Road to Nowhere Page #4

Mm-mmm.

That beauty

was only skin-deep,

but ugly

went clean to the bone.

Well, with this girl

her beauty goes clean to the bone.

She's not only beautiful

and perfect for the part, she's smart too, huh?

You, uh

You mentioned that a few times.

Just from talking to her

I've come up with a whole new ending.

Great. Well,

so we have no cast and no ending then.

No, we have a cast.

His agent finally

stopped blocking us.

Cary Stewart wants

to play the part.

Cary Stewart?

Sure you wanna do that?

So now

you've signed a star. Yes.

How much work did that take?

He responded to the material

immediately and

You know,

we've had discussions.

I'm honored to have

his creative input on the project as well.

But it's never that simple

in Hollywood, is it?

It's never

that simple.

Just as you think

you've crossed the bridges, then there's the deal

as you say,

the agents, the managers.

The managers.

The lawyers. Yeah. The press agents.

That is the complicated process.

At some point

it's just so unbelievably frustrating...

and it becomes like

something that obstructs the creative process.

You know?

I-It's like It's an industry, man.

Show business

is not just show.

Now, the costar.

Who is she?

Uh, relatively unknown.

Mm-hmm.

And she, um

She's incredible.

She's about

to be a huge star.

I just knew instantly

that she was the one.

She agreed to do the picture

and she arrived last night.

I think Cary's very excited.

He's seen some of her work.

Now, have you ever found

yourself involved with any of your actors- actresses, I mean?

I try and avoid that.

I like to think

I'm professional about it.

Do you see yourself following

a very scripted situation,

or do you think you're

going to improvise a lot?

I like my writer's work.

It's a very stylized piece.

I don't want it to shift tonally, you know.

There's that risk.

However, um,

I'll always do

another take for deeper truth.

Do you feel a little rusty

in any way?

A little.

I'm just excited

to be back on track.

Well, it's good to talk to you.

Good luck with this show.

Likewise. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Likewise.

Thanks.

I guess I should

apologize to you.

I told Mitchell that

he was crazy not to hire a big star to play Velma.

But the truth is,

nobody could play this part but you, Miss Graham.

Thank you.

We'll see if you still feel that way

after we start filming.

As in the midst of battle...

there is room

for thoughts of love;

and in foul sin for mirth.

As gossips whisper

of a trinket's worth...

spied by the death-bed's

flickering candle-gloom;

As in the crevices

of Caesar's tomb...

the sweet herbs

flourish on a little earth:

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