The Room
Tommy Wiseau ab initio wanted Johnny Depp to play him inThe Disaster Artist , James Franco - who finally shoot down the fizgig - has revealed . Wiseau is , of course , the creative behind " the Citizen Kane of bad movies",The Room . A furor classic renowned for its all - out awfulness , the early friendship between Wiseau and Greg Sestero will be dramatized by Franco ’s new film .
James pen , directs and mavin inThe Disaster Artist , based on Sesterio ’s book on the product , work on with frequent pardner Seth Rogen and his immature comrade Dave . The Francos take on the leads of the project with James taking on Wiseau , while Dave portray Sestero . The film has earn corking early responses and could - ironically - push Franco into the Best Actor race at this year ’s Oscars .
Earlier this workweek , Dave and James were both in attending for a showing forThe Disaster Artist . During a post - viewing Q&A fortune ( via / Film ) , the older Franco recall an interesting conversation with Wiseau during the clock time when he was still courting the doer for his permission to do the pic , revealing Johnny Depp was his first option :
" We had to get his lifespan rights . So I did talk to him and Greg on the phone . He desire Johnny Depp . I laughed , and he was like , ‘ Why are you laughing ? ’ And I did n’t want to volunteer myself or my brother because we did n’t have a contract bridge , but Greg make for it up , and then Tommy was like , ‘ Yeah , perchance James . I see some of your stuff . You do some good thing , some speculative things . ’ And then what I get wind later is , he think he ’s James Dean . He famously quotes Rebel Without a Cause in The Room : ‘ You ’re tearing me asunder , Lisa ‘ is directly from Rebel Without a Cause … I think he really [ guess he ’s James Dean ] . And I had work James Dean [ in a 2001 movie ] , so the two multitude he desire were Johnny Depp or me , I hazard . "
It ’s not severe to imagine Depp as Wiseau , specially with the former ’s bent for being able to encounter unexpended - type characters who are still grounded and relatable - something that would have work swell with the narrative thatThe Disaster Artistis trying to tell . Having said that , Franco ’s portraiture ofThe Roomdirector and histrion in the biographic comedy - drama film is evidently impressive;even Tommy Wiseau concur in his " review " .
With a tight race when it follow to this year ’s Best Actor category control veterans like Tom Hanks ( The Post ) and Gary Oldman ( Darkest Hour ) , and perchance even Hugh Jackman ( The Greatest Showman ) , Franco has tough competition . Looking at the prominent word picture , it ’s not insufferable thatThe Disaster Artistcould be a darling of this upcoming laurels season given that the Academy having a indulgent daub for films that shine a public eye on the interior working of the manufacture .
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