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Hirsch and Franco take a gulp of ‘Milk’
Something tells me there won't be any year-end Best Supporting actress noms for this project. After spending well over a year with mentor Sean Penn (Into the Wild), the male bonding shall continue this time on Gus Van Sant's Milk. The Hollywood Reporter also reports that actors Emile Hirsch and James Franco is joining the project.
Written by Dustin Lance Black, this is about the San Francisco politician Harvey Milk (Penn) slained by Dan White (Brolin) the rival politician and supervisor who shot Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone to death at City Hall. Hirsch has been cast as gay rights activist Cleve Jones, an intern and close ally of Milk's, who went on to found the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Franco will play Scott Smith, Milk's lover and campaign manager.