YALE OFFICIAL DENIES FRANCO’S REQUEST TO TEACH AT SCHOOL
JAMES FRANCO’s academic aspirations have taken a hit - an official at Ame rica’s prestigious Yale University has denied the actor is set to teach a t the school next year (11).
The Spider-Man star will begin studying at the Connecticut-based colleg e in September (10) to obtain a doctorate in English and film studies.
He announced last week (begs19Jul10) that he would be taking on an extr a workload as a teacher in his own "very special class" at the facility, saying, "I am going to teach at Yale. It’s in the works. I have a very sp ecial class I will be teaching next January." But Yale’s English Department Chair Michael Warner has countered the cl aim, suggesting Franco spoke too soon - because his teaching request has been turned down.
Clarifying the confusion in an email to the Yale Daily News, Warner wri tes, "As a grad student in our programme, he would not ordinarily teach u ntil his third year. (Franco) was referring to another project: a proposa l for a college seminar that did not work out for this year." However, Franco will have another venture to keep him busy - he will be staging a musical with undergraduates next spring (11), with help from f ellow students Ari Berkowitz and Matthew George.
Describing the project as a "stage/film/musical/crazy production," Fran co says, "(This) will not be a regular student production that will run f or four shows. We have a bunch of funding and aim to make this a large pr oject." The actor has previously studied filmmaking at New York University and earned a master of fine arts diploma from Columbia.
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