1 00:00:24,790 --> 00:00:27,476 If we don't reverse the tomography in the next 30 seconds, 2 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:28,726 barnaby won't stand a chance. 3 00:00:28,750 --> 00:00:30,766 I know, wonder man. I'm trying. 4 00:00:45,670 --> 00:00:47,016 Change of plans. There's too many. 5 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,606 Get out of there. Head to the sanctum now! 6 00:00:48,630 --> 00:00:51,306 - But what about you? - I can't leave barnaby to die. 7 00:00:51,330 --> 00:00:53,976 - But they'll kill you both. - I don't care! 8 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,186 The embera people believe if a soul fails to turn right after death, 9 00:01:10,210 --> 00:01:12,340 it winds up in a dark and treacherous place. 10 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:15,766 Well, I've been to the void. 11 00:01:15,790 --> 00:01:18,396 I've lived in that screaming silence. 12 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:22,016 I know what it's like. 13 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,896 I lost whatever part was left in me that makes a person a person. 14 00:01:32,790 --> 00:01:34,726 Until barnaby pulled me out. 15 00:01:34,750 --> 00:01:37,250 No one else ever gave a damn! 16 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,856 It's too late for me. 17 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,936 But you can still walk away. 18 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:46,090 I'm begging. Please, just walk away. 19 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:25,790 You got this, man. 20 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,420 You already got the job. 21 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:32,630 You just gotta go out there and crush it. 22 00:02:34,380 --> 00:02:35,840 Just crush it. 23 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:39,090 One step closer to the top. 24 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,080 Mr. Williams? 25 00:02:42,750 --> 00:02:44,170 They're inviting you to set. 26 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,106 Copy. 27 00:02:47,130 --> 00:02:48,896 Yep, on our way. 28 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:50,340 Yeah, David, go ahead. 29 00:02:51,540 --> 00:02:53,146 No, I haven't seen it. 30 00:02:53,170 --> 00:02:55,936 Have you asked Isaac in props? Thank you. 31 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,106 The stage isn't far. 32 00:02:57,130 --> 00:02:58,380 Yeah, David, go ahead. 33 00:02:59,670 --> 00:03:00,726 Yeah? Yeah. 34 00:03:00,750 --> 00:03:02,436 "She stands in the door for a beat..." 35 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:04,266 - What? - "'How was your trip?'" 36 00:03:04,290 --> 00:03:06,106 okay, who last had eyes on it? 37 00:03:06,130 --> 00:03:07,130 Hey, kiran. 38 00:03:07,670 --> 00:03:08,726 Hey, Ashley. 39 00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:11,000 Hey, isn't that for American horror story? 40 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,960 Sorry. Day players don't get golf carts. 41 00:03:14,750 --> 00:03:16,960 David, where are we with that blood? 42 00:03:17,670 --> 00:03:18,960 Yeah, I just got to set. 43 00:03:19,710 --> 00:03:21,590 Hey, what's the status on that mask? 44 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:24,646 Beautiful. Talk soon. 45 00:03:24,670 --> 00:03:27,146 How is it always mendocino farms? 46 00:03:27,170 --> 00:03:29,266 Someone in the writers' room must own stock. 47 00:03:29,290 --> 00:03:31,606 I hate choosing lunch when I barely had breakfast. 48 00:03:31,630 --> 00:03:34,016 I mean, how am I supposed to know what my stomach will want? 49 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,516 Personally, I would go for the smoky chicken elote bowl. No crema. 50 00:03:37,540 --> 00:03:39,056 Hi, I'm Lauren. 51 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,226 You must be professor harpin. 52 00:03:40,250 --> 00:03:42,056 Yeah. I love the castle rock you directed. 53 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,436 Your sons of anarchy episodes, 54 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:44,726 they were the best in the series. 55 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:47,226 - Thanks. - Ashley. I'm a big fan. 56 00:03:47,250 --> 00:03:49,686 - Yeah, I loved you in the twilight series. - Thank you. 57 00:03:49,710 --> 00:03:51,726 - Absolutely. - Okay, so class has just ended 58 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:53,726 and professor harpin's packing up his desk... 59 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:55,436 - Okay. - At the end of the night. 