{"id":242,"date":"2015-03-09T23:33:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T23:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesfranconetwork.net\/?p=242"},"modified":"2015-03-09T23:33:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T23:33:03","slug":"dave-franco-james-is-happiest-when-directing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Dave Franco: James is ‘happiest’ when directing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nJames Franco has a child-like enthusiasm when he is behind the camera, his brother Dave has revealed.<\/p>\n

The siblings team up for Zeroville, which also sees James in the director\u2019s chair. The comedy-drama, which also stars Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Megan Fox and Will Ferrell, is the big-screen adaptation of Steve Erickson\u2019s 2007 novel of the same name.
\n\u201cI love working with him in that capacity, with him as a director, just because he\u2019s the happiest when he\u2019s behind the camera,\u201d Dave said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s like a little kid when he\u2019s directing. His energy is very infectious. Obviously, he\u2019s a great actor too so he knows how to talk to actors and he can get great performances out of you. I would love to keep working with him in the actor-director relationship.\u201d
\nZeroville looks at the power of movies and the influence of Hollywood through the eyes of a young man, who arrives in Hollywood in 1969, during a transitional time in the film industry.<\/p>\n

James shaved his hair off for his role.
\nDave added: \u201cTo be honest, I only have a cameo in that movie. We\u2019ve already shot everything, I was only there for one day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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James Franco has our book cover on his head. Steve Erickson's Zeroville. #venicefilmfestival2014<\/a> @europaeditions<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YC8dz8pt3X<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Reynolds (@reynoldsmichael) September 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n