Rather, he found a personal connection to Wiseau through their shared affection for James Dean, and noted that it’s arguably just genetics that saw the two of them take very different paths in their careers (including actually playing Dean in the 2001 TV biopic James Dean).
I opened my interview noting just how little is known about the writer/director behind one of the most entertaining bad movies ever made, and James Franco expressed that he was never actually interested in answering the three biggest questions about the man.
I had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with both James and Dave Franco, the stars of The Disaster Artist, during the film’s press day in Los Angeles earlier this month, and a good portion of our conversation was spent discussing the mystery that is Tommy Wiseau.