60 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:58,436 And then your colleague Sarah enters from here. 61 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:00,896 You do the first couplet. "How was your trip?" 62 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,306 Yada, yada, yada. 63 00:04:02,330 --> 00:04:06,686 And then, Ashley, you cross to about here. And professor harpin says... 64 00:04:06,710 --> 00:04:09,226 "You do realize, according to legend," 65 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:12,016 "that's where the aztec god of death, mictlantecuhtli," 66 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,670 "was tricked into giving up the bones that became humanity." 67 00:04:16,630 --> 00:04:17,920 Yeah, duh. 68 00:04:18,670 --> 00:04:19,726 Great. 69 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:23,436 And then Sarah transforms into a monster. Pa-pa-Pam. 70 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:27,630 And... bites off professor harpin's head, here. 71 00:04:28,670 --> 00:04:29,766 Any questions? 72 00:04:29,790 --> 00:04:30,896 Yeah. 73 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,766 Should I switch to that elote bowl? 74 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:35,670 Right now, it's soundin' pretty good. 75 00:04:38,380 --> 00:04:39,380 Just one thing. 76 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:41,040 Yeah, of course. 77 00:04:43,210 --> 00:04:45,460 How long have Sarah and I known each other? 78 00:04:46,380 --> 00:04:48,686 That's a good question. What... what are you thinking? 79 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:50,516 I was thinking we go pretty far back. 80 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:52,266 Like, maybe we were best friends, 81 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:55,420 but we had a little fallin' out when she got tenure before me. 82 00:04:56,330 --> 00:04:57,686 Sure. Why not? 83 00:04:57,710 --> 00:05:00,106 Right? It might add a little layer to the scene. 84 00:05:00,130 --> 00:05:01,766 - Totally. Let's try it. - Yeah. 85 00:05:01,790 --> 00:05:02,856 - Yeah? - Great. 86 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,106 - Yeah. - Yeah. 87 00:05:04,130 --> 00:05:05,186 Okay. 88 00:05:05,210 --> 00:05:08,686 So... so, maybe I shouldn't say "Sarah," right? 89 00:05:08,710 --> 00:05:11,936 - What's that? - Well, the script says "Sarah," but... 90 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,896 If I've been secretly jealous of her career, 91 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,646 I don't think I would be so friendly, you know? 92 00:05:17,670 --> 00:05:21,000 Maybe I should call her "Dr. Johnson" instead, you know? 93 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:23,370 Yeah. Let's... let's try it both ways. 94 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,396 - Okay, great. - Cool. 95 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:26,476 Let's shoot one. 96 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,606 And... I wouldn't let her get that far. 97 00:05:29,630 --> 00:05:31,556 - Who? - Dr. Johnson. 98 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:33,686 Considerin' our history, I don't think I'd let her 99 00:05:33,710 --> 00:05:36,436 cross all the way to my desk. 100 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:39,726 I think professor harpin would stop her right about here. 101 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:42,056 - Yeah. - No, no, no. 102 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,500 That is interesting... 103 00:05:45,210 --> 00:05:46,766 Damn. We're already lit, 104 00:05:46,790 --> 00:05:50,106 so I... I did want your dead body kind of bleeding out 105 00:05:50,130 --> 00:05:52,266 in this moonbeam that we have that... 106 00:05:52,290 --> 00:05:53,790 We can move the moonbeam. 107 00:05:54,460 --> 00:05:56,250 It'll only take a few minutes. 108 00:05:59,670 --> 00:06:00,670 If you want it. 109 00:06:06,710 --> 00:06:07,766 Let's move the moon. 110 00:06:07,790 --> 00:06:08,856 - Yeah? - Yeah. 111 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,186 Moving the moonbeam! 112 00:06:10,210 --> 00:06:12,130 More, more. Right there. 113 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:14,580 Last looks! 114 00:06:17,290 --> 00:06:20,266 Should I be packin' up a copy of aztec thought and culture 115 00:06:20,290 --> 00:06:21,670 by Miguel león-port ill a? 116 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:24,976 Is there a problem, Simon? 117 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,710 No. No problem. I was just... 118 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,516 Just wondering if I should be packin' up a copy of aztec thought and culture 119 00:06:31,540 --> 00:06:32,896 by Miguel león-port ill a? 120 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,306 And what is that? 121 00:06:34,330 --> 00:06:36,396 I'm assuming that's what I'm teachin', 122 00:06:36,420 --> 00:06:39,556 unless you're thinkin' aztec civilization by Henry Freeman? 123 00:06:39,580 --> 00:06:41,516 But... that kind of changes things. 124 00:06:41,540 --> 00:06:42,726 Does it? 125 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:46,556 Aztec civilization is a quick read. It barely touches on mictlantecuhtli. 