As one would imagine, seeing an actor go "full method" in a role is deeply unsettling. On set for Lincoln, Method Actor Daniel Day-Lewis insisted on being called "Mr. President" and during The Crucible he only got around by riding a horse. For Suicide Squad, Method Actor Jared Leto sent his co-stars stupid presents; he also blinded himself on set for Blade Runner 2049. It's intense stuff!

And Method Actor James Franco had a similarly annoying, albeit much more hilarious, intensity while filming The Disaster Artist—his upcoming comedy about the making of The Room. He plays eccentric and delusional director Tommy Wiseau, and Franco stayed in character the whole time on set. And co-star and producer Seth Rogen couldn't even handle it.

"I couldn't deal with it, straight up, for the first two days," Rogen said during a panel this weekend. "People would come up and ask me, 'Where's James?' And I was always like, 'He's right fucking there!' ... My grandmother came out and she just did not get what the fuck was happening She was walking around like, 'I thought James was in the movie?' I never explained it to her."

Poor Grandma Rogen! Anyway, Franco's intensity might have been ridiculous, but it only adds to the film's meta-commentary on moviemaking. Well played.

From: Esquire US