Birdman Page #3
RIGGANI-- (A beat.) I made it happen.
JAKEOh. Okay.
(Beat.)
Are you drunk?
RIGGANFind me an actor. A good actor.
Philip Seymour Hoffman...
JAKEHe’s doing the third Hunger Games.
RIGGANMichael Fassbender?
JAKEDoing the prequel to the X-Men
prequel.
They arrive at Riggan's dressing room.
RIGGANWhat’s his name? Jeremy Renner...
JAKEWho?
RIGGANThe... the Hurt Locker guy.
JAKEYeah. He’s an Avenger.
RIGGAN(With disgust.)
F***. They put him in a cape, too?
(A beat.) Look, I don’t care. Find
me someone.
Riggan enters...
INT. RIGGAN'S DRESSING ROOM - THEATER - CONTINUOUS55...his dressing room and tries to shut the door. Jake, still in
the corridor, stops it with his foot.
JAKE(Sticking his head in.)
Ralph'll sue us. He'll sue us. And he's got
a case.
10/29/14 / 8.
(CONTINUED)
Riggan releases the door.
RIGGANThen make him go away.
JAKEHow do you suggest I do that?
RIGGANYou're my lawyer, my producer and
my oldest friend. We are going to
make this work. Now just get out
there and do what you were born to
do.
JAKEWhat's that?
RIGGANI have no idea. But I have faith.
Now go away from me.
JAKEDo you think we should--
Riggan slams the door shut on Jake. A beat. On a television, a
segment of E! News. A busty blond, with an exaggerated smile,
hosts.
BLOND WOMAN...and when we come back, an exclusive
interview with Robert Downey Jr., who tells
us about the billion-dollar Iron Man
franchise. The talented actor invited us
onto the set of Iron Man 3...
Riggan slams the tv off, his mind racing. He sits on a chair.
MAN (V.O.)
That clown doesn’t have half your talent
and he’s making a fortune in that Tin Man
get up.
Riggan stares into the mirror, in the reflection he catches
sight of a poster from a movie called "Birdman 3". The
superhero, Birdman (a younger Riggan in a bird costume), wings
widely spread, stares directly back at him. A hand written
note on the top of the poster reads: "Thomson, break a wing!
From the boys at Local 1." Riggan tries to calm himself with a
mantra...
RIGGAN"Breathing in, I embrace my anger.
Breathing out, I smile to it."
10/29/14 / 9.
(CONTINUED)
BIRDMAN (V.O.)
Embrace it. Kiss it. Turn it around and
f*** it in the--
A knock on the door behind him.
RIGGANNot now!
Laura opens the door and sticks her head in.
LAURACan I come in?
RIGGANNo.
LAURAOkay. Two words. Shia La Beouf.
RIGGANThat's three words.
LAURAIt's two.
RIGGANGet out.
LAURAI love you.
She closes the door. Riggan tries to calm himself down, but
Laura opens the door again.
LAURA (CONT'D)
I take it we’re not going to dinner
anymore?
RIGGANI don’t have an actor.
LAURAI don’t have a life.
RIGGANLaura...
LAURAFine. Whatever.
(Goes to leave but stops.)
You remember at Joan's when you
asked me to come do a Broadway play
with you? You said it would be
fun...
10/29/14 / 10.
(CONTINUED)
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