"THE ROOM" Interviews & Reviews

Adam Spiegelman, Tommy Wiseau, robyn paris
"THE ROOM" Interviews & Reviews Podcast

Interviews include Tommy Wiseau, Phillip Halderman who played Denny, dan janjigian who played Chris-R and Robin Paris who was Lisa’s frisky best friend. Plus a controversial interview with the man who claims he was real director of the movie (played by Seth Rogen in "The Disaster Artist") and the director of the great Documentary, "Room Full of Spoons."

Episodes

  1. 27/04/2011

    The “Real” Disaster Artist, Sandy Schklair

    Listen Here (YouTube clip below) to all the secrets of the “The Disaster Artist.”  More inside stories one of the crew members of “The Room.” Sandy Schklair, played by Seth Rogan in The Disaster Artist, claims  that when he was hired for this vanity project he was asked to “Tell the actors where to go and to call ‘action’ and ‘cut.” Sandy never thought the movie would be seen, by anyone. Faster than you can say “Springtime for Hitler,” “The Room” is an international hit and Tommy is taking all the credit. Sandy sits down with host Adam Spiegelman (ME!) ( “The Room” t-shirts! Buy them here. A portion goes to the podcast!)    Adam Spiegelman and spills all the behind the scenes details of the movie that was never meant to be. Fans, get ready! 93% of your questions about the film are answered. If you’ve never seen the film you’ll love the tale of how this movie got made. If you have any other questions or any comments about Sandy or the show, email us at proudpod@gmail.com or leave a message on our hotline, (646) 481-5476. (Buy hilarious “The Room” t-shirts! Support the podcast and blog.)  something nice about our show on iTunes. Come on, don’t be chicken, Cheep cheep cheep We recorded during Sandy’s lunch break on the Paramount lot. We’re in a tent, but you can still hear the wind flying by and workers working. I tried to cut out my audio when Sandy was talking to cut down on the background noise.  Thanks to the sound crew at “Supah Ninjas” for recording the interview. – Adam More podcast episodes and blog posts about “The Room.” The Director of “Room Full of Spoons” the Room doc – Rick Harper I talk to the man who made the great unreleased doc, “Room Full of Spoons.” A movie about The Room that Tommy tried to block several times. Here’s a review I did with Mike White (The Projection Booth) of “Room Full of Spoons.” Review of “Room Full of Spoons” More: “The Room” video game! Play this 8-bit masterpiece! The person behind “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the pre-quel. A print interview with a strange and talented fanatical fan. Two newcomers give their reaction to “The Room.”

  2. 28/09/2011

    The Tommy Wiseau Interview!

    Tommy Wiseau interview! This Tommy Wiseau interview was mostly him promoting his new web series. Which is fine. It’s a funny interview.  You can watch his show below.  Tommy won’t answer any of the questions about the movie. He would only promote this terrible show about playing video games. So I asked him his favorite games and he wouldn’t tell me. I finally just started and ended each sentence by plugging his book. Then I gave him a big compliment and he turned around. If you are looking for an interview with Tommy Wiseau that will explain the film, good luck finding one. This interview is pure Tommy fun. If you listen carefully enough, you can hear my head explode. Before watching “The Disaster Artist” listen to an interview with the real man! The writer, director, star of the “Citizen Kane of Bad Films” talks about the musical version of his cult hit “The Room,” the violence is in all of us and what he really thinks of the “mainstream press.” Normally super secretive about his past,  he also accidentally revealed he summered in Hawaii growing up. This Tommy Wiseau interview was mostly him promoting his new web series. Which is fine. It’s a funny interview.  You can watch his show below. LINKS TO MORE “THE ROOM” STUFF : Meet the man who claims he really directed “The Room” Play “The Room” Video Game!   Read Fan Fiction! And the man behind it. Hear a Review from wikipedia – The Disaster Artist is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film produced and directed by James Franco. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the film is based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell‘s non-fiction book of the same nameand chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau‘s 2003 cult film The Room. The film stars James and Dave Franco as Wiseau and Sestero respectively, alongside a supporting cast featuring Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver. Principal photography began on December 8, 2015. A work-in-progress cut of the film had its world premiere at a title="South by Southwest" href="https://en.

