Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco on why they turned down the top job

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Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco have revealed they both turned down the offer to host Sunday’s Oscars at first but their ‘chemistry’ brought them together.

The Devil Wears Prada star Hathaway said: ‘When I got asked to do it I said “No thank you I don’t think this is really for me”.

‘And then they called back a couple of weeks later and said, “Well James Franco is in” and I said “ooooh that is going to be interesting.”‘

When Robin Roberts, host of US morning show Good Morning America, commented on the couple’s chemistry the 127 Hours actor Franco, 32 said: ‘Well I’d admired her from afar for many years.’

Hathaway, 28, replied with a smile: ‘Oh James, it’s mutual.’
The actress later joked: ‘I think you [Franco] are hip and I’m young,’ when asked why she and Franco were chosen for the glitzy Hollywood award ceremony.

Franco asked Hathaway, who was voted in People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People, if she had dreams for marriage and babies.