And He Thought Bedding Sean Penn on Film Was Tough . . .

James Franco, set to join the cast of General Hospital for a few months.

That takes guts, few actors who already have both pop success (in Spiderman films) and critical success (in Milk) would dare to do a daytime soap.

He's crazy enough to make this work.

(it's not crazy enough to make me record that show, though)