  3. 19/03/2013

    Denny/Philip Haldiman Interview

    The Denny from “The Room,” Philip Haldiman, interview. Philip Haldiman went on a blind audition for a movie he thought no one would see and it ended up as the biggest cult movie of the 21st century. Philip talks about auditioning for “The Room,” acting in the movie and getting non-direction from Tommy Wiseau. Philip talks about creating a character out of nothing, only because Tommy didn’t give him anything. Find out what “Denny” is doing now.   Philip talks about auditioning for “The Room,” acting in the movie and getting non-direction from Tommy Wiseau. Philip talks about creating a character out of nothing, only because Tommy didn’t give him anything. Find out what “Denny” is doing now. Now Philip Haldiman has written a comic book, “My Big Break” about his experience. Which is good, because I hate to read.  I like pictures. Here’s Philip Haldiman’s promo video: We did the interview on Skype so we have video chat. I’ll put it up on YouTube soon.   Philip Haldiman’s ‘My Big Break’ Comic Book Trailer from Bob Marquis on Vimeo.         This is an amazing fan theory I recently found on Reddit. Check it out. Here’s part of it to get you interested in going to Reddit. The Room (2003) – Denny is actually a cat submitted 2 years ago by postslikeagirl   Let’s start at the beginning. When Denny first appears, he seemingly invites himself in to Johnny and Lisa’s apartment, yet they are unperturbed and seem happy to see him. The couple then tells Denny that they are going to go upstairs for some personal time, but they don’t ask Denny to leave. Clearly, Denny has some sort of casual residence status here, as he is free to come and go as he pleases and hang out when nobody is around. But his true cat tendencies come out when he awkwardly follows Johnny and Lisa upstairs and joins them on the bed. This is unacceptable behavior for a human, but standard procedure for a cat. In fact, this is often a topic of discussion among cat owners! And who else has a staring problem? Yep, you guessed it. At another point in the movie, Denny again shows up uninvited and proceeds to sit underneath the window even though a nearby cha

    41 min
  4. 22/03/2016

    Tommy Wiseau Revealed in “Room Full of Spoons”

    Tommy Wiseau made a movie so bad, there’s a 2 hour doc about it. And there are two 45 minute podcast about the doc. On a special joint Proudly Resents/Projection Booth crossover, Mike White joins Adam to talk about Room Full of Spoons, a documentary from Rick Harper that chronicles the making and impact of Tommy Wiseau’s magnum opus, The Room. This doc answers all the questions you can ever have about the movie “The Room.” Mike and I talk about the actual movie “The Room,” Tommy Wiseau and the doc itself. Links: Visit the official Room Full of Spoons website Buy The Disaster Artist by Greg Sistero Buy The Room on DVD Buy the Rifftrax version of The Room Visit the official The Room website Play The Room video game     Listen to The Projection Booth’s version of this show, which includes an interview with Rick Harper, the director of “Room Full of Spoons.”  Proudly Resents Room Episodes: Philip Halderman: Tommy Wiseau: Sandy Schklair: The Room: Watch:    About Room Full of Spoons: SYNOPSIS Room Full of Spoons is an in depth documentary about the cult film that is widely accepted as the worst film ever made: The Room, and it’s eccentric creator Tommy Wiseau. Referred to as “The Citizen Kane of bad movies” by Entertainment Weekly, The Room grossed only $1800 during it’s initial box office run. Against all odds, Mr. Wiseau’s disastrous film found a new life on the midnight movie circuit and now plays to audiences around the world making it one of the most adored and important films in popular culture. Follow Rick Harper and his team on their journey across the Globe as they experience this midnight movie phenomenon, meet with the entire cast and crew of the The Room and piece together the story behind the mysterious Tommy Wiseau. // // // //

    45 min
  5. 29/03/2017

    Is Tommy Wiseau Scared of Rick Harper?

    “The Room” is fully exposed in Rick Harper’s doc “Room Full of Spoons.”   Find out a   bout the legal feud with Tommy, their strange friendship, where Tommy is actually from, how much work did it take to find his home town, and what Rick thinks of James Franco’s new movie “The Masterpiece.” RICK REVEALS WHERE TOMMY IS FROM! Rick Harper is a filmmaker who likes many became obsessed with what’s been considered, the Citizen Kane of bad films, called “The Room.” The movie is about a man betrayed by his best friend and his future wife. Turns out, the story behind the story is even more fascinating. The most interesting person in this is the film’s director, Tommy Wiseau. Rick spent over five years and $100,00 of his own money to make the definitive document in the room.his fascinating documentary, “room full of spoons” is available on Roomfullofspoons.com. Interviews:  Tommy Wiseau! “Denny” – Philip Haldiman The man who claims he directed “The Room.” More: Play “The Room” video game! Review of “Room Full of Spoons” The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the pre-quel. Two newcomers give their reaction to “The Room.” Review from IMDB.com I had no idea of what the hell I was gonna watch… a documentary about the worst movie ever??? Can it be good or will it be bad as the movie? Well this documentary is great, and even if it is 2 hrs long, it doesn’t feel like 2 hrs… I guaranteed that you will laugh will watching, and then you will for sure make at least one research on Google to know more about the movie The Room even if pretty much all the topics are covered in the documentary. It also demonstrate the great quality that an independent studio can deliver as a final product… It can be easily compared to big production documentaries. It is easy to follow since the story line is well written and the different topics are well presented. Nice jobs made by the production. Great time guaranteed to watch with your friends!

