James Franco in Sonny

 James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher and author. His first prominent role was a lead part, "Daniel Desario", on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks, he later achieved recognition for playing the title character in the TV biographical film James Dean (2001), in which he won a Golden Globe Award, and for playing Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He is also known for his roles in the films Pineapple Express (2008), Milk (2008), 127 Hours (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Spring Breakers (2013), and This Is the End (2013). He also had a recurring role in the ABC soap opera General Hospital. For his role in 127 Hours, Franco received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

 Franco volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity and has taught a class at New York University in feature film making and production. In 2013, he began teaching a course in short film production at the University of Southern California and a course in screenwriting at his alma mater, University of California, Los Angeles. He is a PhD candidate at Yale University.

 Sonny is a 2002 American crime-drama film starring James Franco, Harry Dean Stanton, Brenda Blethyn, Mena Suvari and Josie Davis. Based on a screenplay by John Carlen, the film marks the directorial debut of Nicolas Cage, who also has a small cameo. It was co-produced by Cage's production company Saturn Films.

 Plot

Sonny (Franco) is the son of Jewel (Blethyn) who runs a small brothel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sonny returns home from the army, staying with his mother while waiting to start the job an army buddy of his promised him. Jewel tries to convince Sonny to come back to working for her as he had before the army, saying many of his old clients still miss him and he was the best gigolo she had ever had.

Sonny repeatedly turns her down, wanting to leave that life behind. However, the job he was promised never materializes and he is forced to return to working for his mother. Jewel had recently recruited a new girl to the brothel, Carol (Suvari), who meets Sonny and falls in love with him. They talk of getting out together.

 One of Carol's clients, an older man, proposes to her. She initially declines, hoping to go away with Sonny. She and Sonny fall out as he fails to make an effort to get out of the business, instead becoming increasingly introverted and depressed, with occasional outbursts as he looks for more work. Ultimately, Carol accepts the marriage proposal.


 CELEBRITY SKIN: JAMES FRANCO’S BUTT


 Am I wrong that it’s almost anticlimactic to see James Franco‘s butt? The 34 year-old actor isn’t exactly shy about anything! He’ll openly discuss his sexuality. He’ll openly make us question said sexuality when he does weird lip sync videos to Justin Bieber‘s “Boyfriend“… And, perhaps most importantly, he’ll openly show us his butt.


 That said, if you’re curious to know what that ass looked like approximately ten years ago, you might enjoy these screen-caps from the 2002 film Sonny… But, uh, I’ll be over here jerking off to pictures of Dave Franco if you need me.