The Room's "Oh Hi Mark" Scene Reportedly Took 32 Takes and 3 Hours to Shoot

The most quoted moment in The Room, Tommy Wiseau's rooftop line "I did not hit her. It's not true. It's I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi Mark," reportedly took 32 takes and three hours to film, even though the finished shot only runs seven seconds.

For fans of the film's cult status as one of the most notoriously bad movies ever made, these behind the scenes details help explain exactly how a single line became such an ordeal, and why so much of Wiseau's performance looks and sounds the way it does.

Tommy Wiseau's Chronic Lateness Set the Tone on Set

Once filming began, Wiseau would often arrive around four hours late, leaving everyone else sitting around waiting for him before shooting could even start.

Wiseau Couldn't Remember Lines He Wrote Himself

As the star of the film, Wiseau could reportedly never remember his own lines, despite the fact that he had written the entire script himself.

The Rooftop "Oh Hi Mark" Scene Reportedly Took 32 Takes and Three Hours

That struggle came to a head during the film's most famous exchange. The rooftop scene where Wiseau delivers the now iconic "I did not hit her" line reportedly required 32 takes and three hours of filming, all for a final shot that lasts just seven seconds on screen.

Why So Much of Wiseau's Dialogue Sounds Dubbed

That difficulty is also the reason so much of Wiseau's dialogue is obviously dubbed in post-production. Wiseau reportedly had no real idea what he was doing on set, which meant much of his spoken performance had to be fixed and replaced after filming wrapped.

The Script Supervisor Reportedly Took Over Directing Duties

With Wiseau struggling to run his own production, the script supervisor basically took over directing duties for most of the shoot. That arrangement eventually ended when the script supervisor left the project for the opportunity to work on a film with Steven Spielberg's cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski.

Wiseau Claims He Replaced His Entire Crew Four Times

The script supervisor was far from the only person to walk away. Tons of people on the production were either fired, quit after clashing with Wiseau, or left for better opportunities elsewhere. Wiseau himself has claimed that he replaced the entire crew four separate times during production.

Does knowing it took 32 takes to get that seven second rooftop shot change how you watch "The Room"?