The Bridesmaids star and the prolific American actor will appear together in a new version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
Chris O'Dowd will make his Broadway debut alongside James Franco in a new stage version of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men.
The IT Crowd actor, who has made headway in Hollywood since his role in the hit comedy Bridesmaids, will play Lennie, a large ranch worker with learning difficulties, who is seeking employment alongside his friend George Milton.
Franco previously revealed to American chat-show host Stephen Colbert that the production was in the works, and he confirmed additional details at a live Q&A session at a theatre in California.
"I am going to do Of Mice and Men with Chris O'Dowd, directed by this amazing director Anna Shapiro, who won a Tony for the stage version of August: Osage County," he told the audience.
Neither dates nor a venue for the production have been announced.
O'Dowd was last seen on stage in 2008, when he made his West End debut opposite Catherine Tate in David Eldridge's six-hander Under the Blue Sky. Prior to that, he performed at the Finborough theatre and in Ireland with Druid theatre company.
Franco is also making his Broadway debut. He was previously to appear with Nicole Kidman in a production of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth that never came to fruition. Later in 2011, he directed a performance art piece that purported to be an attempt to contact Williams's spirit.
That might have paid dividends, as the Oscar-winning star of 127 Hours also used the recent Q&A to reveal that he's hoping to write a play. "I have this idea, I haven't been able to figure it out yet," he said. "I've done little versions of it, but I wanted to do a dramatic version of Three's Company. Those characters, the way it's so dated, and somehow, make it a drama."
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