Jimmy Hollywood Page #11

Come here.

-What happened?

-I want you to do me a favor.

Lorraine, we saw you on the little TV here.

You looked good.

You look very photogenic.

Will, I want you to leave with Lorraine.

You think that's a good idea?

Yeah, I do. I want you to leave.

Okay.

Whatever happened to those

big romantic Hollywood endings?

I don't know.

-Will, you got to leave me these guns.

-Okay.

I need this. This, too.

Hey.

Hey, it's okay.

The mummy's going to stay with me.

You're safe.

Okay?

Okay.

Hey, Jimmy, can you see me?

Im on TV!

We're not sure, though, who the man is,

apparently one of the members of the S.O.S.

There appears to be

some sort of negotiation taking place.

They're apparently getting demands

from someone inside the Egyptian theater.

Apparently, Jimmy Alto

came out to Los Angeles

from the New Jersey area

about seven years ago.

He was an aluminum siding salesman,

as well as being involved

in kitchen remodeling,

but decided

that acting was his calling in life.

Its a very interesting situation

because he's acting out this part.

And we're not exactly sure

how it's going to end

because he's writing the script.

Its in his hands at this point.

What are you going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

What are you going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

What are you going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

F***!

What are you going to do, kill me?

F***!

Kill me?

Sh*t!

What are you going to do...

What are you going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

F***!

What are you going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

Everybody dies.

Everybody dies. Everybody dies.

Everybody dies. Everybody dies.

Im coming out!

Keep your hands above your head

in plain sight and walk.

I don't have any guns. See?

Nothing in the front of me.

Nothing in the back of me.

Take him down!

Jericho is dead.

Perhaps the most infamous vigilante

this country has ever known...

And a mighty fine actor, I might add.

I was just a lost kid on the boulevard

until Jimmy saved me.

He truly is a genius,

what else can you say? He's a genius.

He's a genius in a town

that doesn't embrace geniuses.

To you, you may have killed a vigilante,

but for me, you kill

the love of my life.

You may have cut short potentially one

of the great acting talents of all time.

I think we can all mourn that loss.

Jericho! Jericho! Jericho!

What are they going to do, kill me?

Everybody dies.

Im coming out!

Keep your hands above your head

in plain sight and walk.

I don't have any guns. See?

Nothing in the front of me,

nothing in the back...

-Everybody down!

-Gun shield!

Who was that, James Cagney?

I had to tell them.

I forgot I told you I had blanks.

Some vigilante, huh?

Think of it this way.

In Hollywood, they always use blanks.

Yeah, yeah. Sure.

Blanks.

Hollywood.

We now go to Paul Jackson

outside the Egyptian theater.

Paul, has Jimmy Alto

ever worked as an actor out here?

Well, Hal, we've done some checking.

We've found no information to indicate

Alto's ever worked as an actor here.

No motion pictures,

no television shows, nothing at all.

What about commercials?

How about industrial films, for example?

No commercials, no industrial films,

no movies, no television shows.

We've checked the gamut

and we've found no information

that he's ever acted, Hal.

Bye, Jimmy.

Jimmy, we love you!

I could never have appreciated this

if I was dead.

Beautiful work. Wow! Beautiful.

Steve McQueen.

Clint Eastwood.

Even James Cagney.

None of them could have done any better.

I don't think so. None of them.

Is this a principal role?

I mean, 'cause I came here

for a principal role.

-They said it was a principal role.

-No. This is what we're casting.

Just two lines? Im not doing two lines.

I didn't come here for two lines.

-I was told it was a principal role.

-This is what we're casting today.

Now, wait a second. Im...

You know, is the casting director here

-or somebody else I can talk to...

-Im sorry.

This is bullshit.

All right. Cut, cut!

Okay, everybody, take five.

Jimmy you're not suppose to speak

during a take.

Yeah, but... Im sorry. This is nonsense.

I don't believe this.

I don't buy it for a minute.

What is this guy, dreaming or what?

-I can't have talking on the set, Jimmy.

-Im sorry.

He got excited. Its his life.

Yeah. Yeah. Its okay.

Yeah, but his life didn't happen like that.

That's not what was going...

Im sorry. Sorry.

Well, what's the problem?

Harrison, let me deal with this.

No, no. Let him talk.

Go ahead.

Hope you don't mind.

I don't mean to step on your toes

or anything, Mr. DeMille.

You see, Harrison,

when I came into this casting office,

let me tell you what I was thinking,

let me tell you what I was feeling.

I believed I was entitled

to the principal role.

All right, William, let me see the playback.

I knew that I was made for that.

You see, I wasn't going to waste my time

doing these two piddly little lines.

I had confidence.

-Yeah, I understand.

-I wasn't begging them for the part.

No.

I felt in my soul

that the principal role was for me.

-Okay.

-I knew what I could do.

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