Video sneak peek: James Franco and Anne Hathaway as Oscar co-hosts

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James Franco and Anne Hathaway display an awkward chemistry full of playful, gee-whiz charm in this Oscar promo video. Hathaway has strong faith in that pairing to prevail on Feb. 27. She reveals that she initially turned down the job of co-hosting before she heard that she’d share the stage with Franco.

‘I got the call and they asked me to do it and they said, ‘We want you to host with someone, but we don’t know who,’’ she reveals. ‘I did say, ‘No,’ but then I heard that you [Franco] said ‘Yes,’ then I thought that is kind of crazy enough that it could work!’

‘I pulled her in!’ he gushes.

‘He pulled me in! James Franco, you have the power!’

-- Tom O’Neil