Actor/director James Franco, who briefly investigated enrolling in the UAlbany English Department Ph.D. program a couple of years ago (he ended up going to NYU instead, skipping classes, not handing in work, getting poor grades, and annoying a lot of professors), has begun filming his own adaptation of William Faulkner's
As I Lay Dying.
From the
LA Times:
"Are you feeling like a William Faulkner character? Head to Mississippi, where
open call casting sessions for the film adaptation of "As I Lay Dying" begin
this week. Don't be surprised if you think you see James Franco; the
Oscar-nominated actor adapted the novel for the screen, and will be directing."
More.
