Starry Eyes Page #3

This world is about the doers,

the people who don't just

talk about what they're going to do,

they just do it. And that's you.

Thank you. Thank you for saying that.

I worked so hard, you know.

Every week is a new class,

a new audition and I just never...

If you want me to...

to read more with...

other actors,

or another audition.

Sarah, this is the audition.

I told you before,

very, very few actresses

ever get to this room.

Sarah, you're at the gates.

All you need is for me

to open them for you.

I can make you a star, Sarah.

- You know I can.

- Whoa, no.

Let me out.

Let me out. Open the door.

How'd it go?

Not good.

- Maybe I should submit my headshot.

- Seriously.

I'm kidding.

- Are you all right?

- Oh, honey, I'm kidding.

Hey.

- Maybe you should...

- Yeah.

It was a f***ing joke.

Coming in.

What are you doing? Hey,

don't cry, hun.

What happened?

Everything was going so well.

I was so sure I was going to get it.

I quit my job for this.

You quit your job for this?

I was so sure. I was so sure.

Okay, wait a minute, what happened?

It was one final step

and I could have had it too

if I was just willing to...

Hun, willing to what?

Come on, you don't...

You don't mean sex.

I mean, he didn't say specifically what.

Oh, my God.

Are you being serious?

What a f***ing creep, okay.

Do people still even do that?

Well, no one out there does.

And I sure as heck don't.

And you don't. Okay?

- Okay?

- Okay. Okay.

Wait,

you don't wish that you did it do you?

It was a gateway part.

Sarah, it was two auditions.

I mean, and seriously, who gets

hired for a lead role that quickly?

Doesn't that seem a

little suspicious to you?

Listen, Danny was just telling me how

badly he wants to have you in his movie.

You should talk to him.

Oh, shut up.

What are they up to now?

I can make you a star, Sarah.

You know I can.

So I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.

I know that you were trying to help me

and I twisted your words.

I twisted them and...

Look, Sarah, I get it.

Really, I do. I'm not an idiot.

I know what town we live in.

I mean, you think you're the

first waitress I've ever had

that was destined for stardom?

I've had my share.

But they all understood

that being a Taters girl

is what paid the bills

while they chased the dream.

Now I'm not sure you see

how the two are connected.

I mean, I don't know what

else you want me to say.

Do you want me to beg for this job?

Well, you don't got to be a jerk about it.

I mean, I've already had like,

- 20 applications since you quit, so...

- I'm sorry. I didn't...

I didn't mean it like that.

Look, I want you to see

this place for what it really is.

Yeah, I know you think it's cheesy.

Too self-aware,

not ironic enough for you,

the menus, the specials,

all those clever meal names,

calling the little kids tater tots,

saying see you later tater gator

when the customers are leaving.

That's all me. All right?

It may not be cool to a

young woman your age

- but it's me.

- Okay.

Look, just...

promise me that until your star

is on the sidewalk out there

you'll try and value me

and what I'm trying to do here.

Can you...

Can you do that for me?

Are you a Taters girl?

Yeah, I can do that.

I'm a Taters girl.

I guess my point is that I just

feel like, the austerity lifestyles,

sort of eastern lifestyles exists...

I got no friends at my party.

Hey. Back to slumming it

like the rest of us?

Hey.

Hey.

- What's up, Erin?

- Hi.

What's up?

Do you have like, an amp for that?

This is good.

Who knows how to scat?

This is the issue with the millennial

generation. It's just, it's entitlement.

Hey, you get off my lawn.

It's my property you're sitting on.

You're loitering.

I could have you arrested.

It's a crime. It's where I live.

- You live there?

- Yeah.

Why?

See, it's LA.

Why should I spend $1500

a month on an apartment

when I'm just going to spend

all day in the car anyway?

- So this is your car too?

- It's my car. It doesn't run but...

it did when I had that epiphany.

Tracy told us what happened.

Told you, told you what?

That the producer at

Astreus got inappropriate.

Maybe it's worth it.

I just started back up

at Big Taters yesterday.

I kind of feel like

I'm selling my soul already.

So it may as well be

for something I love.

I don't know. If you want to do

what you love, why not just do it?

I mean, you work at this restaurant.

You work at Big Taters. I live in a van.

So what?

Those things aren't mutually exclusive from

us being able to do what we want to do.

We got all these people,

all our friends,

they're just sitting around

trying to figure out what to do,

trying to figure out how to make something.

Maybe we should be sitting around anymore.

Maybe we should just get together

and make something.

I'm going to send you my script.

You're going to dig it, trust me.

And we'll work around your

precious Big Taters schedule.

You'd direct me?

Yeah.

I'd be your leading lady?

I say rape, you say don't.

- Sure.

- Simone?

If you want.

Then, yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah. I'll be in your movie.

Alright, okay.

I've been trying to talk to you

about it for a week.

F*** Astreus Pictures.

We're going to make our own movie.

All right?

Do you have any champagne?

Okay. Hold on.

What is it?

It's the start of the night

we're never going to forget.

Three, two, one.

This world is about the doers,

the people who don't just talk about what

they're going to do, they just do it.

And that's you.

Astreus Pictures.

Hi, this is Sarah Walker calling.

I made a mistake.

I never should have left that office.

I want to meet him again.

582 Canyon Drive. Be there in one hour.

Come in, Sarah.

There won't be a third

opportunity, Sarah.

Your house is beautiful.

Do you want me to read a scene?

Do you want to discuss

the role some more?

I'm sorry that I left

the other night. I'm...

I'm... I... I really could

be great for this part.

Words, Sarah, just words.

What would you be willing

to do to convince me,

to make me believe in you again?

Would you forgo your eyes

for a new pair of eyes,

eyes that see with our vision?

Would you give up your body

to become a vessel for our voice,

for my voice?

Will you give your old life away

for a glorious, new life?

Yes.

Then show me.

The gateway is opened, Sarah.

All you have to do is be willing

to step inside forever

and never look back.

Kill your old life, Sarah.

Bury it in the earth

and join us in the skies.

Show me the girl I thought you were.

Let me see the real, Sarah.

Sarah, order's up.

Oh, Jesus Christ, Sarah.

Go home. You shouldn't

be here right now.

No, no, it's... I'm fine. It's fine.

It's not fine. What are you doing?

Come here. Come on. Come on.

Come on, come on.

Give me it. Give me it.

Give me that. Give me it.

Give me it. Give me it.

Get the f*** out of here

and don't come back.

Astreus Pictures.

This is Sarah Walker calling.

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