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James Franco directed and starred in the 2017 film The Disaster Artist
The film details the fraught production of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 film The Room
Franco won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy
He brought his brother, Dave, and his inspiration, Tommy Wiseau, on stage
Wiseau tried to take the microphone, but Franco gracefully swatted him away

Published: 22:54 EDT, 7 January 2018 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 8 January 2018

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After James Franco won best actor in a musical or comedy at the Golden Globes, he brought up his brother, Dave, and his inspiration, Tommy Wiseau.

Franco, 39, played Wiseau in 2017's The Disaster Artist, which charts the tumultuous production of the latter's 2003 film, The Room.

The latter film is widely considered one of the worst - if not the worst - films of all-time and has become a cult- and midnight-favorite.

James Franco won the award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. Franco comically swatted Tommy Wiseau away from the microphone

Franco brought his brother, Dave (right) on stage and also brought the real-life film director he portrayed, Tommy Wiseau (left)

Wiseau made the 2003 film The Room, which is widely considered one of the worst films of all time

Franco invited his brother Dave, 32, who plays Wiseau's co-star and real-life best friend Greg Sestero, up to the podium.

He also brought up Wiseau himself, who after making an unbelievably bad film miraculously made his way to an awards podium.

Wiseau, whose age is somewhat up in the air, immediately came over to Franco and attempted to take the microphone away from Franco.

With some grace, Franco managed to swat the enigmatic man - who sported his trademark sunglasses - away.

'Whoa, whoa, whoa,' Franco said as the audience chuckled.

The move divided Twitter, with some saying that Franco earned the award for his own work and others saying that he should feel indebted to Wiseau for providing the blueprint for the pathway to his success.

Franco began his speech: 'Nineteen years ago, [Wiseau] was stuck in traffic from the Golden Globes.

'He said to his best friend Greg [Sestero], "So what? I’m not invited,"' Franco channeled his award-winning performance.

'I know they don't want me...I don't wait for Hollywood. I make my own movie.'

And that he sure did.

Franco's denial of Wiseau's chance to speak at the Golden Globes divided Twitter

The Room is a San Francisco-set drama - at least in intention - that charts the relationships of people in and around a townhouse.

Wiseau plays Johnny, who is engaged to Lisa, who is having an affair with his best friend Mark.

The film is filled with bizarre plot developments and non-sequiturs that are never explained.

For example, one character announces her breast cancer only for no one to react with any emotion.

In another oddity, Mark attempts to kill a character only for him to change his mind. He and the character then engage in totally regular conversation.

Franco directed and starred in The Disaster Artist, which chart's The Room's tumultuous production. His brother, Dave, played Greg Sestero, Wiseau's co-star and real-life best friend

Pictured is a still from The Disaster Artist, in which Franco channels Wiseau's singular obsession with his craft and his vaguely Eastern European accent

Dave and James Franco are pictured together with the latter holding his Golden Globe award

Sestero went on to write a book about the bizarre production called The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, along with Tom Bissell. The book was released in 2013.

Bissell described The Room as being 'like a movie made by an alien who has never seen a movie, but has had movies thoroughly explained to him'.

Franco is pictured at the Golden Globes on January 7 in Beverly Hills, California

'There's not often that a work of film has every creative decision that's made in it on a moment-by-moment basis seemingly be the wrong one,' Bissell continued.

Comedian Seth Rogen's production company acquired the rights to the book and sought a cinematic adaptation, which was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber.

The resulting film, The Disaster Artist, debuted at Austin's South by Southwest festival in March 2017.

It stars James and Dave Franco as Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero and Seth Rogen as the de facto director of The Room who ended up taking over from Wiseau.

Other actors in the film include Josh Hutcherson, Jacki Weaver and Alison Brie, Dave Franco's real-life wife who in the film portrays his girlfriend.

The Disaster Artist was also nominated for Best Comedy or Drama and lost to the Saoirse Ronan-starring Ladybird.

It has a 92 percent tomatometer score on critical aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

Its critical consensus reads: 'Oh, hai Mark. The Disaster Artist is a surprisingly poignant and charming movie-about-a-movie that explores the creative process with unexpected delicacy.'

The film was released on December 1 in limited release and has so far grossed $20million.