![]() Shortly after becoming friends, Wiseau opened a stall at an indoor marketplace that sold an assortment of trinkets, ranging from clothing to key chains (in addition to the tried and tested bird toys). Who exactly Caffrey was is unknown – Sestero describes him as a father figure to Wiseau who was “central to his inimitable rise” – but his appearance coincided with a sudden uptake in Wiseau’s livelihood. His life is not easy, but it is a life – one that he has big ambitions for.Īnd then, upon meeting Drew Caffrey, everything changes. ![]() He supplements his income with various menial jobs such as one at a restaurant he’d first become acquainted with after being kicked out for using the bathroom without being a paying customer. Yes, Tommy Wiseau wasn’t his birth name). Before long, his business expands to include other items like toy birds, earning him the nickname “The Birdman” which later becomes the basis for his new legal name (Wiseau, derived from the French word oiseau, meaning bird. The job proves successful, leading to Wiseau going independent to maximize his profits. In need of money, he responds to an advert in the local paper looking for someone to sell yo-yos on Fisherman's Wharf, a busy neighborhood on the city’s northern waterfront where tourists can get picturesque views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. The secretive nature of the film’s director-producer-writer-lead actor-executive producer means we will probably never get a solid answer, but several theories have emerged to illuminate one of modern cinema's most enigmatic figures.Īccording to Wiseau ( by way of Sestero), his rise to power began in the late 1970s following his relocation to San Francisco. However, the most interesting part was that Wiseau funded the entire budget himself, leading to the obvious question of how he earned such wealth. The Room cost $6 million, a frankly ridiculous amount for something that looks as bad as this, although the reason for much of it can be placed on its high cast and crew turnover and Wiseau’s ignorance about serving as an effective producer (alongside the infamous “Evil Man” billboard that cost upwards of $300,000). Appropriate for a film that can only be watched in a state of wide-eyed perplexity, the behind-the-scenes details prove equally as fascinating – in fact, they’re even stranger. Why Tommy Wiseau made any of the creative decisions that he did would be the obvious place to start, but there’s so much more to this critical dumpster fire turned ironic classic than what we saw onscreen. ![]() There are a lot of questions surrounding The Room. ![]()
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