes romantically entwined. The film is based on the true-life story of Alina Fernandez — played by Ana Villafañe — a Cuban exile turned social advocate who learns at age 10 that she is Castro’s daughter.

Leguizamo, a Colombian American actor who wrote and performed the Broadway production Latin History for Morons, took to Instagram on Friday to slam the decision to cast Franco, questioning why Hollywood is “excluding” the Latinx community and notes that a film...

MetFilm Sales has acquired worldwide rights for filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s feature documentary “Body Parts” ahead of its world premiere Sunday in Tribeca Film Festival’s Spotlight section.

The pic shows the evolution of desire and sex on screen from a female perspective, “allowing women to reclaim the parts of themselves that have been objectified and exploited for decades,” according to a statement. It uncovers the processes involved in creating intimacy for mainstream American film and television, the toll these scenes exact on those directly involved, and the impact on women and girls in the real world.

The documentary features candid interviews with actors and creators who are advocating for real change, including Jane Fonda, Rosanna Arquette, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Alexandra Billings, Emily Meade and David Simon.

It highlights the voices of women like Sarah Scott and Sarah Tither-Kaplan who spoke out against abusive behavior on their sets,...

James Franco admitted to sleeping with some of the students he taught in acting classes and addressed the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him almost four years ago for the first time in a new interview on The Jess Cagle Show.

“There were people that were upset with me and I needed to listen,” Franco told Cagle, adding: “The natural human instinct is to just make it stop. You just want to get out in front of it and whatever you have to do, apologize, get it done. But what...

Six months after friend and longtime collaborator Seth Rogen publicly severed ties with James Franco over sexual misconduct allegations against the “127 Hours” Oscar nominee, Franco has broken his silence on their creative split and the allegations. The actor opened up on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Podcast” this week (via People), admitting to sleeping with his students and to undergoing addiction treatment.

“Over the course of my teaching, I did sleep with students, and that was wrong. But like I said, it’s not why I started the school and I wasn’t the person that selected the people to be in the class. So it wasn’t a ‘master plan’ on my part. But yes, there were certain instances where, you know what, I was in a consensual thing with a student and I shouldn’t have been,” he said.

Franco has been plagued by accusations of sexual...

James Franco and his associates will pay more than $2 million to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit.  In February, The Disaster Artist actor reached a tentative settlement over a 2019 class action lawsuit, which accused him, as well as Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis, of fraudulently running the Rabbit Bandini production companies and Studio 4 film school for their personal and financial benefit. The plaintiffs, former students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, also alleged claims of sexual harassment, exploitation and coercion. Now, details of the payout are being finalized, pending judge approval, according to the joint motion dated June 24 and obtained by E!...

Hollywood star James Franco has agreed to a settlement of $2.2 million in a class-action lawsuit that was brought against the Oscar-nominated actor claiming that he forced former students of his Studio 4 Film School to take part in explicit sex scenes while being recorded. The Hollywood Reporter revealed the news of the settlement following the publication of court documents, which detailed the settlement being prepared to go before a judge for approval. The news of the settlement comes within a year of Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students at Franco's school, lodging a complaint suggesting that his students were victims of fraud.

In January 2018, Tither-Kaplan was one of five women who told their story to the Los Angeles Times, detailing claims that The Deuce star had been sexually exploitative and inappropriate towards them while on set. All of the claims made were refuted by Franco on numerous occasions. Even before...

The Oscar-nominated actor has agreed to pay out to students at his film school, who alleged inappropriate and sexually exploitative behavior on set

James Franco has agreed to pay $2.2m to settle a class-action lawsuit for allegedly pushing his former film students to perform increasingly explicit sex scenes on camera. The settlement, first revealed by the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, will go before a Los Angeles judge for approval.

The agreement comes less than a year after two of Franco’s former students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, filed a complaint alleging students of the Oscar-nominated actor, 43, at his Studio 4 Film School were victims of fraud. Tither-Kaplan was one of five women to go on the record with the Los Angeles Times for a January 2018 report which detailed allegations of Franco’s inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior on set. Franco has repeatedly denied the allegations.

