Nobody Walks Page #2

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Buonasera.

[ Peter ] Ciao, guys.

- Hey, Kolt.

- Hi.

Hi.

Hi. I really

like your jeans.

Thanks.

Do they have zippers on them?

Um, yeah, they...

they do.

[ Chuckles ]

Hey, you want to take off?

[ Martine ]

Uh, yeah, we should.

Um, he's taking me to

my friend's art opening.

Yeah, I... I can't drive.

I'm a New Yorker.

[ Chuckles ] I'm clinging

to that as my excuse.

- Can you drive?

- No.

No, not yet. But we will

be practicing very soon.

Yes, we will.

Yeah.

Okay.

- You hungry, Sea Horse?

- Not really.

Hey, remember. 9:00 a.m.

tomorrow. Actors.

Yes.

I will be there.

And, Julie, I'm sorry that we

didn't get a chance to talk.

- Oh, we will.

- Okay.

Julie, is it possible

to get my check?

Yes. I'm so sorry.

I'll be right back.

[ Car Engine Starts ]

[ Scoffs ] There is a

mammal that lays eggs.

Platypus, Avi!

Platypus.

I gotta go.

[ Sniffs ]

Thank you for coming

with me tonight.

No, thank you for bringing me.

Um...

I don't think...

that I should

do this right now.

Okay.

I just...

I just got here.

And I'm here to work.

And I think it's smarter

to forgo this type of...

Anyway, this was really nice.

Really nice.

[ Car Door Closes ]

[ Bang ]

Ah!

[ Cell Phone Ringing ]

Ah.

Mmm.

[ Sighs ]

Martine, you're alive.

Doug. Hey.

Am I waking you up?

Um... God, no.

I've been awake

for a couple hours already.

Everything going all right?

Yeah, it's going great.

[ Indistinct ]

Um, I haven't seen it yet.

Um, but as soon as

I get my Internet,

I'm gonna...

[ Indistinct ]

No. No, no, no, no.

Yeah, we'll definitely

finish on time.

Okay. All right.

Talk to you later.

Okay.

Okay.

Ugh.

Hi. I'm...

I'm sorry I'm late.

I, um... I couldn't find the

dialogue that I wrote.

That's okay.

Let's, uh, make

a couple copies of this.

Hi. I'm Martine.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Thanks for coming, guys.

Sure.

Whoo. Okay.

So the reviews are in.

Some great, some good. A few

really hostile ones, of course.

How are the reviews

making you feel?

I don't want to talk

about the reviews.

Okay.

I had a dream last night.

Another one about

your grandmother?

No.

It was about you.

All right.

Am I allowed

to tell you about it?

Of course.

Um, I was on set,

in the house that we shot in...

that weird glass box

in the Valley...

and David Strathairn was eating

cereal out of a megaphone.

[ Chuckles ]

I had a break. Something drew

me to one of the bedrooms.

I opened the door...

[ Clears Throat ]

You were lying on the carpet,

and, um, you were all dressed up

in full lingerie.

You know, lacy bra,

thong, stockings.

Those things that you use to clip

your stockings to your panties.

- I don't remember what they're called.

- Garters.

I was excited.

I walked over,

started to touch you,

softly at first,

and then... more.

You were just ignoring me. You were all

dressed up like you wanted to f***,

but you were

totally unresponsive.

[ Clears Throat ]

So I started talking to you.

What were you saying?

I just said,

"Hey, baby. I'm here.

We're not done shooting, but they

don't need me. Do you need me?"

You still didn't respond.

I started to get upset.

I was begging.

Which is not really my style.

I took my pants off. Because I just... I

just needed you to know that I was hard.

And I looked at you

and I said, "I love you."

And then we were f***ing.

It was that easy.

[ Woman ]

Psst. Come over here.

[ Man ] What?

I found it.

Where?

Right here.

On the ground.

- Is it safe?

- It's sticky.

Okay.

Um, I liked that.

Um... Uh...

Ken.

Ken. Yes.

Um, I'm sorry.

Um, I want something

a little harder, I think.

Like you're

a protective husband, um,

but you're a little bit scared.

You're talking about

when I'm asking the question?

Yes.

Um, you're still

soft and scared.

Um, a little less blatant.

Um, like... like... like you're

really asking the question.

But I'm asking the question

because I'm scared?

Right. Um,

but you're not, like,

sitting in your fear.

Um, I just mean, like, um,

y-your fear, um,

it doesn't hinder you.

Like, you fear, yet you're

motivated by your fear.

This is what happened

in the other scene.

We did eight takes

of that, and...

I have no idea what the

difference is between any of 'em.

Well, I think it's good

to just take adjustments.

I'm not an actor who minds

taking adjustments,

as long as a director

is actually saying something.

I mean, have you ever

worked with actors before?

'Cause it seems like

your thing's bugs.

She used to take naked

photos of her boyfriend.

I googled you. I think

they're really beautiful.

[ Peter ] Listen. We really

appreciate the help.

All right, you're gettin' paid.

Why don't you do what she says?

[ Ken ]

You're barely covering my gas.

And she's not

telling me to do anything.

[ Sighs ]

I'm sorry about that.

I'm sorry.

[ Sighs ]

You all right?

Okay, I'm not even

that upset right now.

It's just, like...

I'm sorry, Peter.

[ Sighs ]

I really didn't want

that to happen.

What are you talking about?

You didn't do anything wrong.

That guy just didn't get it.

[ Groans ]

Ugh.

[ Sighs ]

Hey. Hey.

Are you all right?

Is there something else

goin' on?

[ Chuckles ]

Don't be so hard on yourself.

[ Exhales ] Thank you.

[ Clattering ]

I heard something.

Did you hear something?

I think someone's outside.

It's David.

Okay. Um, I should...

I should go.

- I'm sorry.

- No. No, no, no. It's no trouble.

I don't even know why you're

wasting your time on this.

I want to help.

It's, uh...

I think you're really someone

who's, uh, worth helping, so...

Okay.

[ Clears Throat ] Hey, brother.

Hey, man.

[ Julie ] Hey.

Are you a free set of hands?

Um, yeah.

I'm a terrible cook though.

That's all right. Just chop

this parsley real quick,

and then you can

get back to work.

Okay.

Getting into it?

What?

Are you getting

a lot of work done?

Oh, yeah. Totally.

Completely.

So much work, yeah.

You know, I just realized

I saw your work once.

At Miriam's.

You were staying there, I think.

Oh, yeah.

She let me keep my, um,

stuff there during the lawsuit.

The lawsuit because your boyfriend

didn't want to be photographed?

Um, well, I guess he felt...

that I manipulated him

into posing naked.

Ouch.

Yeah.

It was not awesome, no.

Um, but I learned a lot.

We don't have to

talk about this.

So, you used to live

in New York?

I did, yeah.

Where do you live?

I used to live in Hell's Kitchen

with my ex-boyfriend,

um, but I'm in Brooklyn now

with roommates.

Two roommates.

What are you, 23?

Yeah.

Twenty-three.

I was going to CalArts.

Sort of.

Why sort of?

Because my main gig

was being a girlfriend.

To Leroy,

who you will meet tonight.

It's not a career

I'd recommend.

It only took me,

I don't know, 20 years

to get my life together.

Just keep doing

what you're doing.

Mmm.

All right, flee.

You're free.

Are you sure

you don't need more help?

No, this looks good.

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