Tommy Wiseau And Greg Sestero Interview: Best F(r)iends, Dead Bodies And Imagine Dragons
JB: Just moving slightly on, in the movie it's mentioned that Harvey's favourite band is The Rolling Stones, and music in general plays a huge role in creating the atmosphere of the movie. Which artists are you both into in real life, and how do you think that played into the end result?
GS: I mean I love Hans Zimmer's scores, you think of your favourite films and the music is such a huge part of that. So I listened to a lot of the soundtracks of those films that I mentioned, like Nightcrawler and Drive and It Follows. I think the music is there to create a world for the audience to slip into, and so the music is the gateway to that. And we were very lucky that we had Daniel Platzman from Imagine Dragons, who stepped in and was fully on board to capture the wackiness of the story, and I think his score is a great blend of all those style.
TW: Yeah, here I think the music is very important, especially in movies, score or otherwise. So, to capture it and have chemistry between actors and then you put in the music and then, you know, it flow pretty well within Best F(r)iends.
JB: Was it difficult to approach Best F(r)iends as its own unique thing while also being aware of the expectations fans had for your previous work, be it The Room or Neighbors. How did you make this new while still staying true to those fans?
GS: Well I got a certain feeling when I worked on The Disaster Artist about the story of our friendship. Those chapters of the book felt like their own film, and I was much more drawn to the uniqueness of the friendship and these weird stories Tommy and I had. So I kind of wanted more of that, and so I wasn't really thinking about The Room at all when I was writing this script.
In fact, I was thinking of Tommy as a mortician living in L.A., having been connected to the Black Dahlia murder and all that. It was very much something which was its own L.A. underground story, and it wasn't about Hollywood or The Room or any of that. So really I think the goal was to go out and make a film that would appeal to fans obviously, because you make movies for your fans first, but also give them something that they wouldn't expect. So my goal was to go in and try to be sincere in making something fresh and unique, keeping your audience in mind, but just kind of go in a different direction from The Room.
TW: Hopefully Best F(r)iends is a unique project and something different, and I notice people enjoy to watch it and hopefully everybody can see it and have fun with it.
JB: I think it definitely excels as it's own thing and is really, really enjoyable on its own even without, you know, The Room and the past 15 years. Are you going to make us wait another 15 years before you get together and do something again?
TW: No, actually we're working on a new project as soon as. Work in progress right now, but hopefully, it will release soon.
JB: Well I'm really excited for that!
TW: [laughs]
JB: Thank you for talking to me guys, it's been a pleasure.