    42 min
  6. 27/12/2017

    “The Disaster Artist” The Real Sandy Schklair

    Sandy Schklair wrote the book, “Yes, I Directed The Room” to let you know just that. I interviewed the script supervisor and controversial director in his home about what it was like to see his life on the big screen in the new James Franco movie, “The Disaster Artist” and being played by a movie star, Seth Rogan. Sandy explains why he feels he directed the film, why he deserves credit and what that means to him. He also clears up some discrepancies in the movie “The Disaster Artist.” Sandy Schklair also tells some great behind the scenes stories including the origin of the spoon. Check out lots more in Sandy’s book, “Yes, I directed the Room.” I want to thank Sandy and Dina for doing the interview and Rick Harper and Alexandre Royal Pelletier for setting it up. Well, what do you think? Did Sandy direct the movie and if so, so what? What did you think of The Disaster Artist. This is the second interview I did with Sandy. Listen to it to see some contradictions. Let me know what you think – @proudlyresents on Twitter or email me at Reachadam@mac.com. Other “The Room” related interviews: Proudly Resents Room Episodes: Sandy Schklair’s first interview: Philip Halderman: Tommy Wiseau: Newcomers review of The Room:               Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons” More fun stuff: Play “The Room” video game! Review of “Room Full of Spoons” The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the pre-quel. Leave a donation – Keep the lights on! Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever. Before you go – Quick question – do you wear shirts? Sure we all do. But why not wear cool, fun, funny shirts from the leader in cool shirts, busted Tees. Get great The Room, Star Wars or just something awesome. This isn’t just a public service announcement about keeping warm – every shirt you buy – this podcast gets a keep back!   Click here for the shirt wearing extravaganza.

    55 min
  7. 12/01/2018

    THE ROOM ACTRESS ROBYN PARIS

    In this interview,” The Room” actress Robyn Paris, opens up about shooting the worst film ever, the awkward premiere and Tommy’s abusive behavior. Robyn claims that director Tommy Wiseau has actively gone out of his way to stop the former stars of his film from profiting from their “The Room” fame.”The Disaster Artist” could not tell everyone’s story of filming “The Room.” Here’s Robyn Paris’ story.   After the second actress playing “Lisa” was fired, Tommy Wiseau promoted Juliette Danielle from a smaller part to the female lead. So Robyn Paris got a frantic phone call from Greg Sestero asking how soon she could be on set. Robyn Paris had less than an hour to get on set, learn her lines and start shooting her infamous role as Michelle, a.k.a. “Chocolate Girl.”  Almost 10 years later the movie has gone mainstream and Robyn has launched a career as a writer/director. Robyn has been able to turn her turn as Michele into a career as a filmmaker. The actress has written and directed the “Funny or Die” web series, “The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page.  More “The Room” interviews below: Proudly Resents Room Episodes: Sandy Schklair’s first interview: Philip Halderman: Tommy Wiseau: Newcomers review of The Room: Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons” More fun stuff: Play “The Room” video game! Review of “Room Full of Spoons” The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the prequel.  Leave a donation – Keep the lights on! Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever.

