The New York Times supplement T Magazine features an interview with James Franco, in which he explains how he prepared for his role as a chronically stoned marijuana dealer in this summer’s Pineapple Express. He also discusses with Lynn Hirschberg how it felt to smooch Sean Penn in Milk.

“I will be asked what it was like to kiss Sean Penn about a million times and the few times I run into paparazzi that’s their new annoying thing. It was uncomfortable. Especially like the first time we did it. We didn’t do it many times but the first kiss of the film he had on — he grew a beard but he needed a slightly thicker beard so he had some hairs intertwined in his real hairs and so we kissed and those kept getting in my mouth, and it was just kind of uncomfortable, and not that fun…(jokes)”

But he quickly corrects: “When I saw Spicoli, I just wanted to make out with him!” — in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982, Penn was 22, and played perpetually stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli.

Milk tells the story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay city supervisor, who was gunned down in cold blood by newly resigned city supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978, along with San Francisco mayor George Moscone. James Franco will be Scott Smith, Harvey’s partner at the time of his death. The movie is set for US release on December 5th.

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