Sestero approves of how The Disaster Artist told his story, telling the Calgary Harold, “For me, with my love of storytelling, it was just a chance to take something that was considered terrible and turn it into something redeemable. Wiseau also has a cameo, so it's clear that Franco wasn't making fun of the two men but more so attempting to understand them and the film they made, particularly Wiseau. Sestero was even involved in the creation of Franco's film, making a cameo as an assistant casting director in the new movie. But just how accurate is The Disaster Artist? Given that Sestero both observed the entire creation of The Room from start to finish, the movie based on his material tells the true story of what some call the worst film ever made. It was Sestero's book that inspired James Franco to make a movie about Wiseau's cataclysmic flop.

Actor Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar and longtime best friend, recounts the film's bizarre journey to infamy, unraveling mysteries for fans (like, who is Steven? And what's with that hospital on Guerrero Street?)-as well as the most important question: how the hell did a movie this awful ever get made? But more than just a riotously funny story about cinematic hubris, ' The Disaster Artist is one of the most honest books about friendship I've read in years' ( Los Angeles Times).It's hard to get through a viewing of Tommy Wiseau's self-produced movie, The Room, without thinking, 'Is this guy for real?' Luckily for everyone, Wiseau's friend, Greg Sestero wrote all about the making of the director's failed attempt at making a romantic drama in his 2014 book, The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Room,’ the Greatest Bad Film Ever Made. Hailed by The Huffington Post as 'possibly the most important piece of literature ever printed,' The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of a deliciously awful cinematic phenomenon as well as the story of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Years later, it's an international cult phenomenon, whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons. Described by one reviewer as 'like getting stabbed in the head,' the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. In 2003, an independent film called The Room-starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau-made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. New York Times bestseller- now a major motion picture directed by and starring James Franco!įrom the actor who somehow lived through it all, a 'sharply detailed.funny book about a cinematic comedy of errors' ( The New York Times): the making of the cult film phenomenon The Room.

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