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> "*I feel like I'm sitting on an atomic bomb waiting for it to go off.*"
> ― Steven
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**Steven** is a character in The Room. He is a member of Johnny and Lisa's friend group who attends Johnny's birthday party the day he kills himself.

He is like Peter but he's Steven.

He is portrayed by Greg Ellery.

## Biography

Steven first appears at Johnny's surprise birthday party along with the rest of Johnny's friends except a mysteriously absent Peter. Everyone greets Johnny as he walks in and they sing Happy Birthday.

Steven begins talking to Lisa, but Mark motions her over to make out with him. Lisa then sends Steven and everyone else outside so she can make out with Mark.

Steven barges in on the two making out and says "What's going on here?", "Why are you doing this?" and "I don't believe it." Mark responds by commanding Steven to "Leave [his] stupid comments in [his] pocket!" before storming off.

Steven continues to lecture Lisa ("Do you understand what you're doing? You're going to DESTROY Johnny. He's very SENSITIVE.") as Mark exits. Lisa doesn't care and she's in love with Mark. Steven then asks how Lisa can do this and says that she makes him sick. This is when Johnny walks in and thanks Lisa for a beautiful party as Steven awkwardly stands there, confused what to do.

Steven is next seen at the party talking to Michelle, as Johnny makes his announcement that Lisa is expecting. Michelle approaches Lisa and tells her to be honest with Johnny about her affair, and Steven says "I agree with that." Steven then asks Lisa "When is. The baby. Due?" and Lisa confesses that there is no baby and she lied to Johnny to "make it interesting". This makes Steven feel like he is sitting on an atomic bomb and waiting for it go off. Steven tells Lisa that her actions are shaking up their group of friends (despite not being seen with the rest of Johnny and Lisa's friend group until now), and that he thinks Mark does not really love her. Lisa says for the millionth time "I don't want to talk about it."

Steven is later seen mediating the fight between Johnny and Mark. He tries to restrain Johnny before he calls Mark a chicken.

## Behind the Scenes

* Steven's lines in the film's original screenplay belong to Peter. According to Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist", Kyle Vogt, who portrayed Peter, had another acting job immediately after he should have finished filming The Room, but Tommy Wiseau didn't finish shooting Vogt's scenes in time. Knowing he had limited time left, Wiseau opted to use Vogt's last days on-set to film the very important football throwing scenes, instead of the party scenes. The character of Steven was consequently created to replace Peter during this scenes. According to Sestero, Steven was "hastily" named by Wiseau after one of his attorneys.
* Before Greg Ellery was cast, Wiseau originally wanted Steven to be portrayed by a crew member who didn't speak much English. Despite this issue, Wiseau wanted to give him a chance anyway, saying that "He can be great Steven.”
* Wiseau greeted everyone who attended the audition for the role of Steven by telling them that they had just won a million dollars. Everyone was confused by Wiseau's statement except Ellery, who, either playing along or actually believing Wiseau, began celebrating. Wiseau then told Sestero to cast Ellery if he liked him, so he did.
* During Mark and Johnny's second fight where Steven attempts to restrain Johnny who yells at Steven to "Shut up! Shut up!", this wasn't scripted and was actually Wiseau breaking character and yelling at Ellery.

## Gallery

Meet Greg Ellery, Steven from THE ROOM, in this never-before-seen interview