Chris-R

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> "***WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY, DENNY?!!!!!***"
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**Chris-R** is a minor antagonist in The Room. He is a thuggish drug dealer who confronts Denny when he did not pay him back.

He is portrayed by former Olympic bobsledder Dan Janjigian.

In The Room Tribute, he is played by Greg Sestero, best known for playing Mark in the original movie.

## Biography

Chris-R goes up to the rooftop to obtain some drug money that Denny owes him (it is never specified what drugs Denny bought or how much money Denny owes). Denny is dribbling a basketball and tells Chris-R that he's been looking for him. Chris-R passive-aggressively says "Yeah, sure you have" and asks if he has his money. Denny tells him that the money "is coming" and will be there in "a few minutes". Chris-R says "What do you mean 'it's coming', Denny? Where's. My. Money?" Denny tries to calm Chris-R down and say that he will have the money in five minutes but Chris-R hasn't go FIVE FUCKING MINUTES and he pulls a gun out, pushing Denny to his knees on the floor with the gun to his head. Chris-R repeatedly yells variations of "WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY, DENNY?!" at Denny, who is almost in tears. Denny admits that he doesn't have the money and desperately tells Chris-R to put the gun down. At that very moment, Johnny and Mark arrive in the nick of time and restrain Chris-R, freeing Denny. Claudette and Lisa are also in this scene. Mark takes Chris-R's gun and Johnny tells Mark that they should "take him to the police" and the two carry him away. This subplot is never resolved or even brought up again.

It is worth noting that Johnny returns to the rooftop to comfort Denny a few minutes later in the same scene, making it seemingly implausible that Johnny and Mark actually took Chris-R to the police. Additionally, the gun Johnny later uses to kill himself looks strikingly similar to Chris-R's.

### The Room video game

In The Room video game, Johnny and Mark's restraining of Chris-R is depicted as an RPG-like battle minigame parodying that of the Pokémon.

Unlike the film, in the game we actually see Johnny and Mark take Chris-R to the police. The police station is depicted as being on the same street as the townhouse, explaining Johnny's quick return to the rooftop.

Additionally, Chris-R makes one final appearance outside the townhouse during Johnny's birthday party. He steals Johnny's Mercedes-Benz and performs a hit-and-run on the sole witness, Peter, who has arrived late for the birthday party, thus explaining Peter's absence during the party.

## Behind the Scenes

* In The Room's original script, Chris-R is named Jimmy.
* Dan Janjigian's performance as Chris-R is widely considered the unironic best in the movie.
	+ According to Greg Sestero's book The Disaster Artist, Janjigian went method to play the role, acting as Chris-R even when the cameras weren't rolling. Philip Haldiman (Denny) was genuinely scared during takes.
		- This is also portrayed in The Disaster Artist movie.
* The Chris-R scene was originally shot in the alleyway instead of the rooftop.
	+ Janjigian had left the project after the completion of the original scene and Greg Sestero was tasked with asking him to return to shoot the scene again. Sestero was surprised when Janjigian actually agreed to return as Janjigian disliked working with Tommy Wiseau.
	+ In the original alleyway version of the scene, Denny attempts to get Chris-R to "shoot some H-O-R-S-E" with him to distract him from the debt.
* In The Disaster Artist book, Sestero points out that usually drug dealers are paid upfront, making it odd that Denny owes Chris-R money and didn't pay when he bought the drugs from him.
	+ It is possible that Denny could have perhaps acted as a middleman, having bought drugs from Chris-R and selling it on to another buyer, then owing Chris-R a cut of the profits.
* In the audio commentary for The Disaster Artist movie, Tommy Wiseau reveals that he wanted to make an eponymous movie about Chris-R.
* His name is Chris-R because he is a gangster.
	+ It is unknown if Chris-R is his birthname or a nickname or a chosen name.
		- It is possible that Chris-R could actually be an abbreviation of Christopher Robin and Chris-R is a crossover character from the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise.

## Quotes

> "*Hey, Denny.*"
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> "*Yeah, sure you have. You have my money, right?*"
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> "*What do you mean 'it’s coming', Denny? Where’s my money?*"
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> "*Five minutes? You want five fucking minutes, Denny? You know what? I haven’t got five **FUCKING MINUTES!!***"
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> "*I’m going to ask you again, Denny. Where’s my money?*"
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> "***WHERE'S MY MONEY, DENNY?!***"
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> "***WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY, DENNY?!***"
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> "***WHAT'D YOU DO WITH MY FUCKING MONEY?!***"
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## References

1. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/dan-janjigian
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/dan-janjigian-1.html
3. ↑ https://theroomscriptblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/the-room-original-script-by-tommy-wiseau.pdf