GUYS OF THE DEAD GIRL, FRANCO AND RIBISI, SHARE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

Giovanni Ribisi and James Franco of The Dead Girl share what was in store for their Christmas breaks.

The Dead Girl is a power packed movie that stars Toni Collette, Kerry Washington, Marcia Gay Harden, and Brittany Murphy among a mostly female ensemble. Giovanni Ribisi and James Franco both play creepy, off-beat characters in the movie, which is not exactly a Christmas-time feelgood story.

In the holiday spirit though, Ribisi, who plays “Rudy” in the film says that he has a bigger than usual family gathering thanks to — of all things — divorce.

“Yeah, it’s mainly getting the [family together]. I come from a big Sicilian family and so it’s mainly just getting everybody together. And nowadays it’s this thing — maybe this is not a good thing to talk about but why not — the divorce rate is so high. People get divorced more often than they stay together so families go [makes big motion with hands]whoomp! Which maybe, I don’t know, I’m trying to be optimistic about that I think that’s maybe a good thing. So, we have big Christmases.”

Franco also goes home for Christmas, but he’s under pressure from family members to get married.

“I always go to see my parents, and my grandmother comes out. I have two brothers, but everybody’s a little old for the running out for Christmas morning. Someone needs to have kids soon, and I’m the oldest, but I spend time with my family.”

The Dead Girl is set for a limited release in theaters nationwide this Friday. Franco’s next project will be reprising his role as Harry Osborne in Spider-Man 3, and Ribisi’s next role is as “Miles Haley” in Perfect Stranger, due out April 13. Spider-Man 3 hits silver screens May 4.