“I watched the movie by myself in a hotel room, which is not the way to watch that movie for the first time just because you want a group of people you can turn to and say ‘What the hell is going on?'” recalls Franco, reclined on a love seat in Midtown Manhattan. Cannes Film Festival 2023: Live Updates of All the Looks From Red Carpets, Arrivals and Photocallsįranco and his brother, James, are the stars of “The Disaster Artist,” a quirky biopic about the relationship between two best friends, actors Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau, who costar in “The Room.” The film is regarded - unofficially - as being the worst film ever made since its 2003 premiere.ĭirected by James in-character as the eccentric, long-haired Wiseau, “The Disaster Artist” is based on Sestero’s 2013 memoir “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Film Ever Made.” It marks Franco’s first major project with James, who called him after reading Sestero’s book several years ago and implored his younger brother - filming in Boston at the time - to watch “The Room.”
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