James Franco has too much class

 
p24 edition 06/06 US actor James Franco as he arrives for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art benefit gala in Los Angeles, California, USA. According to the academy awards organizers on 25 January 2011 James Franco has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in the movie '127 Hours' at the 83rd Academy Awards that will take place on 27 February 2011 in Los Angeles, USA. EPA/PAUL BUCK
20 June 2013

A hushed antiquarian bookshop isn’t where you’d expect to stumble across a Hollywood star but James Franco made a surprise appearance at Sotheran’s on Sackville Street last night for the launch of Maryam Sachs’s new novel, The Passenger.

Franco, in town filming the thriller Good People, says he’s a big fan of London. “I studied here one summer when I was at UCLA,” he said. The Californian university is one on a long list of academic institutions the actor has had flings with. He is currently studying for two PhDs, at Yale and Houston.

Would he consider enrolling here? “No,” he laughed. “I think I’m doing enough studying.”

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