126 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:49,460 It might fit into an ancient civilization syllabus. But... 127 00:06:51,330 --> 00:06:54,250 Professor harpin is focused solely on aztec studies. Right? 128 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:03,750 - No. There's no reference to a book. - But it says... 129 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,936 It says, "pack in up his desk..." 130 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,226 - Right. - "...For the night." 131 00:07:09,790 --> 00:07:11,080 I think it's implied. 132 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:15,040 Should we check with the writer, just to be safe? 133 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,130 Who is this bozo? 134 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,186 He had a great audition. 135 00:07:26,210 --> 00:07:28,556 Yeah, but at this rate, we're never gonna make our day. 136 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:30,766 Can you get Ryan on the phone? 137 00:07:30,790 --> 00:07:31,856 Yes, ma'am. 138 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,896 And the interestin' thing is, it's all here, 139 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,896 in your words, if you really look at it. 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,396 - You think so? - I do. 141 00:07:37,420 --> 00:07:40,646 Professor harpin's history with professor Johnson 142 00:07:40,670 --> 00:07:44,186 is what makes his death at her hands all the more tragic. 143 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:45,806 Honestly, I never thought of it that way. 144 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:48,226 - But it's here in the subtext. - Yeah, I see that. 145 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:49,556 You found something really interesting. 146 00:07:49,580 --> 00:07:51,516 Simon. Hi. Linda Cox. 147 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:53,356 - Hey. Hey. - Hi. Really nice to meet you. 148 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:54,976 - I'm a big fan. - Thank you. 149 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,476 Love all the thoughts that you're bringing... 150 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:57,556 - Absolutely. - To this role. 151 00:07:57,580 --> 00:07:59,580 - Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. - Yeah. Thank you. 152 00:08:00,130 --> 00:08:03,806 The show runner just called, and he is, rethinking this episode. 153 00:08:03,830 --> 00:08:06,306 And he's worried about professor harpin's scenes 154 00:08:06,330 --> 00:08:09,226 being a remnant of an earlier version of Ashley's arc. 155 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:10,306 A remnant? 156 00:08:10,330 --> 00:08:12,410 So, he's cutting your character from the show. 157 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:17,710 Thank you so much for all your hard work today. 158 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,476 That's a series wrap on Simon Williams! 159 00:09:17,330 --> 00:09:19,000 Shit. 160 00:10:09,460 --> 00:10:10,460 What the hell? 161 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:18,460 You movin' out? 162 00:10:21,540 --> 00:10:23,370 I thought you wrapped at 5:00. 163 00:10:26,210 --> 00:10:27,460 So, you're sneakin' out? 164 00:10:32,830 --> 00:10:35,710 I'm just trying to prevent this from becoming a thing. 165 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,146 Weren't you showing me pictures of rescue dogs last week 166 00:10:39,170 --> 00:10:41,960 - and complainin' I wouldn't commit? - Yeah. I'm sorry. 167 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:44,936 I'm just not happy, Simon. 168 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,106 I know. I... I just think you need to book something. 169 00:10:49,130 --> 00:10:52,460 Things will turn around. Come on. Vivian, we're good together. 170 00:10:54,670 --> 00:10:56,590 You never let me in, Simon. 171 00:10:57,380 --> 00:10:58,686 Not really. 172 00:10:58,710 --> 00:11:02,420 It's a little late to start caring about this relationship. 173 00:11:43,830 --> 00:11:47,556 Well, that's because Gerry wasn't there and I was. 174 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:49,306 I remember. Yeah. 175 00:11:49,330 --> 00:11:53,016 It was a python. A giant, bloody python. 176 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,726 I don't know if it was Burmese or not, love. 177 00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:59,106 I can't speak to that. It was in the pool. 178 00:11:59,130 --> 00:12:00,556 That's what bloody matters. 179 00:12:00,580 --> 00:12:03,436 - Maybe it had been somebody's pet. - Shh! 180 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:05,146 It wasn't lookin' for cuddles. 181 00:12:05,170 --> 00:12:07,806 Sorry, love. I can't today. 182 00:12:07,830 --> 00:12:09,410 Audition's this afternoon. 