James Franco? James Wanko.

I love US Weekly‘s “Stars: they’re just like US!” feature. Look! Famous people go grocery shopping! I go grocery shopping! Look! They feed the meter! I do that too! Sweet fancy Moses on a cracker, they mail back Netflix! Me too, me too! Look! They beat off half a dozen times a day! So do–heyyyyy, wait a minute. In a new interview, James Franco talks about a scene in his new movie 127 Hours, in which he plays Aron Ralston, the climber who amputated his own arm after becoming trapped under a rock. Via Hollywood Reporter:

[Director] Danny [Boyle] said that Aron Ralston, whose ordeal provided the basis for the movie, would never answer the question of whether he actually jerked off while stuck down there. Did putting that in the story feel true to you?

He’s kind of a gentleman, I guess he doesn’t talk about that stuff. I think he also didn’t want his mom to read it.

But you had to play a bit of that.

I spend a fair amount of time alone, especially when I travel maybe to something like this or for work or whatever, but I’m in hotels a lot for a lot of my life. And I don’t mind it because I have a lot of stuff to do on my own. I have a lot of reading to do for school or whatever. [pause, laughs] You asked! So, when I’m alone, I do masturbate a lot. I don’t know why… I tend to have a four- or five-time day. [breaks out laughing] So, I probably would have if I was stuck under a rock.

I tip my hat to you, Aron Ralston and James Franco. Were I trapped under a rock for days with a crushed arm, slowly dying and contemplating sawing my arm off with a pen knife, masturbation would be the last thing on my mind. Unless one of the vultures circling me was particularly sexy.

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