Actor James Franco will be joining the cast of soap opera General Hospital!  Read more on this story below!

Actor James Franco, 31, will join General Hospital for a couple of months. Franco will be playing a character that will torment mobster Jason Morgan beginning November 20, 2009.

SoapNet has reported that it was actually James Franco that approached General Hospital head honchos about joining their show.

“We are thrilled to announce that James Franco will play an integral part in a lengthy run on General Hospital this fall,” executive producer Jill Farren Phelps told SoapNet. “It’s an honor that an actor of James’ caliber would choose to spend some of his valuable time in Port Charles.”

This will be quite a departure for James Franco after seeing him as a stoner in “Pineapple Express”.

Click Thumbnails for Larger Pictures

Images: Wenn.com

You might also like

James Franco & Zach Galifianakis Join The Lonely Island For NSFW VIDEO! James Franco & Zach Galifianakis Join The Lonely Island For NSFW VIDEO!James...

James Franco’s Gucci Commercial Outtakes James Franco: Gucci Commercial Outtakes from James Franco In the video above, James...

Celebrific 2010-10-07 08:19:51 James Franco is not afraid to go outside of the box to take on challenging roles....

Actor James Woods Suing Hospital Over Younger Brother Michael’s Death Actor James Woods is suing a Rhode Island hospital claiming his younger brother...