183 00:12:10,210 --> 00:12:11,476 Damn right, it's big. 184 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,556 Biggest bloody movie of the year is all. 185 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:15,016 Hey, man, do you mind? 186 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,210 Give my love to uma. 187 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:17,960 Smooches. 188 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:22,380 I'd never talk during the actual film. Don't fret. 189 00:12:25,330 --> 00:12:29,000 Hey, I'm sorry, aren't you... yes. 190 00:12:30,290 --> 00:12:31,356 I played the mandarin, 191 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:33,976 but that was over bloody 10 years ago and I was just a puppet. 192 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,306 And whatever theories you've seen on Reddit are totally false. 193 00:12:37,330 --> 00:12:40,976 I had nothing to do with pizza gate. I'm not a member of the illuminati. 194 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,356 And I did not have my hands replaced with baby hands. 195 00:12:43,380 --> 00:12:47,670 First of all, I always dug your performance as the mandarin. 196 00:12:48,330 --> 00:12:52,106 But I remember you from that omnibus episode you did in the '70s. 197 00:12:52,130 --> 00:12:55,436 You played Edgar Allan poe. "The need for nightmare." 198 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:57,436 Well, well, well... 199 00:12:57,460 --> 00:13:00,726 Not too many people remember that old gem, including me. 200 00:13:00,750 --> 00:13:01,750 How was I? 201 00:13:02,540 --> 00:13:04,226 Stole the episode. 202 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,106 And I should know, I'm also an actor. 203 00:13:06,130 --> 00:13:08,106 - You don't say. - Yeah. 204 00:13:08,130 --> 00:13:11,420 - You know... - Do you mind? Movie's about to start. 205 00:13:14,830 --> 00:13:18,606 I'll take the 10, but when I take you over to see Mr. O'Daniel, 206 00:13:18,630 --> 00:13:22,016 I'm gonna have to have another 10 just to cover expenses, all right? 207 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:25,266 Come on. I'll buy youse coffee, on me. 208 00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:35,960 Yeah, that's what I'll do. 209 00:13:37,710 --> 00:13:38,710 Okay, rico? 210 00:13:40,170 --> 00:13:41,226 Rico? 211 00:14:12,130 --> 00:14:13,460 It's heartbreaking. 212 00:14:14,630 --> 00:14:16,630 Never tire of rewatching that one. 213 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,080 It's authentic. 214 00:14:19,750 --> 00:14:20,806 Moving. 215 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,630 Really captures being an outsider on the fringe. 216 00:14:27,330 --> 00:14:29,306 And it's a little trippy, which is always nice. 217 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:35,726 You know, schlesinger didn't even think Hoffman was right for rat so, 218 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,000 even though he'd just come off the graduate. 219 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,106 Apparently, Hoffman convinced him by showing up dressed in rags 220 00:14:42,130 --> 00:14:44,356 to their first meeting on the street corner. 221 00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:47,606 He was begging for change, and schlesinger didn't even recognize him. 222 00:14:47,630 --> 00:14:50,856 I was fortunate enough to attend schlesinger's production 223 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,056 of timon of Athens with the royal Shakespeare company. 224 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,410 Sublime. Pity I was blind drunk. 225 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,840 So... what's this... 226 00:15:02,290 --> 00:15:04,210 "Big audition" you were talkin' about? 227 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:10,436 Look, man, I'm not a weirdo, and I'm not desperate. 228 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:11,500 I'm just curious. 229 00:15:12,790 --> 00:15:14,750 I would love to know what you're up to. 230 00:15:15,460 --> 00:15:20,460 Well, between you and me, it's a huge opportunity. 231 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:22,960 I'm auditioning for wonder man. 232 00:15:23,580 --> 00:15:24,910 Anyway, nice meeting you. 233 00:15:25,630 --> 00:15:26,670 Wait. 234 00:15:27,170 --> 00:15:29,000 Someone's actually remaking wonder man? 235 00:15:29,630 --> 00:15:32,090 Not someone. Von kovak. 236 00:15:49,790 --> 00:15:50,856 Hey. 237 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,670 Nah, I'm good. I'm good. 238 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,856 Are we sure he's not hiding in here? 239 00:16:07,210 --> 00:16:08,710 Janelle! 240 00:16:10,580 --> 00:16:12,226 Did you hear about wonder man? 241 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:14,630 You didn't tell me Von kovak was directin'. 242 00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:16,766 A superhero remake. 