The Disaster Artist: 10 Biggest Book Omissions
The true story behind The Room is even weirder than you think.
Between the laugh-out-loud comedy, the serious, heartfelt moments, and James Franco's incredible performance as the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau, The Disaster Artist is a pretty good time.
The film is based on the book of the same name by Greg Sestero - Tommy's co-star in The Room and best friend - in which he describes in vivid detail the bizarre experience of both meeting Tommy and working on the infamous The Room.
Just like most films that are based on a book and/or based on a true story, the movie adaptation of The Disaster Artist definitely takes some liberties for the sake of storytelling. Some things were drastically changed, but other things were left out of the movie entirely.
In The Disaster Artists' case, some of the things that were left out were incredibly important to the real-life story. And while the Franco brothers managed to create a fantastic film with everything they did decide to include, there are certain things that happened you should also be aware of if you want the full story of how such a bizarre film like The Room came into existence.
10. Greg And Tommy Go To The Palm
The very first chapter of Greg Sestero's book tells the story of when he and Tommy Wiseau went to Hollywood's famous Palm restaurant together one week before production of The Room began.
It's a real shame that this was excluded from the film, as this entire scene is quintessential Tommy Wiseau, and did a fantastic job at setting the tone for the entire book.
Sestero entered the restaurant with Wiseau, who was dressed so incredibly weirdly that everyone in sight was staring. Wiseau then gave several fake names to the hostess until he finally landed on the name of someone who had a reservation, took their table, then demanded a booth once they got to the table.
Wiseau then proceeded to order a glass of hot water, scare off two women who had taken an interest in Sestero, then, when it came time to pay for the meal, threw a fit when the waiter asked to see his I.D. (declaring that he had "a right under law of California"), only relenting when he was threatened with having the police called.
The Disaster Artist did a fantastic job at portraying Wiseau's bizarre nature, but seeing this scene in live-action would have been nothing short of magical.