• Greg Sistero releases tell all book, 'The Disaster Artist'
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A memoir written by everyone's second favourite actor in everyone's favourite bad film, contains a very interesting and strange insight into the warped mind of Mr Wiseau[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/the-disaster-artist-greg-sestero_n_4032071.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy"] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/the-disaster-artist-greg-sestero_n_4032071.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy[/URL] [quote]In the original draft of the [I]Room[/I] script, the stage direction reads: “JOHNNY OPENS THE DOOR TO THE ROOF ACCESS. MARK IS SITTING THERE.” Tommy had decided this wasn’t dramatic or emotional enough, especially now that he’d rewritten his script to include scenes in which Lisa claims to others that Johnny has abused her. To establish that Johnny is incapable of abuse, Tommy con- cocted a new opening for this scene, in which Johnny steps onto the Rooftop saying, “It’s not true! I did not hit her! It’s bullshit! I did not.” After which comes this: “Oh, hi, Mark.” There are seventeen words in this sequence. Eleven of them are nonrecurring; only one carries the burden of a second syllable. In other words, these are not terribly dif- ficult lines to learn. Sandy had blocked the scene so that Tommy would emerge from the outhouse; hit his mark on the second “I did not”; look up; nail his eyeline; say, “Oh, hi, Mark”; and walk off camera to where we, the audience, imagine Mark to be sitting. Most school plays contain scenes that pose bigger technical acting challenges. Tommy couldn’t remember his lines. He couldn’t hit his mark. He couldn’t say “Mark.” He couldn’t walk. He couldn’t find his eye- line. He would emerge from the outhouse mumbling, lost, and dis- oriented. He looked directly into the camera. He swore. He exploded at a crew member for farting: “Please don’t do this ridiculous stuff. It’s disgusting like hell.” Sandy stood there so openmouthed that it looked as if he were waiting for someone to lob something nutritive at him. Finally Tommy commanded me to sit off camera, hoping that my becoming his living eye line would help him. It didn’t. Everything be- came infectiously not-funny funny. People were turning away from the set, their faces constipated with laughter they dared not release. Tommy didn’t notice any of this. He was locked into a scene and a moment he couldn’t bring to life. It was as horrifyingly transfixing as watching a baby crawl across the 405 freeway. We were all waiting for a miracle.[/quote]
I knew this movie was bad... but not [I]this[/I] bad during production
[quote]If you can, I implore you to watch this scene. It’s seven seconds long. Three hours. Thirty-two takes. And it was only the second day of filming.[/quote] Oh my god.
It sounds like working on a Kubrick film...IN HELL! edit: The water bottle bit is comedy gold. "nothing scared Tommy more than having to pay someone for permission to use a logo." lol
He's coming to San Jose later this month to talk about his book and bunch of other cool stuff ! Can't wait ask him"oh hi mark"
[QUOTE=pyschomc;42450189]He's coming to San Jose later this month to talk about his book and bunch of other cool stuff ! Can't wait ask him"oh hi mark"[/QUOTE] Get a football signed by him
[QUOTE=Toats MaGoats;42450299]Get a football signed by him[/QUOTE] Haha, actually when I saw him last year he was only signing "official The Room: The Movie brand footballs" (which he called basketballs a few times). Sestero was a really chill guy though, and he signed pretty much whatever we gave him. He also apologized for Tommy being kind of a douche, which was really unexpected. He's just a really awesomely nice guy.
[quote]He did not hit her, he did nawwwwwt.[/quote] It's more like [I]naaaahhhht.[/I]
From what I've heard, Greg has a really chill attitude about the whole movie. He's also the only member of both cast and crew who still willingly associates/hangs out with Tommy Wiseau, which really says a lot about him as a person.
I want to buy this book now.
Oh my god, read his twitter. Its amazing. "Limits are only limits when they limit what you can do for you self...Try and reach beyond your limits and everything becomes without limits" "like I say everyone can do anything that is in your future just try and it will be yours forever,,, I did not try for this,, not ment for me" "The star war would of been a dream" "People like sayings from The Room. But I will never tear anyone apart. Please" fucking incredible [editline]8th October 2013[/editline] [url]https://twitter.com/TommyWiseau[/url] [editline]8th October 2013[/editline] "How do delete tweets"
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