243 00:16:16,790 --> 00:16:19,190 Not exactly what we'd expect from an Oscar-winning director. 244 00:16:20,670 --> 00:16:25,420 Finding inspiration in another movie is not a crime. 245 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:30,606 Look at what cronenberg did with the fly, silly b-picture. 246 00:16:30,630 --> 00:16:32,960 He made it personal, 247 00:16:33,710 --> 00:16:36,516 grounded it in modern science, 248 00:16:36,540 --> 00:16:40,250 and discovered new, unthinkable horrors. 249 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,260 Why not wonder man? 250 00:16:44,330 --> 00:16:47,556 Human and spectacular. 251 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:50,356 That's where this film needs to live. 252 00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:52,880 Superheroes are part of our lives now. 253 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:59,306 So, what will we find when we look at wonder man today? 254 00:16:59,330 --> 00:17:04,210 What can he teach us about ourselves? 255 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,266 - Sounds good. - I need to be in this movie. 256 00:17:09,290 --> 00:17:11,646 Simon, you crazy. 257 00:17:11,670 --> 00:17:13,766 I was born to play this character. 258 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,646 Are you serious? 259 00:17:16,670 --> 00:17:18,306 Boo, they are already talking to Leo. 260 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:21,516 No, no, deadline said they're lookin' for a new face. 261 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:22,726 I have a new face. 262 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,080 It's too late. Today was the last day of auditions. 263 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:28,516 Well, couldn't you work a little bit of your magic? 264 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:30,170 No one can say no to you. 265 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:33,976 - Not when you put on that charm. - I know you're not doing this right now, 266 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,766 mister "I got fired from American horror story this morning." 267 00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:39,766 Yeah, they told me you couldn't even lay in blood, Simon. 268 00:17:39,790 --> 00:17:42,436 How hard is that? You just... You just sit there. You just lay. 269 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:45,396 Then you storm into this meeting with my colleagues, 270 00:17:45,420 --> 00:17:48,106 acting like you own the place, and now you tryna work me? 271 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:49,840 You know what? You got some nerve. 272 00:17:50,630 --> 00:17:53,556 I just need you to believe in me, Janelle. 273 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:55,080 You know I believe in you. 274 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,170 I... I think you're one of the most talented people that I know, 275 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,976 but there's a lotta talented people out here 276 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,040 who are not pains in the ass, do you feel me? 277 00:18:07,830 --> 00:18:11,856 All right. We can talk about American horror story first thing tomorrow mornin'. 278 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,340 Nandi will validate you. 279 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,460 Hi, baby, I have a early dinner, so I'll be gone, okay? 280 00:18:40,710 --> 00:18:43,186 Hey, girl, this is Imani from Hanover agency. 281 00:18:43,210 --> 00:18:45,210 I got Janelle Jackson for Ruth. 282 00:18:46,130 --> 00:18:48,356 She's in session, but I can have her return. 283 00:18:48,380 --> 00:18:50,130 She's in on wonder man? 284 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,340 Yeah, till 6:00 tonight. 285 00:18:53,210 --> 00:18:57,340 No, that is not good. Nandi is gonna be in so much trouble. 286 00:18:58,130 --> 00:18:59,306 Why? What's wrong? 287 00:18:59,330 --> 00:19:00,686 Well, nandi is out sick. 288 00:19:00,710 --> 00:19:03,016 You know, she got that stomach bug that's goin' around. 289 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,306 You better make sure you wash your hands, girl. 290 00:19:05,330 --> 00:19:06,806 You know I do. 291 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:09,686 Anyway, I'm covering for her, and she just texted me 292 00:19:09,710 --> 00:19:13,806 'cause she forgot to get Simon Williams in on wonder man for Janelle. 293 00:19:13,830 --> 00:19:15,856 And now, see, the session's already started, 294 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,106 and today's the last day. 295 00:19:17,130 --> 00:19:20,016 So, when Janelle finds out, she is gonna go ballistic. 296 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,766 Can he still make it in? I can put him on the list. 297 00:19:22,790 --> 00:19:27,920 My god, girl, you are an angel. I'MMA call him right now, okay? Thank you! 298 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:40,516 Hey. Simon Williams. Sorry, I'm late. 299 00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:43,186 I'm assuming you're a wonder man and not a barnaby? 300 00:19:43,210 --> 00:19:44,266 Correct. 301 00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:46,170 Just need you to sign this nda. 302 00:19:47,710 --> 00:19:50,436 Also, I don't have a doorman waiver on file for you, 303 00:19:50,460 --> 00:19:52,250 so I'm gonna need you to sign this. 304 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:55,790 Assuming, of course, you don't have superpowers. 305 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:00,750 Okay, you're all set. 306 00:20:06,380 --> 00:20:07,936 You mind if I keep the pen? 307 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,106 Guess so. 308 00:20:11,130 --> 00:20:12,556 "Where you heading out, boy?" 309 00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:14,766 "Until barnaby pulled me out..." 310 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,646 "Until barnaby pulled me out, no one else to turn..." 311 00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:23,250 "Right after death..." 312 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,556 I know what... 313 00:20:28,580 --> 00:20:33,146 "And treacherous place. Dark and treacherous place." 314 00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:37,896 "Dark and treacherous place." 315 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,186 "Embera people have a story... Embera people have a story..." 316 00:20:41,210 --> 00:20:43,436 "Embera people have a story..." 317 00:20:43,460 --> 00:20:45,880 "Damn urr fragment..." 318 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,476 "Damn urr fragment..." 319 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,080 "Gave a damn. No one else..." 320 00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:10,266 Ask Damian how things went. 321 00:21:10,290 --> 00:21:12,646 That's right, you can't. 'Cause he's dead! 322 00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:16,556 The guy's killing it in there, bro. 323 00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:20,896 And please tell Mr. Von kovak that if he'd prefer a cockney accent, 324 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,356 I can throw one in at no extra charge, all right? 325 00:21:25,710 --> 00:21:27,306 Where have I seen him before? 326 00:21:27,330 --> 00:21:29,370 Pretty sure he used to be a terrorist. 327 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:40,960 Come with me. 328 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,380 "Until barnaby pulled me out, no one else ever..." 329 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,920 You're a bloody mess. You can't go in like this. 330 00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:58,130 You tryna get in my head? 331 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,226 I'm tryna help you, love. 332 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:03,516 You know, some of us actually believe in supporting each other. 333 00:22:03,540 --> 00:22:05,686 Take it from someone who's eaten shit on stage 334 00:22:05,710 --> 00:22:08,186 more times than he can count. Not literally, mind you. 335 00:22:08,210 --> 00:22:10,266 You can still turn this around. It's not too late. 336 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:12,646 I know, it's a lot to memorize... 337 00:22:12,670 --> 00:22:14,396 No, my memory isn't the problem. 338 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:15,420 So, what's wrong? 339 00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:23,646 I can't get a hold of the character. 340 00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:25,976 I've seen the original too many times. 341 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,396 And I'm trying to come up with a backstory for his relationship with barnaby, 342 00:22:29,420 --> 00:22:30,726 but it's not makin' sense. 343 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:33,896 Well, trust the words. Just show up and say them. Be present. 344 00:22:35,330 --> 00:22:36,766 Nah, that's not my process. 345 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:38,976 Well, your process can go blow a spider. 346 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,330 Do you mind if I see this? 347 00:22:45,250 --> 00:22:48,306 This is your problem. You see, these notes are garbage. Sorry. 348 00:22:48,330 --> 00:22:51,016 No, it's how I learned it. It's how I make my choices. 349 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,266 Well, your choices are getting in the way. 350 00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:57,396 No one gives a fart about "the subtext of the tales of the embera people." 