Who's the real renaissance man - Franco or Colbert?

Apr 06, 2011

Who's the real renaissance man - Franco or Colbert?

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Francophiles, you have to watch this: Stephen Colbert tried to "out-renaissance" James Franco on last night's Colbert Report in three funny interview segments. Franco was on to tout his new movie Your Highness.

First, Colbert set it up with James' evil twin, soap opera-style.

Then Colbert got into an intellectual discussion with Franco in an exchange that wound up with Franco saying, "I want to work for you!"

And then Colbert grilled Franco on why being a movie star isn't enough, asking why he has to pursue higher learning (Franco is, of course, enrolled at Yale now).

See photos of: Stephen Colbert, James Franco

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