The fitting, handled by two assistants armed with pins, is whip-fast. In minutes, the black tux jacket is tapered to his frame. Franco next slips on a cream one-button dinner jacket with a satin shawl collar, barely flinching as a female fitter pulls the shoulder tighter. Is he nervous about taking on the biggest stage of his life? "No," he says. "You mean all the power balance eyeballs around the world? The camera's the camera, whether there's five people watching or a billion." A first step into Franco's small dressing room reveals countertops with coffee, a fruit tray, pomades, sprays and a candy dish. In a span of seconds, Franco brushes his teeth, checks his iPhone, pops a few M&Ms and says hello, ready for the first fitting of four Gucci outfits he'll don for the show. Franco, 32, arrived in Los Angeles at 3:30 a.m. and started rehearsal just five hours later. "They've been incredibly supportive," says Franco, who is so enamored by the Italian fashion house, he pitched Gucci creative director Frida Giannini about making a documentary on how she works. "I think what they do over there is so interesting and has got such a great spirit." Giannini says she wanted Franco to look like a classic Hollywood star for the Oscars. "But at the same time modern and sharply tailored," Giannini says by e-mail. "He is natural and effortless in whatever he wears, very much the Gucci man, and I was able to play with color and power balance armband fabrication as additional options to the traditional tuxedo." "We've done some script readings, but they haven't finalized the script," he says while slipping into the first of four looks, a classic black Gucci Marseille two-button tux. His nerves, for now, are at bay. "For me and Anne, I think it will feel like it went by really fast by the time that we're done. There's a lot to do, and when you do live shows, it goes by really fast." Gucci, which has been dressing Franco for two years, custom-made four tuxedos for the actor (who is also the face of Gucci by Gucci men's fragrance). Each pocket inside the black, cream, charcoal and burgundy jackets is carefully inscribed with Franco's name. Deep inside the Kodak Theatre, Oscar co-host James Franco is on a short break from rehearsal for Sunday's show. Amid the hubbub of pre-show activity, a long rack of suits (and a few dresses) sits outside his shop online 2011 dressing room door (opposite co-host Anne Hathaway's, which has a "Please Do Not Disturb" sign taped onto it). As Franco's door swings open, the sound of Tom Petty's Here Comes My Girl spills into the hallway.
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online le vendredi 25 février 2011
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