ELLE Commissions James Franco To Create Agyness Deyn Masterpiece

Elle magazine called James Franco The Great Chameleon last year in a feature where the publication recapped his many roles.... actor, student--many times around, film villain, movie hero, writer, producer and let's not forget full-time hottie. Franco got a chance to try on another hat as photographer for the July 2011 issue of Elle featuring rumored gal pal Agyness Deyn. What happens when you put a James Franco and an Agyness Deyn together? Well, magic of course.

Franco utilizes what seems to be an old-time camera or a brilliant new camera with an old-fashioned, cloudy effect. We love the mix of black & white prints and beautifully mute Polaroids. Deyn looks absolutely gorgeous without trying--her short hair and masculine eyebrows take center stage.

Have a look see, tell us what you think of Franco's first fashion photography stint. [See the pictures here]

Text Joann Pan

Sources: ONTD! , Models.com, Elle

James Franco: Hot and Smart

Eat, Pray, Love, the film based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 memoir, arrived in theaters on Friday, and boy, was the publicity for that movie unbelievable. You can’t watch television for two minutes without seeing Julia Roberts eating gelato over and over again and hearing that Florence + the Machine song in the trailer. Well done, ad campaign, well done.

One benefit from oversaturating the market is being able to see James Franco in the previews – dang, is that man attractive or what? Besides being ridiculously good-looking and having made one of the funniest guest appearances on 30 Rock ever (playing himself, only with the slight problem of being in love with a Japanese body pillow), Franco is also pretty erudite, getting an MFA in writing at NYU and now accepted to a Ph.D. program at Yale. He also reportedly has plans to write some sort of vampire novel à la Twilight, though something tells me it might just end up better than Stephanie Meyer's creation. Hopefully we’ll get to see the fruits of his labor soon and be able to sigh over his looks and his brain. Sigh.

Text Molly O'Brien