Vanity Fair’s 2018 Hollywood Portfolio issue was originally slated to fit 13 stars, but the cover of the magazine that hit stands looks very different. The magazine made the decision to remove James Franco from the cover after allegations of sexual exploitation and coercion surfaced earlier this month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Franco had already been shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz and interviewed for the piece when the scandal broke. Given the piece’s angle, regarding the #MeToo movement and a year of massive shifts in Hollywood, however, Franco’s inclusion was deemed inappropriate. The three-panel cover, which this year features the 12 stars plus departing Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, is typically a digital collage of several photographs, so Franco’s removal did not require a reshoot.
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