Finishing The Game: The Search For A New Bruce Lee Page #6

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Close the deal and cancel the next round.

There's no need to keep looking.

What?

What are you talking about?

It would be a waste of everyone's time

to keep looking.

OK, Ronney, you oughta know,

that's just not how it's done.

I'm the director.

Cast him now.

So, Eli,

what's it like

to be offered this role?

Well, there's a certain amount

of satisfaction that I feel

when my work is acknowledged,

you know?

What challenges do you

expect when you take over for Bruce Lee?

Well, you mean

if I choose to take the role?

Are you suggesting

you're not gonna accept the part?

There's... there are some questions I need

answered first, before I agree to anything.

- Like what?

- Well, firstly...

am I working with

the right people?

You know,

it's important to me.

Secondly,

is this really a safe and nurturing

environment for me?

And third...

How is this for my career,

you know?

I'm trying to build one,

so it's important right now.

You know, this cat, Eli, does he have

anything going on in his eyes? No.

Does he even indicate for one second

what's going on up here - why he fights?

- No.

- I see.

But do you think that his presence

in the competition will affect your chances?

Absolutely not. The cat's parlor tricks

are just an act of desperation

because he knows he doesn't have

what it is that I was innately born with -

true power and the ability to destroy

with my very presence.

This is just unacceptable.

All I asked for was a fair fight.

Instead, I'm stuck here.

We're stuck here, in limbo.

Waiting.

The studio just doesn't get it.

Eli's not even American,

he's not even close to American,

and they're allowing him to come in here

and hijack this whole process.

Typical.

Foreigners coming in here

and taking our jobs.

We Asian-Americans have it bad enough.

This is just insult to injury.

So what's about to happen next?

- Well, Eli called a meeting.

- Of course he did.

- Well, what do I do?

- It's... Ronney, it's an actor thing, OK?

You just stroke his dick a bit

and, you know, he'll feel better.

It's standard procedure, OK?

- G'day, fellas!

- Hi.

- I got you some coffee.

- Thank you.

Hey, Eloise.

I just need to speak to the director alone.

- Oh!

- Yeah.

- Alone.

- You mean us?

No, just the boom guy.

Of course I mean you.

- All right.

- What's on your mind?

Ronney?

What happened?

Are you OK?

Do you wanna talk?

I'm here for you. Ronney?

Is this his home?

Eight.

Here he is.

Number nine.

You couldn't

pay me enough to live here.

Ronney!

Ronney, can we talk, honey?

All right, come on.

Look, it's not like he's Jesus or something.

I mean, we can do a lot better than,

you know, Eli from New Zealand.

Ronney?

All right, Ronney, not to state the obvious

or anything, but Eli? Not a team player.

Eli cares only about Eli. He would have

been a nightmare to work with, trust me.

What's your next move?

You don't have to touch me.

Ronney.

Ronney, sweetheart?

Goddamn f***ing...

goddamn f***ing p*ssy!

OK, Ronney. Ronney, we haven't even

seen the other actors on screen yet!

You know,

and that's where it counts!

Do you know how many amazing stars

seem just... pathetic?

They were sh*t until they were projected on

the silver screen. That is how it goes.

I mean,

our best is probably still with us.

Ronney...

All right.

Ronney,

here's what I'm gonna do for you, OK?

I am going to handle everything

from here on, all right?

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna run the screen tests myself

and I will make the final choices

for the studio, OK?

So don't you worry about it.

OK, let's go!

Come on, come on, come on, come on!

Oh. Hi.

Well, well.

- You made it.

- Surprised?

I'm only surprised

that it took you so long.

It takes time

to track down cowards like you.

I wasn't the one

who ran away last time.

That's because

you were hiding behind the army of venom.

Excuses, excuses.

I'm shocked to see

you're fighting your own battles.

You will pay for your audacity.

Run, baby, it's a trap!

Kimberly,

I'm not going anywhere without you!

I've got to hand it to you, brother.

You always did have

good taste in women.

- Brother.

- In school, you always got the pretty ones.

Unlike me.

- You can't let the past be your master.

- And you can never master the past.

But, my dear brother,

I can seize the present!

Oh!

You keep her out of this, brother.

This is between you and me.

We're not kids anymore.

You can't tell me what to do.

And besides,

you're in no position to call the shots now.

I can't let you

get away with this.

Move another inch closer

and you will have a very dead girlfriend.

Do you really think

I'm gonna let stand here...

Do you really think

I'm gonna stand here and let...

I'm sorry. Can we just cut that

and we'll just start from the top?

No, we're fine, Breeze.

Why don't we go six lines back

when I enter the forest?

- It's not necessary.

- He's good, I'm good.

He's seen all he needs to see.

I'm good.

- Yeah, but we don't have a clean take.

- We've seen it. We've seen it.

- It's enough?

- Yeah.

- Thank you, Breeze.

- Thanks, Breeze.

That's ridiculous. They cut you off

and you were just getting started.

I thought we were

working with professionals!

I agree. That's why you need someone

who will fight for you, someone like me.

Cole, are you ready?

You call me.

- Thanks.

- Cole, are you ready?

Cole?

OK, let's go.

Roll camera.

Mark it.

Set.

Action.

Look at you.

You're powerless.

Tongue-tied, brother?

You may be holding the cards,

but you have nothing.

That's why you're trying to

take everything away from me.

But it won't work

because you have to

live with yourself.

Who are you,

really?

You're the worst kind of villain that

pretends to be something that they're not,

a monster who acts like

they care about people,

but then will betray them

when they least expect it.

Yeah, I may have been a fool for trusting

you, but that was my biggest crime.

But you...

Oh, you'll get what you deserve.

Maybe not now,

but all your lies

will catch up to you,

and you will be left alone

to see yourself

and suffer.

Wow!

- Wow.

- Where's he going?

Cole, that was...

Cole? Oh, my...

Where's Breeze?

Where the f*** is Breeze?

A screen test to me is like

going to the bathroom for anyone else.

It's not exactly fair.

I have much more camera time

than pretty much any

of the other candidates.

You know, for me, it's the difference

between preparation and actually acting.

It's pretty seamless.

It's not really there.

Hey, f***er.

Cole?

Cole, Cole, Cole!

What are you doing?

Get off me!

- Cole! Cole!

- You a**hole.

- Stop that!

- Stop it! You're gonna hurt him.

- Cole?

- Breeze. Breeze, are you OK? Breeze!

- Oh, my God!

- Breeze, can you hear me?

- Are you OK?

- Can you hear my voice? Guys! Breeze!

- What's happened?

- Is everyone OK up there?

Cole,

what was it like

to see Saraghina talking to Breeze?

She just betrayed me

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