What Just Happened Page #4
I badgered them. It was a special order
because it was a white shag carpet.
- You know
- Carl, I don't get white shag.
I wouldn't be caught dead with shag.
You said it went well
with the black chairs.
- That's why you ordered white shag.
- You're right, okay. I stand corrected.
- Really?
- Yes. I'm in the editing room. It's okay.
JEREMY:
Oh, f***ing...!
You may not realize this now.
but I was protecting you
and our movie in that office.
I went out, man. I really went out.
I can see that,
but maybe that's a good thing.
No. No, I went out.
I had 11 months 22 days,
mate, right?
I had no drugs, I had no alcohol...
till after that meeting
with that cow Lou.
and your assassin in training,
your assistant.
he decides to give me an Ativan.
Well, one Ativan
doesn't sound so terrible.
Yeah, right.
Try following it up with three Dilaudids
scored from a barman.
and all washed down
with rum and Cokes, right?
Okay, then, you needed a release.
It can happen to anyone.
No, look, look.
I was seven days away
from getting a cake, man.
Right? A cake for a year sober.
Me, a cake.
And you and your diabolical
bloody naked treachery.
took that away from me.
- No, that's not true.
- Not true.
- Come on, Jeremy.
- Not true.
- Jeremy.
JEREMY:
Ow!- How's that?
- That's not necessary.
Shouldn't we save this high drama
for the big screen?
Yeah, or that one,
the one that my blood's in.
- I know that, and I'm the producer.
- My blood on that film, right?
Blood that goes all the way back
to a Jewish ghetto in Vilna...
a little shtetl.
How could you possibly understand
anything like that?
Let me get you a Valium.
Just for now. It's not that I don't
But we're on a deadline.
This is for us, these changes.
Can I have a couple of Vicodin
instead?
Sure, easy.
- Go get three of them, Ben.
- Three? Coming up.
Yeah, get me My office
to get three Vicodin.
and bring them to the cutting room
right away.
Let's put that down.
[AUDIO SCRUBBING]
Jeremy, look, we're gonna need you
to dig deep on this one.
You can do it.
We get our victory in Cannes.
I get these bastards to spend a lot
and distribute this movie properly.
- You can do it.
- It's just so f***ing hard for me, man.
I mean, you know, it's my work.
It's all I've got.
Trust me, once you make
these cuts and trims.
and take out that damn dead dog,
you will feel cleansed.
You will forget the pain.
[GUNSHOT]
It's okay.
As long as we do a viewing together
before we leave, okay?
- Call me anytime you want.
- Okay. I will, Ben.
Give me a hug.
[JEREMY SOBBING]
I'm sorry.
It's okay. It's okay.
- That's okay.
- I'm sorry, Ben.
No, don't look.
I'm so scared, Ben.
We're on a deadline,
so let's get to work.
Okay? Let's get to work.
BEN:
Cal, Cal, relax.I'm coming to see Bruce.
No, no, you're not listening.
I'm driving on the 405 as we speak.
Five minutes away.
Relax, I'm going over the hill.
I'll be there in a minute.
It doesn't matter. It'll be fine.
MAN [ON STEREO]:
This is Fiercely.Cue one and one, take one.
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON STEREO]
MAN:
I need grips and I need stand-ins.Come on.
CAL:
Ten minuteswas an hour and a half ago.
- We got a crisis here.
- Lot of traffic, lot of traffic.
I saw Moses through the window.
What's the status of the beard?
CAL:
I don't know.- Did you tell him he has to shave?
but I just haven't done it yet.
BEN:
We start shooting Friday.Today is Tuesday.
CAL:
I'm the director,I know what day it is.
I suppose it took a long time
to grow it.
Probably wants to wait
till the last minute.
That's what I thought,
I got the sense
that this is his look.
- It's an artistic choice.
- It can't be.
CAL:
It's a feeling.Cal, we got the studio to pay him
$20 million to be a leading man.
For that kind of money,
there is an expectation.
CAL:
They expect a good performance.- No, no, no, Cal.
For that kind of money,
they expect millions of women.
to want intercourse with him.
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
You want a poster that says,
"See Santa run"?
Okay. Okay.
MAN 1:
We need more 4-by-8 plywood here.
BEN:
Okay.MAN 2:
Watch your back.- Okay, let's go tell him to shave.
- Okay.
Okay. He'll shave, okay?
Especially if he hears it from you.
That's the hope.
BRUCE:
Motherfuckers! Motherfuckers!
Motherfuckers!
We are talking about my f***ing
artistic integrity here, goddamn it.
My artistic integrity, okay?
Audiences wanna know it's you,
Bruce. They expect it.
And we're talking about
a lot of money here.
What are you talking about?
They're not gonna recognize me?
"Where'd Bruce go, huh?
Can't see Bruce no more.
Where's my favorite movie star?
Oh, look, there he is.
I see him right there,
the guy with the beard."
Yes, but there's a
You know,
this is a certain demographic
that has to be served, Bruce.
That's the business.
You have to do it.
I mean, that's just a fact.
It's about falling in love with a hero.
There's a tradition to this stuff, Bruce,
there just is.
- Oh, I see, we're talking about p*ssy.
- More or less.
I understand, I understand.
P*ssy's good.
Let me tell you a funny story.
I've been growing this for six months.
I've been knocking off trim 24/7,
and never one f***ing complaint.
- Shut up.
Hollywood producer, my ass.
I should've seen this mentality coming.
Really, should've seen it coming.
Never a doubt. Never a f***ing doubt.
BEN:
Bruce, Bruce, Bruce.Come here and talk, Bruce.
Bruce, Bruce, come on.
- You wanna talk about integrity?
- Let's talk about integrity.
- Let's talk about f***ing integrity.
- Let's go. Okay, let's go.
Let's talk about integrity.
last pictures against your three.
How about that, huh?
Let's talk about integrity.
You don't have three pictures.
You don't have any.
You know why?
Because you're a f***ing producer.
Well, why don't we start.
by giving your overblown salary
to the f***ing Red Cross?
- That would show me some integrity.
- What? What?
Sorry.
Motherfuckers.
F***ing babies!
Can't f***ing believe this sh*t.
No, no, no, you shouldn't
wear any beards.
How about this?
Why don't we just not have clothes
in the f***ing movies anymore?
How about f***ing paying for that?
I never realized
how strongly he felt about it.
BRUCE:
This here's your f***ing chair.How's that?
You motherfuckers.
Will somebody fix this f***ing door?
Jesus Christ.
You happy now
that you got my pressure up?
You f***ing
BEN:
Well, somehowI don't think he expects to shave.
CAL:
You know, in a very early draft,the script mentioned he had a beard.
- A very early draft.
- Yeah.
Hey, now that video's done,
we won't be needing that sh*t.
Blow me, you motherfuckers!
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