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January 13, 2012 Art

10 Artists James Franco's Better Suited to Portray than Robert Mapplethorpe 

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James Franco as Richard Serra.
  • James Franco as Richard Serra.

Richard Serra. Though Serra comes off as a sternly serious fellow nowadays, he was a funny, charming fellow in his youth. I imagine Franco would enjoy playing the transition of the latter man into the former—with the help of an Oscar-earning makeup team, of course.

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