Tyrese Gibson says that the co-star James Franco was "complete the striking" in combat scenes

The Fast X star said he would never work with the actor of the method again.


Both Tyrese Gibson And James Franco were young actors up when they were seen together in the 2006 drama Annapolis . Made by a pre- Fast and Furious Justin Lin , the drama of the naval academy was not very well received by criticism or the theater public. (He currently has a score of 10% on Rotten tomatoes .) The underperforming film has also led to a longtime quarrel between its two Costars affirmed by Gibson started when Franco, who is known to be A method actor , took his role too far and struck Gibson during a choreographed combat scene. Read the rest for more details on the reasons why Fast x Star said he never wanted to work with Franco again and the day their problems put the production at the stop.

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Gibson said he would never work with Franco again.

Tyrese Gibson in 2006
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When Annapolis is out, Gibson, who is also an artist of R&B, had appeared in a handful of films, of which 2 Fast 2 furious . Franco had a longer CV, with television and film projects to his credit. However, Gibson was quick to say that he did not want to repeat the experience of acting with Franco. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

After playing in front of him, Gibson said that no one should expect See Franco on the screen together so soon. In an interview Playboy In 2007, less than a year later Annapolis was released (by The Irish examiner ), he said: "Me and Mr. James Franco I didn't hit him too well . I never want to work with him again, and I'm sure he feels the same thing. It was very personal. It was [explanive] -up. ""

He said Franco had really struck him during the boxing scenes.

James Franco in Annapolis
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Gibson has entered in more detail His beef with Franco Later that year in an interview with She . At the time, Franco followed the so-called school of "method" of diving and diving head the first in character as an amateur boxer at the head at the naval academy which ends up fighting its commander on the ring. According to his co-star, it meant that he would actually hit him during their boxing scenes instead of punching.

"Whenever we were to enter the ring for boxing scenes, and even during training, the guy was full of hitting me," he said. "I was always like," James, lying down, guy. We practice. "He never cleared up."

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Franco called Gibson "a sweet guy".

James Franco, Justin Lin, Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson in 2006
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Franco finally approached stories that the old co-stars did not get along in an interview with 2008 with Gq . He shared Line words on Gibson , although he denied hitting him in fact during Annapolis to pull. "I don't blame any problem on this film," he said. "I was probably a fool. I was not deliberately cruel to him, but I was probably so wrapped in my performance that I was not as friendly as I could have been. This is a problem So stupid that I cannot believe that I always talk about it. But when I am asked about this in the press, it seems that it is always a problem. I think Gibson is a sweet guy with a good heart. "

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Gibson later revealed that they had closed production with a fight.

Tyrese Gibson in 2023
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Despite Franco's attempt to smooth things into the press, Gibson was nothing nice to say about him in a 2018 episode of The red pill podcast . At the time, Gibson addressed his beef canceled with Fast and Furious co-star Dwayne Johnson . Noting that he had succeeded in all his co-stars, except one, he revealed that his quarrel with Franco had intensified to the point that the two exchanged real blows which forced the production to take a break. "We have fought," he said. "We actually had a full fight. It was a situation. They had to close the production for a whole day. This sh ** was crazy."

While Gibson has worked with linen again in the Fast Franchise, he and Franco never gathered. Franco is largely out of the spotlight from Face Several allegations of misconduct , although he has future projects.


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