James Franco and “associated entities” have agreed to pay $2,235,000 to resolve the sexual misconduct lawsuit that alleges he pushed his acting students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera, according to court filings made public June 30 (via The Hollywood Reporter). A Los Angeles judge will have to approve the proposed deal. The lawsuit, led by Franco’s former acting students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, alleged that several Studio 4 Film School students in New York and Los Angeles were the victims of fraud and sexual misconduct.

As reported by THR: “Here, Tither-Kaplan is getting $670,500 minus $223,500 less in fees going to the lawyers. Gaal will get $223,500 minus $74,500 to the lawyers. And the other students would get almost two-thirds of the remaining pot of $1.341 million with the lawyers total take being around $827,000. … Franco has also agreed to ‘non-economic’ terms for the individual plaintiffs, although that’s presently the subject of a motion to seal.

James Franco and associated parties will pay $2.235 million in order to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit from 2019, in which two former students of Franco’s acting school accused him of intimidating them into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

Though news of the settlement broke in February, the details of the settlement were unveiled as part of court filings made public on Wednesday. The deal will now be brought to a Los Angeles judge for approval on whether it is “fair, reasonable and adequate.”

Actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal led a class action lawsuit against Franco’s Playhouse West Studio 4, saying the class was a front in which Franco and his business partners, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis, could take advantage of young female performers. They said the “Pineapple Express” star asserted his influence as an instructor by offering them parts in movies that never materialized or were never released,...

Five months after lawyers for James Franco and his controversial, now-shuttered acting school and former students revealed that a settlement had been reached in the class action lawsuit claiming participants had been pushed gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, money has been put on the table.

Still to be approved by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, the sum is $2,235,000, to be exact. First placed in the court docket back on June 24, the figure was made public today in a notice of joint motion and joint motion for preliminary approval. Read the settlement payment filing here.

Not that Franco is copping to anything inappropriate ever going on.

“While Defendants continue to deny the allegations in the Complaint, they acknowledge that Plaintiffs have raised important issues; and all parties strongly believe that now is a critical time to focus on addressing the mistreatment of women in Hollywood,” the parties said in a joint statement.

James Franco has signed off on paying $2,235,000 to settle an Oct. 2019 lawsuit alleging he and his associates coerced students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera. The proposed figure was revealed in court filings that were made public on Wednesday, and a Los Angeles judge will need to approve it.

In 2019, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal filed a class action complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Franco and his partners “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.” They argued they were victims of fraud, paying $300 a month for an acting school opened by Franco and his business partner Vince Jolivette in 2014 at which they claimed they were intimidated and sexually objectified. They further alleged that those who were willing to disrobe in front of...

Charlyne Yi took to Instagram in the aftermath of Seth Rogen publicly distancing himself from James Franco to urge Rogen to apologize to the women who accused Franco of sexual misconduct. In an interview with The Sunday Times published May 9, Rogen said he does not have plans to work with Franco again. Franco was accused in 2018 of forcing several of his acting students into sexual situations, among other claims of sexual misconduct. Rogen originally sided with Franco, saying in a 2018 interview that he would continue to work with him.

In an Instagram post published this week, Yi said Rogen’s decision to originally side with Franco was harmful to the women who accused Franco of sexual misconduct. Yi wrote that Rogen’s actions could have “caused denial, loss of reality, loss of intuition to protect self from future abusers, life-long health issues, [and/or] attempt in suicide” for the women.

Yi also...

At least not “right now,” actor tells The Sunday Times

Seth Rogen says he has no plans to work with James Franco again following multiple accusations of misconduct against his friend and frequent movie collaborator.

That is in contrast to what Rogen said in 2018, when asked the same question after multiple women accused Franco of misbehavior. At the time, Rogen said he would continue to work with his friend.

“I also look back to that interview in 2018 where I comment that I would keep working with James, and the truth is that I have not and I do not plan to right now,” Rogen told The Sunday Times.

Franco and two of his former acting students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, settled a lawsuit in February in which they accused the actor of intimidating them into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations. The two former students of Franco’s Playhouse West...

Seth Rogen says he has no plans to work with his frequent collaborator James Franco following accusations of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

Rogen made the comments in an interview posted Sunday by the Sunday Times Magazine to promote his new memoir, Yearbook, admitting their friendship has been affected by the accusations.

