James Franco in Flyboys Credit: MGM

We're locking eyes with two guys who look totally opposite but are equally adorable. Not too shabby. Hot James Franco of Spider-Man, Annapolis Tristan and Isolde fame, is dark and handsome. David Ellison, is the epitome of cute blonde, blue-eyed California surfer boy... only he's one of the top aerobatic pilots around and, at only 23, is one of Hollywood's youngest film producers. Oh, and he acts as well.

At the Santa Monica airport, press gathered in a hangar to talk with the stars and filmmakers of the new romantic action/adventure film Flyboys, a tale of the very first amazingly brave (and hot-looking) fighter pilots in the world; the World War I elite unit, the Lafayette Escadrille. We're talking good date movie here.

See, in 1916, there was a war in Europe against Germany and, before the U.S. got involved, some very young guys, looking for action and willing to fight for democracy, joined the French military, learned to fly tiny, very scary, very fragile bi-planes and the first "dogfights" in the air were born. Both Franco and Ellison are pilots. David has been flying since he was a kid and James learned for the film and now has his pilot's license. We had a fun chat with the duo about danger in the air while shooting, fun on the ground, tricks on horseback, working with lions and flying with The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds.