Lines Small Town Drama

Stares at coffee

I’m nervous

you get used to cameras after a while

not that

oh

the callback

you’ll be fine

everybody says that

because its true

Easy for you to say. I leave here. Drive to the airport, get on a plane, land in Los Angeles, and walk straight into an audition

that sounds stressful

thank you

you’re welcome

i’m serious. This could change my life. It’s a dramatic role. A real dramatic role. Not a joke role. Not stunt casting. Not somebody trying to get publicity. Just acting.

that’s why they called you back

Maybe

definitely.

You know what drives me crazy? Everybody knows Mitzi Muffins. Nobody knows Rachel Mitsovich. Nobody cares about Rachel Mitsovich. They hear “Mitzi Muffins” and they’ve already decided who I am before I walk into the room.

Not the people making this movie.

I hope not.

they watched your audition and called you back. That means they saw something.

Or they couldn’t find anybody else.

See? That’s exactly what I’m talking about.

What?

You already got the callback and you’re still talking yourself out of it.

That’s because I know how this business works.

And I know your’re good.

You really think people can move past the thing they’re known for?

Absolutely. twenty years ago then a livestreamer website break up with people for them.

Still one of the weirdest things you’ve ever done.

idk did you watch twitch switch

True

my point is nobody talks about that stuff anymore. they know jessyka soap opera. Eventually people start associating you with the next thing.

Assuming there is a next thing.

There’s always a next thing.

I really appreciate you talking me down from this panic attack I was about to have with this callback.

You know me, my costars become my family.

Judy Presley was just talking about you the other day and your two months of fake dating.

The press and f u k suck… so I figured they would stop looking into her relationship status if her and I just faked one.

It made it easier for her to come out a few months ago for sure.

Right because then … “dating bradley leborman makes women gay” angle and take the pressure off her.

Speaking of dating Bradley Laborman…who is the mysterious Pho girl?

her name is claire

Wait? The Claire?

Yes… it is the same one

When we were here in Texas filming Hockey Schtick, you told me Claire was who you pictured when you had to act like you were happy and in love. That’s Pho girl? Did you reconnect?

Its not that easy

Not that easy? What does that even mean?

She thinks I left town, She doesn’t know all the circumstances.

What circumstances?

That I thought about her constantly and it… and most of my relationships were just to help me forget about her.

Convenient.

I’m serious. Now she’s back in my life and its hard to convince her I am … just with more imdb credits…

Plus I am sure this Jessyka crap isn’t helping…

Nope

What is the deal with this whole cheating story? Haven’t you guys been broken up for six months…

it was her PR team’s idea.

Of course it was…

I leave, people question why a guy… she’s the victim, I am the villain, ticket sale boost.

Sounds about right… Jessyka loves to burn bridges…

So I have heard…

Every six years Jessyka Payne somehow becomes the victim of a scandal and comes back with a new haircut and a new career move.

those are just payne gate conspiricies

you don’t owe her anything. You and her are over. You should focus on Pho girl.

Pho claire…. I feel like Big City drama is going to have the final say.

That’s not the Bradley I know. I’ve never known you to let other people decide your fate. You do things peopple tell you not to do all the time. Half your career is built on proving people wrong. People told you nobody would watch your public access show. They were wrong. People told you nobody would watch your videos. They were wrong. People told you nobody would care about the breakup website. They were wrong.

to be fair, they may have had a point on that one.

You know what I mean. You’re sitting here telling me to fight for something. You’re sitting here telling me to take a chance. Meanwhile you’re stuck in your head about a girl you clearly never stopped loving.

I’m not stuck in my own head.

Really?

I am doing things, I am focusing on the theatre here right now.

Yeah. You love theatre. But is theatre going to make you happy for the rest of your life?

(doesn’t answer)

That’s what I thought.

Well as long as Jessyka keeps singing.. all her fans and the world will just think that.

Then tell people.

you know hollywood math … people would only believe something like that if it came from the pope or julia roberts

the Pope… really?

yeah

for what it’s worth, I don’t thikn Alexander Bjornson would’ve been afraid to risk everything to be with Kelsey Winters…

Maybe but that was just a character I played

Maybe, but the love that character felt was based on someone who seems very much worth the risk.

maybe. but if i take a risk in hope it make things better for me. THen i need you to take a risk in hopes it make things better for you. ….. get to LA and see what happens.

and if I fail?

then nothing changes

and if I succeed?

everything changes.

I like that answer.

phone buses

okay now I actually have to leave.

probably a good idea (stands up)

and don’t tell anybody about the audition.

I won'‘t

Seriously,

I know you don’t want ot jinx it.

Exactly

fair enough

wish me luck

you don’t need luck you earned the callback now go earn the role

see you later

episode 6: rachel. Rachel mitsovich. I can never remember that.

Thanks for having me.

congrats on the role. tell us about the movie

It's a love story about Elena, played

by me, a woman living in this small

Southern town called Sycamore Grove

during the Civil War. The man she

loved left for the war, and while he

was gone, she had to build an entire

life without him. She married someone

else, she had a child, and then that

life fell apart too. So when he comes

back years later as this celebrated

war hero, everyone sees it as this

grand romantic reunion, but Elena is

not the same girl he left behind.

She's a mother now. She's been hurt.

She's carrying secrets. And the people

closest to her start trying to bring

them back together, even though she's

terrified that if he knows the truth,

he may never look at her the same way

again. So it's really about love,

forgiveness, and whether two people

can find each other again after life

has completely changed them.

whats going on there?

nothing exciting. bradley is a friend. he helped me prepare for this audition and gave me confidence when I needed it. I’m grateful for that, but that’s the entire story.

interesting becasue that would’ve been a much better story

well, i do have a story for you.

we will listen to anything you have to say.

Speaking of Bradley Laborman and the

rumors about him cheating on Jessyka

Payne, what I can say is from

everything I know, Bradley has been

split from Jessyka for months before

any of those rumors started. So from

where I'm sitting, the cheating

narrative never made sense. It looked

a lot more like somebody needed a

villain for a single rollout to boost

dwindling tour sales..

months? so the cheating never happened?

you have the crack journalist team Larry, you tell me.

so i think we know where we’re going to lean.

thank you Larry, I know F. u. k can be fair and apologize when they realize they’ve gotten facts wrong.

good luck on your new movie

Thank you harv