Rogen and Franco have co-starred in several projects, as early as the short-lived 1999 series Freaks and Geeks and including movies such as Pineapple Express, This Is the End and The Disaster Artist.

In 2018, five women accused Franco of sexual inappropriate or exploitative behavior following his Golden Globes win for best actor in The Disaster Artist. Sarah Tither-Kaplan,...

Seth Rogen says he has no plans to work with his frequent collaborator James Franco following accusations of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

Rogen made the comments in an interview posted Sunday by the Sunday Times Magazine to promote his new memoir, Yearbook, admitting their friendship has been affected by the accusations.

Rogen and Franco have co-starred in several projects, as early as the short-lived 1999 series Freaks and Geeks and including movies such as Pineapple Express, This Is the End and The Disaster Artist.

In 2018, five women accused Franco of sexual inappropriate or exploitative behavior following his Golden Globes win for best actor in The Disaster Artist. Sarah Tither-Kaplan,...

A lawsuit alleging James Franco intimidated students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations at an acting and film school he founded has been tentatively settled, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.

Attorneys from the firm of Valli Kane & Vagnini, Llp, representing the plaintiffs, confirmed the agreement in a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday night. They claimed it will be “further memorialized in a Joint Stipulation of Settlement to be filed with the Court at a later date,” but provided no further comment or details on any possible monetary exchange.

Los Angeles Superior Court has received a filing from the two sides indicating a tentative settlement has been reached in the class-action suit. That document was filed Feb. 11, but was revealed Saturday by the attorneys for the former students who brought the suit. Named defendants included Franco’s production company, Rabbit Bandini, and his partners Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis.

James Franco and two former students in his acting school have reached a tentative deal to settle a 2019 lawsuit in which they accused the actor of intimidating them into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

According to a joint status report filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 11, actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal have agreed to drop their individual claims against Franco and his Playhouse West Studio 4. “The settlement will be further memorialized in a Joint Stipulation of Settlement to be filed with the Court at a later date,” the law firm Valli Kane & Vagnini said in a statement.

No further details were given of the agreement or if a financial settlement was part of the deal.

The two former students of Franco’s Playhouse West Studio 4 said in a 2019 lawsuit that the class was a front in which Franco and his business partners, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis,...

A settlement deal has been reached in a 2019 lawsuit alleging that James Franco intimidated his students into sexual situations at the acting school he founded.

According to a joint status report filed on Feb. 11, two of Franco’s former students at his now-defunct Studio 4 school, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, have agreed to drop their individual claims. Their sexual exploitation claims are also being dismissed without prejudice, which leaves them open to being re-filed. Additionally, fraud allegations brought forward in the suit will be subject to limited release. It is not immediately clear how much money was involved in the settlement deal.

According to their class-action suit, Franco had allegedly forced his students to perform explicit sex scenes on camera in what they described as an “orgy-type setting” during a master class he held on sex scenes. Tither-Kaplan and Gaal also alleged that Franco led students to believe that roles...

A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

A status report jointly filed by the two sides in Los Angeles Superior Court said a settlement had been reached in the class-action suit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live on. The document was filed on Feb. 11, but the settlement has not previously been reported.

Actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who first filed the lawsuit in 2019,...

A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

A status report jointly filed by the two sides in Los Angeles Superior Court said a settlement had been reached in the class-action suit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live on. The document was filed on Feb. 11, but the settlement has not previously been reported.

Actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who first filed the lawsuit in 2019,...

Franco denies allegations and asks Los Angeles county superior court to dismiss lawsuit against him

James Franco has responded to allegations of sexual harassment by two former students by claiming they were an attempt to “jump on the [#MeToo] bandwagon” and played into “the media’s insatiable appetite to ruin the next celebrity”.

In a demurrer filed on 28 February to the Los Angeles county superior court, Franco’s lawyers asked that the lawsuit filed in October by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal be dismissed, saying none of the alleged events detailed had happened, and the statute of limitations had passed for the accusations.

James Franco is responding to two women who claim they were sexually exploited by his now-defunct acting school.

Franco, 41, filed a demurrer, a written objection to the lawsuit filed in October by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, claiming the allegations were “salacious” and that the two were “attention-hungry,” in court documents obtained by People.

“While the salacious allegations in the complaint have made great tabloid fodder, they are also false and inflammatory, legally baseless and brought improperly in the form of a class action largely to gain as much publicity as possible,” the demurrer stated.

