James Franco is weighing in on Shia LaBeouf’s strange behavior these past few months, writing an entire op/ed in the New York Times about it.
Franco admits he takes an “empathetic view of his conduct” considering he’s a fellow actor and can somewhat relate.
The 35-year-old actor goes on to review all of his erratic behavior, starting with apologizing for plagiarizing Daniel Clowes’ work with plagiarized words. Franco pondered, “Was that clever or pathological?”
He goes on to dissect more strange behavior, such as wearing a paper bag over his head that read “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE” at the premiere of his film Nymphomaniac and his art exhibit called “#IAMSORRY.”
“This behavior could be a sign of many things, from a nervous breakdown to mere youthful recklessness,” Franco wrote, adding we’ve seen this behavior from celebrities since Marlon Brando. He goes on to say he has felt the need to “disassociate” himself from his “work and public image,” too.
“As an actor, you are often in the uncomfortable position of being the most visible part of a project while having the least amount of say over its final form,” he wrote.
Franco ends the op/ed by saying if this is some sort of project it’s a “worthy one.”
“I just hope that he is careful not to use up all the good will he has gained as an actor in order to show us that he is an artist,” he wrote.
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