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We’ve certainly gotten an eyeful lately of actor/soap star/Oscar host James Franco. We even met his grandmother in that Funnyordie.com spot where she deemed moviegoers too squeamish to watch 127 Hours “a bunch of pussies.” Now it’s actor/writer Dave Franco who is building some career steam. He’s just been set to play a villain in 21 Jump Street, a film that is getting close to production at Sony Pictures. In fact, it’s so close that the inevitable rumors have started on whether Johnny Depp will show up for a cameo. After all, the TV series launched his career. I hear plans are being made for him to set aside a day to shoot one, but I’m not sure what his role will be.
Franco has so far played roles in films ranging from Superbad to Greenberg, and he most recently completed the DreamWorks remake of Fright Night, which stars Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Toni Collette and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. He also has starred with Mintz-Plasse (Superbad‘s McLovin) in the widely viewed and very bawdy Funnyordie.com spot You’re So Hot. In 21 Jump Street, he’ll play Eric, the most popular kid in school, who also happens to be a raging drug dealer. Jonah Hill’s narc character befriends him to infiltrate the cool kid crowd. Franco turns 26 in June, and Hill is 28. Channing Tatum, turning 31 this month, plays another undercover officer. Are these guys really going to look like high school kids? Paradigm and James/Levy Mgmt rep Franco.
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It’s so strange that Channing Tatum is cast in this film. He doesn’t even look like a college student, much less a high schooler. None of this cast could pass for high school students. Not even close.
Yeah I hate it too but they do it all the time. At least here Tatum isn’t *actually supposed* to be high school aged.
When Friday Night Lights premiered, for example, we were supposed to believe that most of the late-twenties actors were high school sophomores. (Although in that case I’m pretty sure they were all meant to be seniors but magically got younger after season one so they could stay on the show.)
I wish they’d play the movie straight, instead of making it a dumb comedy. Next!
Maybe The Green Hornet actually made money?
enough with johnny depp already…there has got to be somebody else to talk about….be in a movie, promote it, show it and then go away…you want to be mysterious about your career stop showing up…
Why hasn’t their been any word of any African-American actresses signed to play Holly Robinson (Peete)’s old part on the show?
Holly Robinson’s character Judy Hoffs will not be remade in this movie. The only female lead announced to be in the film was Brie Larson.
High School in film is a whole other universe. It’s aspirational. The gay guy Teddy on 90210 is 32. Who cares what someone’s age is just play into the fantasy. When I was a senior in college there was this guy that was balding and looked 40.
People mature emotionally at different rates and show signs of age differently. There are 30 year olds that are healthier and look younger than 20 year olds and vice versa. There’s 20 year olds that are more emotionally mature than some 30 year olds. Age really is nothing but a number. Dave Franco who has great genes could easily pass for a high school student. He seems like he’s hilarious too.
lol, the guy brother Hatterfield is talking about is Trevor Donovan, and I couldn’t believe he was 32, he looks mid 20′s max, but either way…. he’s delicious. Jonah Hill looks as if he’s 2 steps away from cardiac arrest, and Channing T….ummmmm… he’s nice enough. I’m not highly excited about seeing this but if theres a free screening i might attend. Now this franco kids talks like he’s still going through puberty, he should thank big brother James for a career. He’s Meh…
Damn them Franco’s have good genes!!!
“Are they really going to look like high school kids?”
That’s the entire joke, man.
If that’s the only joke, then this movie’s gonna suck.
You can go all the way back to Dustin Hoffman in THE GRADUATE being 30, playing 21.
And I think he was 40 when he played a grad student in Marathon Man!
But do people still buy it?
I hope this is as great as The A-Team!!
Sarcasm?
Hottness, James Franco is not that good-looking, but Dave is good- looking. I hope Dave is not a douche like his older brother. After the Oscars , I lost much respect for Franco because of his constant whining, complaining, and blaming, but refusing to take responsibility for his actions ( or nonactions) at the Oscars.
Sounds horrible. You lost me at Jonah Hill.
Great news on Dave Franco! He’s one of the most committed, driven and endearing young actors I’ve ever met – and a helluva nice guy to boot. Incredibly talented. Congrats Davey!!
I don’t know HOW many articles I’ve read about this, “wondering if Johnny will make a cameo?” He has SAID he’d “be happy to do it, all they have is to ask.” So if they’re so brilliant, but “still wondering”… why don’t they JUST ASK him?! HAVEN’T they asked him yet? Whenever I hear JD talk about it, and STILL says, “all they have to do is ask”… I wonder, “they haven’t asked him YET?!”
SO ASK HIM ALREADY, geniuses!
Johnny is all up for a cameo. In the international press junket for The Tourist he said he was just waiting for the call, “They haven’t called, but I would love to do it, why not?” he said. Can’t wait!