“This lawsuit is a travesty...

Back in 2018 during the height of the Time’s Up and Me Too movement, celebrities were getting called out for their sexual misconduct, James Franco, 41, received a lot of attention. Time’s Up was founded in response to Harvey Weinstein‘s misconduct and in an effort to fight against sexual harassment. Franco was seen wearing a […]

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Two women filed a civil lawsuit against Hollywood actor James Franco on Thursday, allegedly accusing him of running a fake Drama school where the aspiring artist were forced to perform sex scenes.

The two former students Toni Gaal and Sarah Tither-Kaplan, who claim they were sexually exploited at his acting school, Studio 4.

The Oscar nominated actor James Franco opened Studio 4 in 2014 through his production company, Rabbit Bandini Productions, In 2014 a 17 year old girl posted the screenshots of alleged message between her and Franco on Instagram.

In 2018 Franco wore a Time's Up pin in solidarity with the #MeToo movement, to protest harassment against women, nonetheles he drew criticism on social media but he denied the criticisms as inaccurate.?

Inspite of the series of allegations James career has not been hampered ?currently he is starring in the HBO television series The Deuce.

Two women Toni Gaal and Sarah Tither-Kaplan filed a civil lawsuit against Hollywood actor James Franco on Thursday, allegedly accusing him of running a fake Drama school where the aspiring artist were forced to perform sex scenes.

Tither-Kaplan, who claim they were sexually exploited at his acting school, Studio 4 complaint that the females were pushed to perfom sex scenes ?in a very awkward way misusing the role as a Teacher.?

The Oscar nominated actor James Franco opened Studio 4 in 2014 through his production company, Rabbit Bandini Productions, In 2014 a 17 year old girl posted the screenshots of alleged message between her and Franco on Instagram.

In 2018 Franco wore a Time's Up pin in solidarity with the #MeToo movement, to protest harassment against women, nonetheles he drew criticism on social media but he denied the criticisms as inaccurate.?

Inspite of the series of allegations James career has not been hampered currently he...

Updated with statement from Franco’s attorney: A new class-action lawsuit alleges that James Franco and other defandants “committed egregious wrongs to hundreds of student actors.” The complaint accuses them of sexual harassment, sex discrimination, fraud and multiple other violations regarding their now-shuttered acting and film school .

In a 33-page suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), lead plaintiffs Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal allege that Franco, actor-producer Vince Jolivette and the latter’s cousin Jay Davis — “through the use of various RabbitBandini production companies and the RabbitBandini Studio 4 acting and film school — opted to sexualize their power and fame by dangling the opportunity to aspiring actors of employment in film and television in exchange for explicit nudity, sex and as Franco put it, the ‘pushing of boundaries.'”

Tither-Kaplan and Gaal enrolled in 2014 at the Studio 4 acting school, for which they paid $300 in monthly tuition,...

Two women filed a lawsuit against James Franco on Thursday, accusing the actor of sexually exploiting them while enrolled at a now-defunct acting school that he hosted. Franco intends to “fully defend himself” and will also seek damages, according to a statement from Franco’s lawyer.

The two former students of Franco’s Playhouse West Studio 4 claim that the class was a front in which Franco and his male associates could take advantage of young female performers. They said that Franco asserted his influence as an instructor by offering them parts in movies that never materialized or were never released, even with the expectation that Franco would star in some of the projects.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Thursday by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal. Franco’s business partners, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis, were also named in the lawsuit along with their production company,...

Nearly two years after five women accused James Franco of sexual misconduct, a pair of women who attended his acting school filed a lawsuit against the actor, alleging he sexually exploited them.

According to the New York Times, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal — two former students at Franco’s Studio 4 acting school — sued the actor and his business partner Vince Jolivette over the program’s various alleged practices.

Franco and his partners in the school “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power...

James Franco is being sued by two women who claim they were sexually exploited by his now-defunct acting school.

Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal have filed a lawsuit against the actor, 41, claiming he and his business partners “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects,” according to court documents obtained by People.

The two allege the circumstances “led to an environment of harassment and sexual exploitation both in and out of the class.” They’re suing Franco for sex discrimination,...

