James Franco: 'Shooting 127 Hours involved lot of physical pain'

James Franco: 'Shooting 127 Hours involved lot of physical pain'

This year's Oscar nominated actor James Franco has confessed that his time shooting 127 Hours was a painful experience.

While speaking at the 83rd annual Academy Awards Luncheon on Monday, the actor recalled suffering multiple injuries filming the project, in which he portrays a climber trapped in a canyon with his arm stuck under a boulder, Pop Sugar reports.

"There was a lot of physical pain, and [director] Danny [Boyle] knew that it was going to cause a lot of pain. And I asked him after we did the movie, 'How did you know how far you could push it?'" he told reporters at the event.

"I had bruises, scars... and there were some shots of my bare arm, and it looked like track marks, and that was the Trainspotting Boyle, [he] got me hooked on heroin or something. So I had plenty of scars. And Danny said he looks at the actor, and that the actor will say when it's too far."

James went on to reveal that he experienced more than physical injury on the set, adding: "Not only am I feeling physical pain, but I’m getting exhausted. It became less of a facade I put on and more of an experience that I went through."

The star, who will host the ceremony alongside Anne Hathaway, was nominated for an Oscar in the 'Best Actor' category for his performance in the film.