James Franco is an American actor who portrayed Franco Baldwin on the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.
Career[]
In 2009, James Franco sought out a role on a soap opera in order to do research for an upcoming movie he was working on, so he called the producers at General Hospital, wanting to join the cast. Upon his casting, Franco said, "I said, 'I want to play an artist, and I want him to be crazy.' And they wrote this character that was better than I could have ever asked for. It was their idea to call the character Franco. I said, 'That's crazy. Thank you.'"
James Franco's first run on GH ran from November 20, 2009 until January 11, 2010.
Franco later returned on June 30, 2010 for a summer-long arc. As part of the special episode that aired on July 23, 2010, Franco brought in his own filming crew for "Francophrenia."
James Franco made a short return for two episodes which aired on February 25 and February 28, 2011.
Franco returned for an extended (and final) arc from September 20, 2011 until the character was supposedly killed off on January 13, 2012.