SAN JOSE, Calif. — Greg Sestero can’t get away from making bad movies, he’s actually proud to say. He’s talking about movies that boast outrageous story lines, insane characters and such a miraculous embrace of schlock, exploitation and humor that they are truly fun to watch.
The Alamo-reared actor, writer and first-time director became a figure in Hollywood lore for starring in “The Room,” the famously 2003 so-bad-it’s-good cult classic. Sestero gained more cinephile cred when “The Disaster Artist,” his 2013 New York Times best-selling book about the making of “The Room” — “the greatest bad movie ever made” — was transformed into a critically acclaimed 2017 film by the same name.
Audiences were charmed by the story Sestero told about his unlikely friendship with Tommy Wiseau, “The Room’s” eccentric writer-director-star, and the joys of being creatively audacious.
