-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email It’s always bittersweet when friendships end, but the 25-year bond between actors James Franco and Seth Rogen seems to have ended on a note more bitter than sweet. A once popular duo in stoner comedies like " Pineapple Express ," " This Is The End ," and " The Interview ," Rogen and Franco’s friendship was a staple in Hollywood for some time, tracing all the way back to one of their first projects together, " Freaks and Geeks ." In recent years, Franco has only had a smattering of credits following his 2018 #MeToo reckoning, when former acting students accused him of sexual misconduct and exploitative behavior.
The Academy Award nominee later settled a lawsuit with two of the women in 2021. Since then, he's kept a relatively low profile, appearing in only a few projects, none of which featured his former friend and frequent co-star. In a recent candid interview with Variety , Franco opened up about his falling out with Rogen .
. . keeping it vague on one very important detail when it came to theorizing why they no longer speak.
So what happened to the longstanding, two-decade friendship between Rogen and Franco? Salon explains the fallout: Related James Franco sued for sexually exploiting women at his acting school A comedy duo is born in Seth Rogen and James Franco The two comedy actors first met on the set of the 1999 teen classic "Freaks and Geeks," when Rogen was 17 and Franco was 22. They wouldn’t work closely together again .