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"Spider-Man" Star's "Knocked Up" Dust Up

Posted Jun 12th 2007 12:25PM by TMZ Staff

James Franco -- fired from the hit film "Knocked Up" after a fight with the director -- could it be so?

Not exactly. In the spoof video from FunnyOrDie.com, Franco ruins a scene by trying to improvise a story about a woman's dog getting run over by a car and gets into it with Judd Apatow -- all while Katherine Heigl and Kristen Wiig (not Kirsten, as James keeps calling her) look on in horror. He's probably just used to working with Kirsten Dunst.

The "fight" then inexplicably turns to "Freaks & Geeks" -- the cult TV show the two worked on nearly seven years ago -- and Franco apparently can't get over it. "You've done three 'Spider-Man' movies," Apatow yells at one point, "And you're mad about our f**king show that got cancelled after 12 episodes?!?"

Tags: FunnyOrDie.com, james franco, JamesFranco, knocked up, KnockedUp

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1. Brit and KFed to reconcile!

Posted at 12:34PM on Jun 12th 2007 by be on say

2. The whole thing looks fishy to me. I think it's all an act. Those people were not being real.

Posted at 1:46PM on Jun 12th 2007 by gossipmom

3. James Franco is HOT! Killing him in Spiderman killed all the good looks in any future Spideyromps that's for sure!

Posted at 1:00PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Melissa

4. oh what tangled webs we weave...

Posted at 1:58PM on Jun 12th 2007 by catheadmoon

5. omg im still mad about freaks and geeks too! that was such a good show! tv is so ridiculous nowadays, they'll cancel all the amazing shows yet leave on the stupid crap.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Kel

6. Uhhh...if this isn't a setup for publicity, I don't know what is...duh.

Posted at 3:07PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Heather

7. This is the second leaked fight Apatow has had with a "fired" actor. It's totally publicity.

Posted at 3:29PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Heather

8. Freaks and Geeks captured the late 70's early 80's perfectly. It was so authentic and funny unlike That 70's Show.

Posted at 3:37PM on Jun 12th 2007 by wisegirl

9. Um, it's a parody skit, TMZ even states that. Does anyone know how to read that has left a comment or have any sense for that matter? Very funny though!

Posted at 2:46PM on Jun 15th 2007 by dude

10. it says right in the article that it's a SPOOF video. READ!!!!!!

Posted at 4:09PM on Jun 12th 2007 by kris

11. Is this supposed to look real or something? It's obviously set up and fake..

Posted at 9:02PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Lor

12. Its obviously a spoof from funnyordie.com. But killing him off was not a good idea for spiderman if they make another seual cause damm hes def. got that bad boy charm

Posted at 2:06AM on Jun 13th 2007 by Bella