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Dave Franco Making SXSW Debut With 'Would You'
Posted 2/10/12 11:11 am EST by Kara Warner in Interviews
We've been enjoying getting to know the
multi-faceted-ness of actor/writer Dave
#NowPlaying
Franco over the last few years via roles on
TV ("Scrubs," "Privileged"), in films like
"Fright Night," appearances in music videos
and more. In addition to his scene-stealing
performance in the upcoming "21 Jump
Street" reboot, it was just announced that
Franco's short film "Would You," which he
wrote, will be premiering at the SXSW Film
Festival next month as part of the Narrative
3-D Week
Short Competition.
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MTV News was lucky enough to get Franco on the phone recently to chat about the
inspiration behind his big debut, the raunch factor and how having his mom be a part of the
cast made for a very, very uncomfortable scene.
"I happen to have been in a phase in my life where I was playing 'Would You Rather,'
everyone goes through those phases so I incorporated that into the short," Franco, who
wrote the film, said of where the idea came from. "The short is about these two childhood
friends, a girl and an guy who play a game of 'Would You Rather' and their choices magically
come true. There is a bit of a fantasy element to it and very quickly in typical Dave Franco
fashion, things get strangely sexual and uncomfortable but there is still an overall feeling of
sweetness that comes through I hope, which kind of cuts the raunchiness a little bit."
The "Dave Franco Fashion" to which he referred to can be seen in his series of FunnyOrDie
videos like "Go F---Yourself" and "You're So Hot" which are worth a viewing if you haven't yet
seen them. Franco said that "Would You" follows in that same vein, but with the addition of
his mom, respected actress Betsy Franco, to the cast he took things to a whole new level for
them both.
"Once people see the short they’re going to be slightly disturbed at what I put my mom
through for it, but I promise you she agreed to do this under her own will," Franco assured
us, without going into any specific detail about said scene. "Keep that in mind because it gets
very very weird. We couldn’t look each other in the eyes for a few hours after the scene. But I
think everyone had a good time."
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