In a recent interview with South China Morning Post, Franco revealed that Bryan Cranston, his co-star in Why Him?, is set to appear in The Masterpiece.
“It took eight months for [Why Him?] to go ahead and I asked Bryan to play Sheriff in In Dubious Battle, and then I directed The Masterpiece and he did that too.
I asked if he would play himself, and he actually plays a version of himself from the early 2000s, so it’s Bryan Cranston from Malcolm in the Middle.
This includes his upcoming film, The Masterpiece, a comedic look behind-the-scenes of Tommy Wiseau’s disastrous 2003 drama, The Room.