Do You Like My Basement Page #4

as a matter of fact.

Are you

available tomorrow night?

Yes!

Can you be here

at 6:
00?

Yes!

Okay, this is my bike,

the four-by-four of

New York City.

Okay, so it's my last delivery

and I'm going home.

Delivery?

Hey, buddy.

Where you going?

15F.

Let me see that.

15B.

This says 15B.

There is no 15F.

Go ahead.

On your left on

the way out, okay... Left!

Si, seor, si, seor.

He puts the ads where?

Like in a newspaper?

Well, no, on the notice boards

of bars, clubs, cafes,

coffee-shops,

maybe on the street.

So, what I would like

to do is for you to come up

with a character like yourself

who sees this advert, meaning,

what kind of person do

you think would be attracted

to an ad like this and who

would you make him?

Form the character you

want to play in your mind

and remember that we'll be

continuing the casting session

with you in that character

when you choose him.

And can I stand?

I just wanna...

Go ahead.

So this character,

he's desperate, no?

He's is in the street, because

he's illegally...

He's illegally in

the country and he lost his job

and he has no money,

and his mom is sick.

So he can't pay the rent so

he's out on the street

and he goes to

the homeless shelter.

And in the homeless shelter,

he meet people

and they give him drugs, right?

And he want the drug, so he's

walking one day in the street,

you know, and he really want

the drug and he's really cold,

so he goes into a coffee shop

and he see your advertising.

He see your

advertising and he's like,

man, $1,000 for one night

in a basement?

Like, facil, I can do this.

Is he brave?

Brave like a lion.

You think you are

ready to begin?

Yeah, I think so.

Raul,

do you have a big family in Honduras?

Oh, you mean like in the real

life or in the... in the movie?

In real life.

Oh, yeah.

Four brother, three sister,

my two grandmother

and my father and

mother and a lot of cousin.

And what made you come here?

It's America.

Everybody want to come here.

Aren't you a little

old to be a delivery boy?

Well, I do all sort of things.

I am a dishwasher,

I am a cleaner.

You know, I need to work

to make money to send back.

My family depend on me.

How would you feel if you knew

you were never going to

see your family again?

No, I can't even

think about that.

My family mean

everything to me.

I send them money every week.

You know, I'm going back

to Honduras, like, in a year.

I'll be back.

But you also want to act?

Yeah, man.

I always wanted to act.

Like, since I were

4 years old, my mom said,

you gonna be on television.

I love to act.

Good...

So let's begin.

Swing your legs up on the bed.

I'm going to cuff you to the

bedhead for the first part

of this scene, okay?

Yeah... So we

already...

We already in

the basement then?

Exactly.

So, Raul, you think you have

the cojones to stay the night

in the basement huh?

Yeah.

Do you believe in ghosts, Raul?

No, I don't believe in ghosts.

Do you believe in demons?

I don't believe in demons.

Do you believe in the devil,

Raul?

No, I don't believe

in the devil.

So you don't believe

in the devil, Raul?

Do you believe in evil, Raul?

What?

So, do you believe in evil?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I believe there is evil.

Hey, hey, hey!

What are you doing, man?

Raul!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, come on, man!

Stop...

Mister, please, please, please.

Please stop... Stop,

stop, stop!

Mister, please...

Please stop, stop mister!

Oh, thank Christ!

Excuse me?

I am Otto, maintenance man

for this apartment building.

I been trying for to get

in here for three days.

I'm sorry, now just

really is not a good time.

No, no.

You are the one that called

about the AC and the mold

in the bathroom ceiling, yes?

Hi, Stanley!

Hello, Chad.

Listen, I am in the middle

of making a film.

It really is

inconvenient right now.

It's fine with me

if he needs to work.

It's not gonna to

spoil my focus.

Listen, the landlord says I

must do the job, okay?

Today is Friday.

I must get the work done today.

For God's sake... All

right, all right, come on in.

What was your name again?

Otto.

So you are making film

in here, yeah?

Oh my God!

You look ready.

I am so ready.

Thank you so much for this

opportunity and nothing,

nothing is going

to throw me this time.

Okay, well, look.

Let me just get Otto sorted out

and I'll brief you, okay?

The chap downstairs already

in the basement,

he's a real talent.

He's getting into

character now.

The AC is down by

the window over here, yeah?

Down here, right,

by the window?

So I can leave you to it?

Yes, yes, no problem.

I take care of everything.

Do you need extra, no?

Extra?

Extra, for your film, yes?

No, thank you, we

already have our cast.

Look, if you could just try not

to make too much noise

and get on with

what you're doing,

we're gonna be downstairs

in the basement, okay?

Okay, boss, you got it.

Okay, so as I was saying,

Raul, the actor you're

working with is fantastic.

He will not break character no

matter what you throw at him.

So just go with this,

whatever happens.

Okay.

Just let me take a second

to get ready.

Is he downstairs already?

Do you have something

on your face?

Yeah, Raul is already

downstairs, and this time,

we're using a little

gore effect

to get the realism

I'm looking for.

Basically, he is at the point

where he desperately wants

to get out of the basement.

He is going to try to

convince you to help him,

but you are intent on winning

the thousand dollars,

so you're gonna do

everything it takes,

everything you can, to

stay in the game.

So I want you to stick

with this, whatever happens.

Do you think you can

do that, Chad?

Absolutely.

And let me say, thank you so

much again, I'm so grateful...

Okay, okay, okay.

So let's begin.

You go down first.

Who's that?

Who's there?

Help me, man!

Help me, please!

Help me...

Sir!

Come!

Get me out of here, please!

It's gonna be okay.

Hijo de puta!

Don't worry!

Hijo de puta!

Chad?

You gotta help me.

Help me, please.

Please get me out of here!

Tell me, is this

a scene you can handle?

I can handle anything.

F***ing loco!

What the f*** are you doing?

F***!

We just have to stick together

and we can get out of here.

What about you, Raul?

Stop f***ing filming me,

motherf***er!

Look what you did

to my f***ing leg!

Sir, you gotta help me.

Help comes in the morning.

Right now you just gotta

listen to me.

Oww, f***!

Keep it together.

What the f***, man?

Look at me, please I'm begging

you, look at me, look at my leg.

Get me out of here.

I need to go to a hospital.

I need to go to a hospital!

Yeah, you need a hospital.

Look at me, man!

Look at my f***ing leg!

F***ing help me, man!

What the f*** are you doing!

Just keep it together.

You hang in there, pal!

F*** you!

Stop f***ing filming me!

Aww!

F***, f***!

I'll kill you!

F***ing f***!

Listen to me, you little b*tch!

You shut your f***ing hole!

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