Hollywood multi-hyphenate James Franco is once again facing accusations of sexual harassment and exploitation from women who participated in his Studio 4 acting school, which shuttered in fall 2017. But this time in the form of a lawsuit.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal state that Franco and his partners “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.” The lawsuit, the details of which are reported in The New York Times, alleges that the bicoastal Studio 4, which Franco operated with his business partner Vince Jolivette, also listed as a defendant in the suit, was little more than a ploy for Franco and his male collaborators to assemble a pool of young actresses to then take advantage of.

The lawsuit harks...

Two women come forward alleging star’s acting school promoted ‘widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior’

James Franco is the subject of a new lawsuit claiming his acting school sexually exploited women.

In the suit filed in Los Angeles, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal allege that Franco’s now-defunct program allowed him and male collaborators the opportunity to dangle potential roles in front of women while engaging in inappropriate conduct, according to the New York Times and NPR.

Two former students of James Franco’s now-closed acting school filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the classes existed principally to create a way for Franco and his associates to take advantage of young women.

Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal filed the class action complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court, saying that Franco and his partners “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.”

Franco and his business partner Vince Jolivette opened the Studio 4 school in 2014, with branches in New York and Los Angeles.

The suit alleges that the students paid $300 a month, thinking they were participating in a bona fide acting school. Instead, the women claim they were intimidated and sexually objectified, and found that those who were willing to disrobe in front of Franco...

James Franco is being sued for sexual harassment, discrimination and a host of other claims by two former students.

The class action complaint filed Thursday by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal quotes Franco's public statement from 2018 when such allegations first surfaced. "If I have done something wrong, I will fix it," he said. "I have to."

The women claim Franco, through his acting school, convinced students to engage in explicit nudity, sex and the "pushing of boundaries" by dangling employment opportunities in front of them. They're also suing RabbitBandini Productions, the school'...

James Franco is being sued for sexual harassment, discrimination and a host of other claims by two former students.

The class action complaint filed Thursday by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal quotes Franco's public statement from 2018 when such allegations first surfaced. "If I have done something wrong, I will fix it," he said. "I have to."

The women claim Franco, through his acting school, convinced students to engage in explicit nudity, sex and the "pushing of boundaries" by dangling employment opportunities in front of them. They're also suing RabbitBandini Productions, the school'...

The Deuce will make a groovy return to HBO this fall — but something (or rather someone) is missing from the image accompanying the announcement.

The premium cable net revealed Monday that its 1970s-set drama will return on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 9/8c. But James Franco, who starred in Season 1 as twin brothers Vincent and Frankie Martino, is conspicuously missing from the first promo photo released — despite HBO’s previous confirmation that the actor would appear in Season 2.

#TheDeuce returns for season two Sunday, Sept. 9 at 9Pm on @HBO. pic.twitter.com/wbHZABMVi7

— HBO PR (@Hbopr) July 9, 2018

HBO declined to comment, but...

Someone get James Franco a mint! The 40-year-old actor is the latest celeb to get slammed for his kissing skills by a co-star. Zoey Deutch, who starred alongside James in the comedy Why Him?, revealed that she was not impressed at all on Watch What Happens Live. "Meh," she responded when asked to describe James' kissing style. She also described his breath as "not good" and agreed when host Andy Cohen called the kiss "not memorable." It is surprising that Zoey dissed James' makeout ability, seeing as Busy Phillips, who was the Spiderman star's first on-screen kiss, had only nice things to say. "[James] was definitely my first on-screen kiss," she told InStyle. "Part of what was so genius about that show was that we were all fairly young — I didn't know anything. So for on-screen kisses, I was like, 'I guess you just kiss the person like you would kiss your boyfriend.

After several months, Seth Rogen has finally weighed in on the sexual misconduct accusations waged against his friend and longtime comedic collaborator James Franco, saying he’ll continue to work with Franco on future projects.

In an interview with Vulture, Franco was asked about his thoughts on the #MeToo movement, and he said that he had remained silent for so long because he didn’t feel his perspective was important to the cause.

“I’m friends with these people and I’m a dude. All that combined makes me the last person who should be talking about this,” he said. “There are so many people with real things to contribute to the #MeToo discussion that anything I say is not going to add anything useful,” he added.

