And they were affected by it, and that’s important. Greg Sestero: I was nervous initially, but when we’ve shown it there’s been a lot of laughs in unique places, and I think, in the end, it left people shocked and with more questions. What’s the response to Best F(r)iends been so far? 25 release of Best F(r)iends Volume One (it comes in two parts), Sestero and Wiseau reflect on what’s changed 12 months on from The Disaster Artist’s famed midnight screening in Toronto, how they’re still touring the world to present The Room to its continually growing legion of international devotees, plans for a horror film and The Room’s Broadway musical (possibly two), and underwear, which Wiseau sells online as a sideline business. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in London to promote Lionsgate’s digital and on-demand Sept. Most notably, however, it isn’t just an attempt to mimic the innocent insanity of the film for which they’ll forever be known. Best F(r)iends, written by Sestero (who also co-wrote the book The Disaster Artist), is a dark, almost Lynchian and allegorical tale of their friendship and sees Wiseau play an eccentric mortician in a role that takes full advantage of his numerous peculiarities.
And its buzz saw a whole new generation of curious filmgoers compelled to discover The Room, which in January was given a special theatrical re-release.īut before The Disaster Artist had even been given its debut public viewing, Wiseau and Sestero had already reunited onscreen for their first feature in 15 years. But it did win a Golden Globe for Franco (Wiseau’s attempt to grab the mic on stage was arguably among the funniest moments of the entire awards season). James Franco’s chronicling of The Room’s notoriously shambolic creation and the unlikely alliance forged by Sestero and Wiseau, the long-haired, multiple belt-wearing and peculiarly accented figure still shrouded in his own self-styled mystery may not have garnered the Oscars attention once predicted. Once heroes only in the cult film world thanks to the “Citizen Kane of Bad Movies” that is 2003’s The Room, Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero last year found themselves thrust into the cinematic limelight amid the hype over A24’s comedy-drama The Disaster Artist.
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