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Franco Baldwin (born Robert James Frank) is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime drama ''General Hospital''. James Franco originated the character in November 2009, after seeking out a soap opera role. He continued to portray the character in intermittent guest stints through January 2012. The character of Franco is a multi-media artist and serial killer who becomes fixated on Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), a known hitman. Franco terrorizes Jason, along with his friends and family. Jason supposedly kills Franco in January 2012, after Franco allegedly rapes Jason's wife Sam (Kelly Monaco). The character is mentioned often after his alleged death, and for a time it was believed that he was Jason's twin brother. In May 2013, Roger Howarth assumed the role when the character is revealed to be alive. Franco's return brought about the revelation that his biological parents are Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) and Heather Webber (Robin Mattson). James Franco's casting on ''General Hospital'' was met by surprise and mixed reviews. Franco also used his time on the series to create a documentary that was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival, and turned a scene filming at MOCA into a live performance piece. The attention Franco garnered boosted publicity for ''General Hospital'' and the soap opera genre. ==Casting and creation== In 2009, James Franco sought out a soap opera role. Sharing the same agent as Steve Burton, who played Jason Morgan on ''General Hospital'', he went to that series for his request.〔 Franco signed on for a series of 20 episodes〔 that he filmed in three days. He was credited as a special guest star, and first appeared on November 19, 2009. His scenes aired through February 2010. He returned on June 30, 2010 for a summer-long storyline. He next appeared on February 25 and February 28, 2011, bookending his co-hosting job of the 83rd Academy Awards. Franco returned for a longterm stint on September 20, 2011 that aired until January 13, 2012. James Franco recalled first approaching ''General Hospital'' to ''The New Yorker'': "I wanted their full treatment, so all I said was that I wanted to be an artist and I wanted my character to be crazy."〔 Franco's friend and colleague Carter, a conceptual artist who Franco was collaborating with on the film ''Maladies'',〔 had suggested that Franco take a soap opera role and play an artist. They would use the material in the film, where Franco plays a former soap opera star.〔 The ''General Hospital'' writing staff created the rest of the character,〔 who they named "Franco, just Franco."〔 Executive producer at the time Jill Farren Phelps stated, "He’s an unusual character and he has an unusual goal", promising his primary story arc would involve character Jason Morgan.〔 The series promoted the character as "an artist whose canvas is murder". Ken Tucker of ''Entertainment Weekly'' compared the characters art installations to a rip off of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Franco is revealed to be a serial killer〔 and a sociopath,〔 whose vendetta against Jason that becomes an obsession.〔 Michael Logan of ''TV Guide'' called Franco's fascination of Jason an "ongoing man-crush."〔 James Franco explained to ''TV Guide'': "Jason is a master assassin who's murdered a lot of people and gotten away with it, which is very attractive to Franco. He likes that danger. (Long thoughtful pause) There's an underlying sexiness to that....if ''that's'' what you're getting at. Yes, there's a underlying sexiness to that connection." In May 2013, Roger Howarth returned to ''General Hospital'' as Franco, essentially recasting James Franco's original character. Previous scenes were re-shot, to show Howarth's likeness instead of James Franco's. This also marks the first time the character of Franco is a full-time contract cast member, rather than a special guest character, or recurring. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franco (General Hospital)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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