Why Dave Franco Found the 'Unhingedness' of His “The Studio” Character Refreshing: 'I'm a Very Boring Person These Days' (Exclusive)

Dave Franco is much apt to beryllium connected nan sofa watching TV than he is partying each nighttime successful Las Vegas, truthful he really relished successful really complete nan apical his storyline was successful The Studio.

The 39-year-old played a drugged-up, statement animal type of himself successful respective episodes of nan Apple TV+ series, and he told PEOPLE location was a "niceness successful nan unhingedness of it all."

"I return it to a level wherever it becomes benignant of toxic positivity. But yes, it's very nosy to play a portion that is very different than who I am," he said astatine The Studio FYC arena successful L.A. connected May 21.

"I mean, I americium a very boring personification these days successful my individual life. I do not spell to Vegas. I hardly moreover drink. I decidedly don't do drugs," he added.

Instead, Franco said he and his woman Alison Brie's "idea of an breathtaking nighttime these days is staying location and watching a documentary pinch our 2 cats."

"So it's very nosy to play thing that's very different than my normal life," he said.

There was an added state successful nan truth that he was playing himself, truthful he could return it arsenic acold arsenic he wanted to go.

"It's like, nan crazier you go, nan better. Just flick nosy astatine yourself, beryllium arsenic silly arsenic possible, and there's nary incorrect reply because it's like, 'Hey, I'm playing me. You can't responsibility maine for what I'm doing successful immoderate of these scenes. This is me,' " he explained.

The bid was renewed for a 2nd play earlier this month, and Franco has immoderate ideas astir wherever his ridiculous storyline could spell next.

"I mean, I consciousness for illustration we can't do nan aforesaid manic positivity, truthful possibly I've gone difficult nan different direction, wherever I'm now successful a heavy depression," he offered arsenic an idea. "I don't know. Maybe it would beryllium nosy to bring my woman in, who, actually, possibly she outshines me, moreover much manic, and moreover much positive, and moreover much crazy."

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Seth Rogen, who created nan bid and starred successful it arsenic workplace caput Matt Remick, antecedently told PEOPLE that he'd envisioned nan crazy statement storyline for Franco specifically.

"Honestly, location were very fewer group that could person filled nan roles that nan group had filled because we really specifically were catering nan stories to definite traits that celebrities have," he said.

"With Dave, it's like, who do you judge would beryllium successful a Ron Howard movie? It's a beautiful melodramatic movie, who could do that? But also, we knew that he would travel back and do this genuinely ridiculous, stupid point later successful nan season."

The Studio is now streaming connected Apple TV+.