The Hollywood Reporter and James Franco get down to the nuts and bolts of 127 Hours, the new Danny Boyle flick detailing the travails of Aron Ralston, who had to amputate his own arm after being trapped under a boulder while hiking in the Arizona desert:
Danny said that Aron Ralston, whose ordeal provided the basis for the movie, would never answer the question of whether he actually jerked off while stuck down there. Did putting that in the story feel true to you?
He's kind of a gentleman, I guess he doesn't talk about that stuff. [laughs] I think he also didn't want his mom to read it.
But you had to play a bit of that.
[laughs] OK. You asked the question. [pause] I spend a fair amount of time alone, especially when I travel maybe to something like this or for work or whatever, but I'm in hotels a lot for a lot of my life. And I don't mind it because I have a lot of stuff to do on my own. I have a lot of reading to do for school or whatever. [pause, laughs] You asked! So, when I'm alone, I do masturbate a lot. I don't know why. It's like you have those days where it's just like, I have a ton of writing to do, or a ton of reading to do, and you're just like, OK, I'm going to be on the couch all day or in bed all day just doing that… I tend to have a four- or five-time day. [breaks out laughing] So, I probably would have if I was stuck under a rock.
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