james was one of the men of oz who sat down with e.t.'s special correspondent, the king of pop's son, prince michael. our brookenderson joined prince michael who impressed the stars. >> you're doing awesome. >> thank you. >> you're a natural. >> this is your first interview? >> yes, it is. >> you're a natural. >> thank you. >> so good, in fact, that prince michael pried some real moves out of the director that james franco was actually the third choice to star as the wizard. >> one rule in show business, never work with kids or animals. i'm already working with this thing. >> when you got the script of oz, did you envision james playing oz the great and powerful? >> when i first read the script i heard that robert downey jr. was attached to star in it. that's why i didn't think of james originally. i met with robert a few times, he turned it down. and then briefly johnny depp considered the project. it turned out not to be right for him. then i heard that james had read it and liked it, and i hadn't even thought of james. i knew him very well, he was a friend of mine. >> fine, you want to come, come. >> you'll