    35 min
  8. 04/02/2018

    Dan Janjigian talks “The Room” & Chris-R

    Dan Janjigian didn’t just play Chris-R in “The Room” he’s an Olympic athlete, reality star and he was played by heart throb Zach Efron in the Oscar-nominated film “The Disaster Artist.’ But his teenage daughter is still not impressed. Listen to the interview. Dan’s Official Chris-R Etsy account! Dan’s Official Chris-R Facebook Page Welcome to Proudly Resents. The obsessive podcast about cult movies. Today it’s all about “The Room.” I’m talking with the man who played drug dealer with a black beanie and absolutely no patients, Chris-R. I’ve been obsessed with the movie the room since I saw it at a midnight screening in 2004. So it’s so exciting to see it go mainstream. I still think it’s cool. Tommy impressions have replaced Borat impressions with the office goofball. I’ve been lucky enough to record interviews with Tommy Wiseau, Denny Aka Phill ip, Lisa’s frisky best friend aka Robin Paris and script supervisor Sandy Schklair with his controversial interview.   Robin was the one who put me in touch with today’s guest Chris-R himself, Dan Janjigian. Dan is not just Chris-R, but you’ll hear about his Olympic career   and his wife’s unusual profession. Got to Proudlyresents.com/Chris-r to find links to his site and Facebook pages. Also, you’ll find interviews with other Room actors include Tommy Wiseau, Phillip Halderman who played Denny and Robin Paris who was Lisa’s frisky best friend. Plus a controversial interview with the man who claims he was real director of the movie. You can also find past episodes, make a donation, contact me or but a very cool well-made t-shirt from Busted Tees. We get a piece of the action. If you haven’t worn a shirt before, wow, trust me, a game changer. And you can get into better restaurants. Thanks to dan for that great interview. Go to Proudlyresents.com/chrisr to find links to things he was talking about. Plus you can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  find past interviews and reviews, leave a donation or buy a shirt.  Have you thought more about this wearing a shirt thing? It’s highly recommended. And if you must wear a shirt, why not wear a cool with your favorite movie on it. The room, Star Wars, Stranger Things… Oh yeah, that cool. There’s a banner ad on the website or got to pr.shirts. I’ve done over 200 episodes so I spit it up on Apple podcasts into different categories. There’s Proudly Resents Bad movie recaps where hilarious comedian talks about terrible movies, PR Interviews – with people like Bobcat Goldthwait and Lloyd Kaufman. And Pr The Room – with interviews with actors and behind the scenes actors from the movie.   Thanks to Robin Paris for putting this together. You can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  on YouTube. Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page.  More “The Room” interviews below:   Proudly Resents Room Episodes: Tommy Wiseau: Sandy Schklair’s first interview: Philip Halderman: She played Lisa’s mom. The results are in! Robyn Paris – played Lisa’s best friend. Was stalked by Tommy IRL Tommy sued Rick Harper for making a tell all doc about The Room. “Room Full of Spoons” director tells all More fun stuff:

    39 min
  9. 20/02/2018

    “The Room’s” Carolyn Minnott Interview (Lisa’s mom)

    Carolyn Minnott played the mom in “The Room,” you know the one who drops the bomb that she has cancer, but it never comes up again? Carolyn gives her side of the story and dishes the dirt about being in the worst movie ever made. Hear more interviews below. Welcome to Proudly Resents. The obsessive podcast about cult movies. Today it’s all about the Room. The Room is considered the Citizen Kane of bad films. Check out past episodes where I talk to other actors from the film and the director Tommy Wiseau. Today I have the pleasure to talk to the woman who played a character that definitely had cancer. It’s official, I’m talking to Carolyn Minnott. I’ve been lucky enough to record interviews with Tommy Wiseau, Denny Aka Phillip, Lisa’s frisky best friend aka Robin Paris and script supervisor Sandy Schklair with his controversial interview.   Song, Baby in a Bar at the end of the show is by Rob Paravonian  You can also find past episodes, make a donation, contact me or but a very cool well-made t-shirt from Busted Tees. We get a piece of the action. If you haven’t worn a shirt before, wow, trust me, a game changer. And you can get into better restaurants. Have you thought more about this wearing a shirt thing? It’s highly recommended. And if you must wear a shirt, why not wear a cool with your favorite movie on it. The room, Star Wars, Stranger Things… Oh yeah, that cool. There’s a banner ad on the website or got to pr.shirts. I’ve done over 200 episodes so I spit it up on Apple podcasts into different categories. There’s Proudly Resents Bad movie recaps where hilarious comedian talks about terrible movies, PR Interviews – with people like Bobcat Goldthwait and Lloyd Kaufman. And Pr The Room – with interviews with actors and behind the scenes actors from the movie. Thanks to Robin Paris for putting this together. You can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  on YouTube. Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page.  More “The Room” interviews below:   Proudly Resents Room Episodes: Tommy Wiseau: Sandy Schklair’s first interview: Philip Halderman: Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons” The Man who played Chris-R More fun stuff: Newcomers review of The Room: Play “The Room” video game! Review of “Room Full of Spoons” The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the prequel.  Leave a donation – Keep the lights on! Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever.

    39 min

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Interviews include Tommy Wiseau, Phillip Halderman who played Denny, dan janjigian who played Chris-R and Robin Paris who was Lisa’s frisky best friend. Plus a controversial interview with the man who claims he was real director of the movie (played by Seth Rogen in "The Disaster Artist") and the director of the great Documentary, "Room Full of Spoons."

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