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Paul Rust Says He Saw James Franco ‘Kick a Chair and Storm Out’ of Set a Few Days After Oscars Hosting Debacle: ‘He Was Upset Because the Reviews Were Not Good’
Paul Rust said that he saw James Franco 'flip out' on a set a few days after he co-hosted the 2011 Oscars with Anne Hathaway.
At the time, he was also promoting “Your Highness,” the David Gordon Green-directed stoner comic fantasy film, which was released in theaters in April of that year. “The youth movement in this year’s choice of Oscar hosts didn’t alter the show’s dynamics, from the opening insert-actors-in- montage sequence (hello, Billy Crystal) to the stiff, awkward banter between James Franco and Anne Hathaway throughout,” reads Variety ‘s review of the 2011 ceremony. “While Melissa Leo dropped an ‘f-bomb’ early on, the ‘f’ words best describing the proceedings would be ‘flat,’ ‘fumbling’ and ‘familiar’ — proving it takes more than a new coat of paint to invigorate a ceremony that easily flummoxes innovation.
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