Dave Franco spent years being mistaken for early villain characters he played, but he wants the public to know that he's not an "asshole."
The Idiots star appeared on the August 27 episode of podcast Happy Sad Confused and told host Josh Horowitz that being cast as unpleasant characters made people think he was just as offensive in real life.
"Because I'm not on social media, I realized like, 'Oh, people can't see the real me as often as other people kind of–however they put themselves out there on social media,'" said the actor. "And so they're really just looking at my work and they're kind of like putting, you know, whatever opinion on me that they want based on the roles I play."
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Franco admitted that he played "a lot of a**hole and douchebags early on," which resulted in public consequences. "And so everyone was like, "Yeah, f**k that guy. He must be like that,'" he said.
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The Idiots star appeared on the August 27 episode of podcast Happy Sad Confused and told host Josh Horowitz that being cast as unpleasant characters made people think he was just as offensive in real life.
"Because I'm not on social media, I realized like, 'Oh, people can't see the real me as often as other people kind of–however they put themselves out there on social media,'" said the actor. "And so they're really just looking at my work and they're kind of like putting, you know, whatever opinion on me that they want based on the roles I play."
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Franco admitted that he played "a lot of a**hole and douchebags early on," which resulted in public consequences. "And so everyone was like, "Yeah, f**k that guy. He must be like that,'" he said.
#know
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