The Disaster Artist: 10 Biggest Book Omissions

Patch Adams was not the only film Greg Sestero managed to land a part in in the early days of his career, as another experience he talks about at length in his book is when he got the lead role in the 1999 direct-to-video horror film Retro Puppet Master (the prequel to Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge.)

Apparently, convincing French accents are hard to come by in Hollywood, so despite the fact that the film's main character, André Toulon, is French, the casting directors simply asked that he be played by someone who could do an English accent.

However, tapping into his aforementioned French heritage, Sestero gave his audition in a French accent and was given the part on the spot. He was then flown out to Romania to shoot the movie.

This is a key moment in not only Sestero's pre-Room career, but also in the manifestation of Wiseau's apparent jealousy for Sestero's mild success, which is a common thread throughout the film adaptation of The Disaster Artist.

That said, Wiseau's jealousy didn't stop him from sending Sestero an encouraging (though arguably passive-aggressive) message to his hotel room when production on Retro Puppet Master wrapped.

How Wiseau managed to find out which hotel (and in which room) he was staying at, Sestero has no idea.