Seth Rogen and James Franco will not work together again

There was a time when Seth Rogen and James Franco were an inseparable creative duo, generating hooligan and incorrect films that dragged thousands of fans to see their comedies. The fact is that they even started together in the mythical series Freaks and Geeks, a high school sitcom that unveiled a large number of talent that currently shines in the industry: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, Jason Segel and Martin Starr among many others. Time passed and although Franco chose to include dramatic projects in his filmography such as 127 hours, In the Valley of Elah and Tristan and Isolde continued to participate together in light comedies such as Superfumados, Spree until the end and The Interview. That faithful alliance is now a thing of the past, as Seth Rogen has stated in an interview for his new book that he does not plan to collaborate with James Franco further. Seth Rogen presented his memoir, Yearbook, and recently gave an interview to Sunday magazine Times, admitting when asked that his relationship with Franco has been affected by all the allegations of sexual misconduct. Three years ago, up to five women accused Franco of sex crimes when he won the Golden Globe for best actor for The Disaster Artist. Among them Sara Tither-Kaplan, a former student of Studio4, Franco’s film academy. The actress wrote that in a sexual scene from the movie The long home, Franco removed the protection that covers the female genitalia during the scene, simulating oral sex on them. There were also layoffs when they didn’t want to appear topless in an off-script scene dancing around the actor.The most recent events occurred with Disaster Artist, the award-winning film was by no means idyllic for actress Charlene Yi, who took to her Instagram account to explain how they tried to bribe her with a bigger role in the film after she refused to work. with him, for being a fucking sexual predator. As a result, he mentioned that the people around him such as “Seth Rogen and his facilitators” were accomplices for which they would have to be held accountable. It seemed that despite this, Seth Rogen and James Franco would continue to work together, since the former was thus He affirmed it in 2018. On the other hand, now he seems to be quite clear about the refusal to work with his partner again: “I… I look back at that interview in 2018 where I commented that I would continue working with James, and the truth is that I have not done so. and I have no plans to do it right now. ” When the actor was asked about Yi’s accusations, Rogen was resounding with his attitude, “What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment (…) I would not put someone in a situation where they were close to someone” . It seems like it will take a long time for there to be any chance of seeing the comical couple together again.