Renowned
American
actor
and
film-maker
James
Franco,
who
plays
the
character
of
Laird
Mayhew
in
his
latest
film
titled,
Why
Him,
says
that
he
is
playing
the
character
similar
to
his
real
self,
in
the
movie.
The
movie
is
all
about
a
Silicon
Valley
billionaire,
who
tries
his
best
to
win
over
the
father
of
his
girlfriend,
but
fails
every
time.
Franco
says
that
he
is
similar
to
the
character
in
the
movie
and
has
always
failed
to
impress
his
girlfriend's
father
in
real
life.
"No
fathers
have
disliked
me
like
Brian's
character
dislikes
me
in
this
movie
but
there's
been
a
mother
or
two
that
just
didn't
like
me," James
said
in
a
statement.
"I
remember
being
very
young
and
throwing
pebbles
at
somebody's
window
and
the
mother
coming
out
and
treating
me
like
a
bum
--
'Get
out
of
here,
you
scum!'"
The
actor
added.
James
Franco
also
reveals
that
these
days
he
is
not
very
good
at
sweeping
romantic
gestures
to
his
ladies
as
he
was
during
his
teenage
years.
He
says
now
he
is
pretty
bad
in
the
romance
department.
"I've
been
pretty
bad
in
the
romance
department,"
said
James
Franco
"I
think
I'm
a
caring
guy,
but
the
grand
gestures
I'm
not
great
at.
I
need
to
put
more
work
into
it."
He
added
further.
Story first published: Thursday, December 22, 2016, 11:56 [IST]