Tommy Wiseau initially wanted Johnny Depp to play him in The Disaster Artist, James Franco – who eventually landed the gig – has revealed.
And I had played James Dean [in a 2001 movie], so the two people he wanted were Johnny Depp or me, I guess.”
Having said that, Franco’s portrayal of The Room director and actor in the biographical comedy-drama film is evidently impressive; even Tommy Wiseau agrees in his “review”.
Wiseau is, of course, the creative behind “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room.