The Disaster Artist: 10 Biggest Book Omissions

To say that Tommy Wiseau is a mysterious man would be an understatement. However, in his book, Greg Sestero provides a detailed look behind the curtain based on stories that Wiseau himself told him about a boy named Pierre.

Pierre was a boy living in an Eastern Bloc country during the days of communism (it is commonly believed that Wiseau originally hails from Poland.) One day, Pierre peaked through the cracked door to a movie theater to catch a glimpse of the film 101 Dalmatians, which started his love of movies.

Pierre managed to escape to France, working a sketchy job as a dishwasher before the youth hostel he was staying at was involved in a drug raid, and Pierre was brutally beaten by police while being interrogated. He then decided it was time to go to America, and tracked down some relatives in Louisiana he could stay with.

Hey then worked as a street performer/vendor known as the "Birdman" until he had enough money to start his own business, amassing a significant amount of wealth while doing so, and finally deciding to make his dream of working in film a reality.

Sestero recalls seeing Tommy P. Wiseau sitting beside him at The Room's premiere and seeing the face of that boy who saw 101 Dalmatians all those years ago.

While The Disaster Artist film intentionally lets the mystery of Wiseau's past be just that, it might have been even more emotionally compelling than it already was had this story be put on the big screen.