The Disaster Artist
[ SPOILERS forThe Disaster Artist ’s post - credits view ahead . ]
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James Franco’sThe Disaster Artistincludes a Marvel - style post - credits view in which Franco come face - to - face with Tommy Wiseau . Directed by and star Franco , The Disaster Artistchronicles the making of Wiseau’sThe Room , one of the most infamous bad motion-picture show of all - fourth dimension .
Franco is garneringOscar buzzfor his performance as Wiseau , a singularly strange individual who somehow or other was able to arrange financing for his feature article filmThe Room , a motion picture so bad it drop dead on to become a cult sensation . No unknown to weirdness himself , Franco hold back hisdead - on Wiseau accentall the time he was directingThe Disaster Artist . Franco ’s committal to impersonate Wiseau even extends to merchandising , with billboard being erected thatmimic theRoombillboardWiseau inflicted on motorists push back on Hollywood ’s Highland Avenue . Wiseau himself has given Franco ’s movie his99.9 % seal - of - approval , his only protest being a problem with the light early in the movie .
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Uniquely for a flick that is not a comic rule book pic or blockbuster , The Disaster Artistincludes a post - credits ticket , and this is a picture audience probably wo n’t desire to miss ( viaThe Wrap ) . In the scene , James Franco as Wiseau comes case - to - face with Wiseau himself , playing a character advert Henry . The two Wiseaus get involved in a little verbal spar , during which Franco makes fun of Wiseau ’s famously distinctive accent mark and his claim that he is from New Orleans ( Wisesau sounds nothing like someone from New Orleans , and in fact is from Eastern Europe ) .
AsDisaster Artistwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber revealed toThe Wrap , the weird post - mention tag was included to satisfy a stipulation added by Wiseau during life history right negotiation with James Franco . Wiseau enunciate he would only allow his story to be told if he got to move in a scene with Franco , but since it was deemed unacceptable to function Wiseau into the actual plot of the movie , the only solution was to film a standalone scene and baste it on to the end . Always ikon - witting ( sometimes to his own hurt ) , Wiseau also made indisputable he got to pick his own composition and hair for his cameo .
According to Weber , audiences not expecting a wonder - like post - credits scenery have been allow during the reference , missing out on the humorous tatter which he says is up there with theHoward the Duckscene fromGuardians of the Galaxy . Post - credits scene are generally employed by blockbuster films to rally future pic , but in the vitrine ofThe Disaster Artist , the tag end is only a zinger tot to make Tommy Wiseau happy .
Thanks to Franco and his potentially Oscar - worthyThe Disaster Artist , the enigmatical Wiseau ’s space in cinematic history has been firmly cemented … for better or worse .
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Source : The Wrap