10 Unbelievable Behind-The-Scenes Stories About The Room
It's one of the worst films ever made, but it has some of the best trivia.
What is there to say about The Room that hasn’t already been said?
The bad movie to end all bad movies first hit cinemas 15 years ago, and it has been 'entertaining' fans ever since.
Tommy Wiseau’s football-throwing, doggy-petting, quote-fest has its own unique place in cinema history and enjoys a cult following unlike any movie ever.
Fans know all the lines, all the big moments, and all of the times to throw spoons, but The Room has so many incredibly bizarre pieces of trivia to it, that even the most die-hard of fans don’t know the whole story behind one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic movies.
These facts are all absolutely unbelievable – for one reason or another – and prove that The Room is a total cinematic anomaly and one of the most interesting movies ever made.
Whether you enjoy this list with a glass of "scotchka" or chilling on a rooftop with Denny and Chris-R, we know that you're going to love every fact on this list. If you're fed up with this world, then this is the list to restore your faith in humanity.
10. It's Based On A 500 Page Book
If you want more Room, then don’t worry, there is plenty of it out there.
The Room’s mad-scientist creator, Tommy Wiseau, is an interesting man. This is as much of an understatement as saying that he is a good actor, a good director or a good dresser.
As you will find out over the course of this list, Wiseau did some very odd things during the making of The Room, but even before the movie was made, it’s clear that he was also making some very bizarre decisions.
After arriving in America from wherever (nobody knows for sure) in some year (again, no one is entirely sure), Wiseau first began work on The Room in 2001. Originally, the story was a stage play, set in a single room (do you get it?), but Wiseau decided that he wanted to take his creation to the next level.
Wiseau adapted his play into a book that was, according to Wiseau himself in a 2009 interview, over 500 pages long.
Rather unsurprisingly, Wiseau says that he is still waiting for someone to publish the book. He claims that one company did agree to publish it, but only if he shortened the book to 300 pages. Obviously, Wiseau subscribes to the J.R.R. Tolkien school of thought that more pages is better, because he refused.
Maybe one day this book will see the light of day and, if it does, you be sure it will top the bestsellers lists all over the world.