Also Read: James Franco Will Return for 'The Deuce' Season 2 After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

Franco and Rogen have worked on several films together, including “Pineapple Express,” “This Is The End,” and most recently, the animated comedy “Sausage Party.” But when asked if he would make another film with Franco, Rogen replied: “Yes.”

Franco was accused of sexual misconduct by five women in January, just days after winning a Golden Globe for his performance in “The Disaster Artist.” Four accusers were Franco’s students at his acting school, and another said the actor was her mentor. They said he behaved in inappropriate or sexually exploitative ways. “I feel there was an abuse of power, and there was a culture of exploiting non-celebrity women, and a culture of women being replaceable,” one accuser, Sarah Tither-Kaplan, told the Los Angeles Times in January.

Immediately following the accusations, a “Disaster Artist” Q&A featuring Franco was cancelled by The New York Times, and the actor was digitally removed from the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue.

However, Megan Abbott, a writer for the HBO series “The Deuce,” said in February that Franco would return for the show’s second season. Franco plays a lead role in the series, and is also an executive producer and directed two of the show’s episodes.

Also Read: James Franco Accuser Calls Star 'Exploitative' But 'Absolutely Not a Harvey Weinstein'

After the accusations were made, Franco discussed them in an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

“There are people that need to be heard,” Franco said. “I have my own side of this story, but I believe in these people that have been underrepresented getting their stories out enough that I will hold back things that I could say, just because I believe in it that much,” he said. “So if I have to take a knock because I’m not going to try and actively refute things, then I will, because I believe in it that much.”

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Two of James Franco's accusers are stepping forward with details of his alleged sexual misconduct.  Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Violet Paley sat down with Good Morning America, opening up about how they attended Franco's acting classes at the Studio 4 film school where they claim to have both encountered experiences of sexual harassment. Franco has denied the accusations. Tither-Kaplan said she was in Franco's master class on sex scenes. She said he'd add sex scenes and nude scenes to the original scripts that "seemed gratuitous and exploitative." In fact, she claims that the women who refused to partake in the sex scenes or nude scenes were either asked to leave the class or...

James Franco is gaining a lot of praise for his work in The Disaster Artist this award season, but his acting career isn't the only thing that is making headlines. Shortly after taking home a Golden Globe for his portrayal of director Tommy Wiseau, the actor faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations from several women who have worked with him previously. As information continues to unfold, read the most important details ahead. James wears a Time's Up pin at the Golden Globes. During the award show, the actor sported a Time's Up pin in support of the initiative to end sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. Ally Sheedy posts (and then deletes) tweets about James. Shortly after the show, The Breakfast Club actress expressed her disdain for the actor - whom she previously worked with in 2014 during an Off-Broadway production of The Long Shrift - in a series of...

Two women who have accused James Franco of sexual misconduct appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday to give their first televised interview. Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Violet Paley, who both took to Twitter during the Golden Globes to hit out at the star for wearing a Time’s Up pin, spoke to Amy Robach about their...

Violet Paley and Sarah Tither-Kaplan — two of the women who have accused actor James Franco of sexually exploitative behavior, which he has denied — appeared on Good Morning America, Tuesday, to discuss their alleged experiences with the star.

Paley, 23, brought Franco’s name into the national discussion of sexual harassment earlier this month after he wore a Time’s Up pin at the Golden Globe Awards. “Cute #TimesUp pin, James Franco,” she tweeted, then called out alleged examples of Franco’s inappropriate behavior.

“It was impulsive to tweet that,” Paley told Gma of publicly making the allegations of Franco’s actions,...

Two women who have accused “Disaster Artist” star James Franco of inappropriate behavior appeared on “Gma” on Tuesday morning, where one said the actor “created exploitative environments” but is “absolutely not a Harvey Weinstein.” “He is not an unfeeling monster who has no sense of reality,” Sarah Tither-Kaplan continued her answer when asked where Franco falls on the Hollywood abuse spectrum. “He created exploitative environments for non-celebrity women on his sets, I also think James is a talented and valuable person.” “It is a pyramid and at the top is rape and sexual violence, and at the bottom are the...

