Greg Sestero on The Worst Movie Of All Time "THE ROOM" - 20 Years Later

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Today's guest is Greg Sestero. Greg is an actor, writer, director and the bestselling author of the book "The Disaster Artist" about his role in the cult classic "The Room" with Tommy Wiseau. He joins Chris Van Vliet at his home in Los Angeles to reflect on "The Room" 20 years after making it, his interesting relationship with the film's writer/director/star Tommy Wiseau, how being part of that movie changed his life, dealing with fans, some of the crazy plot points, making his directorial debut with his new movie called "Miracle Valley" and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blit!
0:07.9	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:11.4	I'm Chris VanVlee.
0:12.1	Thank you so much for being with us, my friends, as I get to talk to one of the stars of one of my favorite movie experiences of all time, The Room.
0:21.6	And yes, I said movie experiences because that's exactly what it is.
0:26.4	If you've seen the 2003 film The Room, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
0:31.6	It's become like a rocky horror picture show type of thing where you go to midnight screenings, dressed up in costumes, you throw things
0:38.8	at the screen.
0:40.1	It's just so much fun.
0:41.7	Here's the thing.
0:42.9	The movie itself, you saw the title of this podcast, the movie itself is not good.
0:48.5	In fact, it's been called the Citizen Kane of Bad Movies.
0:52.6	And that's exactly why this movie is so good and why the experience
0:57.3	is so good. Sometimes you're laughing with the movie. Other times, a lot of times, actually,
1:04.0	you're laughing at the movie. Greg Sesteros stars in this film. He wrote a book about his experience
1:10.2	called The Disaster
1:11.2	Artist, which became a best-selling book and also an Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning
1:17.5	film with James Franco, Dave Franco, and Seth Rogan. Perhaps you've heard of it. Perhaps you've
1:23.2	seen it. That's an amazing film. The Room is also an amazing film, but just for other reasons. And I mentioned it during this interview, but I think it's the move of it. That's an amazing film. The Room is also an amazing film, but just for other reasons.
1:28.9	And I mentioned it during this interview, but I think it's the movie I've seen more than any
1:33.7	other movie, which is crazy to think about that. Such an honor to have Greg in my house to chat
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