'127 Hours' James Franco spanks the monkey 'four, five times' a day?

James Franco was promoting his new film, "127 Hours," at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. In it, he plays real-life mountaineer Aron Ralston who had to sever (shudder) his own arm to free himself from a boulder after being trapped alone in the Utah mountains for days.
 
There's a scene in the film in which Ralston (Franco) pleasures himself before he finally cuts off his arm.

Franco tells the Hollywood Reporter that Ralston never admitted to masturbating when he was trapped in his memoir, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place." But Franco could relate to the possibility.

"When I'm alone, I do masturbate a lot. I tend to have a four- or five-time day. I don't know why," Franco admits, with a chuckle. "So, I probably would have if I was stuck under a rock."

Franco adds that even if Ralston did indulge, he would never talk about it."He's kind of a gentleman,; I guess he doesn't talk about that stuff. I think he also doesn't want his mom to read it."

Yeah, he's not like James and that other self-pleasuring afficionado, John Mayer.

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