Two women who accused James Franco of sexual harassment earlier this month sat down for their first televised interview with “Good Morning America” Tuesday morning, just before the Oscar nominations were set to begin. In the Los Angeles Times, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Violet Paley said they were both sexually harassed while students in Franco’s acting classes. Paley was the first speak out publicly, tweeting during the Golden Globes that Franco had “pushed her head down” in order to demand oral sex.

“It was impulsive, to tweet that,” Paley told “Good Morning America” correspondent Amy Robach.

Read More:James Franco Attends SAG Awards Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

Tither-Kaplan previously said she was asked to appear nude in simulated sex scene when she saw Franco remove clear plastic guards that covered actresses’ vaginas “to simulate the sex act with no protection.” She told Robach she wishes she had “more time to consider...

Alison Brie has responded to the sexual misconduct allegations made against James Franco. Brie, who was at the SAG Awards in honor of her nomination for her work in Netflix's Glow, not only stars with Franco in The Disaster Artist, but she's also married to Dave Franco, the elder Franco's brother. That being the case, during the SAG Awards over the weekend, she was asked about the sexual misconduct claims made against James Franco by several women recently. Here's what she had to say.

"What we've always said is that it remains vital that anyone who feels victimized should and does have the right to speak out and come forward. I obviously support my family and not everything that's been reported is fully accurate, so I think we're waiting to get all the information. But, of course, now is a time for listening and that's what we're all trying to do.

James Franco chose to attend the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards despite multiple accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior. Franco was nominated for the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in “The Disaster Artist.” The SAG Award went to Gary Oldman for “Darkest Hour.”

The Los Angeles Times published a report on January 11 in which five women went on record accusing Franco of sexually inappropriate and exploitative behavior. Four of the accusers are Franco’s former acting students.

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Sarah Tither-Kaplan was an actor on the set of Franco’s film “The Long Home” and was asked by a producer to appear in a “bonus scene” that included a simulated orgy. She agreed to appear fully nude in the background of the scene, but she told the Times that she saw...

One of James Franco's accusers is willing to forgive him if he publicly owns up to the sexual misconduct she says she experienced on a movie set. Sarah Tither-Kaplan tells TMZ, "I don't hate James. I still have love for him." She's reacting to Franco's Critics' Choice Awards victory Thursday night ... a ceremony he skipped because, as we first reported ... he's despondent over multiple allegations against him. Sarah says she doesn't begrudge Franco's success,...

James Franco has chosen not to attend the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards following multiple accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior. Franco won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance in “The Disaster Artist.” The film was also nominated for Best Comedy Film and Best Actor.

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The Los Angeles Times published a report on January 11 in which five women went on record accusing Franco of sexually inappropriate and exploitative behavior. Four of the accusers are Franco’s former acting students.

Sarah Tither-Kaplan was an actor on the set of Franco’s film “The Long Home” and was asked by a producer to appear in a “bonus scene” that included a simulated orgy. She agreed to appear fully nude in the background of the scene, but she told the Times that she saw Franco...

Will Warner Bros stick with distribution plan?

The fate of the international release of The Disaster Artist has come under the spotlight after five women accused Golden Globe winner James Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative conduct.

The accusations ran in an article in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday (January 11), days after Franco told Late Show host Stephen Colbert that earlier accusations were “not accurate” and followed that up with an apearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday in which he said he wanted to let people with allegations speak out.

The Disaster Artist is winding down in North American theatres, where it has grossed $19.6m through A24 since the December 1 release. The film earned Franco the best actor in a musical or comedy award at Sunday’s Golden Globes and the best comedy actor prize at Thursday evening’s Critics’ Choice Awards (which Franco did not attend), however it would appear an Oscar push...

Will Warner Bros stick with distribution plan?

The fate of the international release of The Disaster Artist has come under the spotlight after five women accused Golden Globe winner James Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative conduct.

The accusations ran in an article in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday (January 11), days after Franco told Late Show host Stephen Colbert that earlier accusations were “not accurate” and followed that up with an apearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday in which he said he wanted to let people with allegations speak out.

The Disaster Artist is winding down in North American theatres, where it has grossed $19.6m through A24 since the December 1 release. The film earned Franco the best actor in a musical or comedy award at Sunday’s Golden Globes and the best comedy actor prize at Thursday evening’s Critics’ Choice Awards (which Franco did not attend), however it would appear an Oscar push...