James Franco called out AOL for censoring his work at an event the online outfit hosted for his movie mash-up Web series, “Making a Scene.”
“We did a bit of the ‘Godfather’ as sort of a weird horror/porn film,” Franco — the actor, film teacher, performance artist, screenwriter, director, author and admirer of Scottish teens on Instagram — told the crowd at NeueHouse on Wednesday, “There’s a moment in there that AOL thinks is a little dirty, but it’s not. They’re just being ridiculous,” he snapped.
When discussing a scene that was inspired by “When Harry Met Sally,” Franco said, “It’s pretty risqué, I guess, for AOL, so we’re figuring out how to do a red-band version because I do not want to censor.”
When one fan asked Franco to recall his “craziest” moment filming the series, he responded: “I guess I can’t talk about it because it’s too dirty for AOL.”
After a clip was bleeped, Franco groused, “Why is the Internet censored? It’s so stupid.”
AOL Video was recently nominated for two Emmys.
We’ll see if Franco’s series will keep that trend alive.