12 Huge Movie Mysteries That Are Still Unsolved

7. Where Does Tommy Wiseau's Money Come From? - The Disaster Artist

The Disaster Artist James Franco Seth Rogen
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Tommy Wiseau is an enigma wrapped in a mystery peppered with a mysterious accent and an enigmatic charisma that is as unsettling as it is entertaining. He's a modern wonder of the film-making world, having somehow conspired to make a movie as universally adored as it is universally lauded as one of the worst films ever. That's seriously impressive work.

It also seems to help Wiseau's idiosyncracies that people don't seem to know where he came from at all, not just geographically but in terms of his ability and resources to make a film. In an industry where money talks loudest, Wiseau was seemingly able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the biggest players and yet there's no hint of where his money came from - neither in The Disaster Artist or in real life. And presumably there's an awful lot of it.

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