351 00:22:57,420 --> 00:23:00,620 We've... we've got to get you out of your head. 352 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:02,896 And how do we do that? 353 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,186 When you're in there, blow every last bit of air 354 00:23:05,210 --> 00:23:06,896 out of your lungs, hard and fast. 355 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,476 With no air in your lungs, your body will go into shock, 356 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:12,606 shut down your frontal lobes, so no more logic getting in the way. 357 00:23:12,630 --> 00:23:15,436 Then your amygdala kicks in, and you'll be left with instinct! 358 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:16,460 Simon Williams? 359 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:17,960 Here! 360 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,170 Don't think. 361 00:23:24,710 --> 00:23:26,500 Don't think. Okay. 362 00:23:42,750 --> 00:23:44,556 You can slate whenever you're ready. 363 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:47,580 Simon Williams, reading for wonder man. 364 00:23:54,170 --> 00:23:55,170 Everything okay? 365 00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:18,556 The embera people believe if a soul fails to turn right after death, 366 00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:21,080 it ends up in a dark and treacherous place. 367 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:26,380 Well... 368 00:24:29,290 --> 00:24:30,830 I've been to the void. 369 00:24:35,670 --> 00:24:38,050 I lived in that screamin' silence. 370 00:24:41,250 --> 00:24:42,630 I know what it's like. 371 00:24:46,330 --> 00:24:49,410 I lost whatever part was left in me that makes 372 00:24:50,580 --> 00:24:52,960 a person a person. 373 00:24:56,170 --> 00:24:57,880 Until barnaby pulled me out. 374 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,910 No one else ever gave a damn. No one. 375 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,420 It's too late for me... 376 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,510 But you can still walk away. 377 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,760 I'm asking you nicely. Just walk away. 378 00:25:21,130 --> 00:25:23,710 It's a wonderful thing, not thinking too much. 379 00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:25,936 Served me well most of my life. 380 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,106 Nah, I'm not sure I'd do it again. 381 00:25:28,130 --> 00:25:29,306 Why not? 382 00:25:29,330 --> 00:25:31,976 John gielgud used to have me whip him 383 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,936 with a belt across his bare ass every night before curtain up, 384 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,790 and that was before we were friends. 385 00:25:37,630 --> 00:25:38,840 Then things got weird. 386 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:42,806 Hayashi neat, and a virgin Mary with extra horseradish. 387 00:25:42,830 --> 00:25:44,106 Thirteen years sober. 388 00:25:44,130 --> 00:25:45,806 - Congrats. - Thank you. 389 00:25:45,830 --> 00:25:50,000 But... an actor needs to think. 390 00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:51,686 To do the work, 391 00:25:51,710 --> 00:25:55,306 you have to fill in a backstory and the character's psychology. 392 00:25:55,330 --> 00:25:58,040 If you don't understand it, how can you perform it? 393 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:05,380 "When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools." 394 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:06,936 King lear. 395 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,500 - Well spotted. - Yeah. 396 00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:13,090 I had a run of it in croydon back in the '80s. 397 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:16,210 I really struggled with the role at first. 398 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,710 Then I remembered that great speech from Hamlet. 399 00:26:21,130 --> 00:26:22,710 "The purpose of playing..." 400 00:26:24,210 --> 00:26:26,540 "Is to hold as 'twere the mirror..." 401 00:26:27,710 --> 00:26:29,000 "Up to nature." 402 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,710 Never forget that. Nature, that's our job. 403 00:26:33,670 --> 00:26:38,710 To understand the world around us and ourselves within it. 404 00:26:40,670 --> 00:26:46,090 The real work isn't digging for subtext or parsing a writer's intent. 405 00:26:48,210 --> 00:26:49,670 The real work is living. 406 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,686 - I should probably get goin'. - 'Course. 407 00:26:58,710 --> 00:27:02,896 You're a young man with friends to see and important things to do. 408 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,146 This one's on me. 409 00:27:04,170 --> 00:27:06,630 I think I'm gonna do the wedge salad. 410 00:27:08,830 --> 00:27:11,186 - Hey, let's keep in touch. - Of course. 411 00:27:11,210 --> 00:27:12,210 Simon. 412 00:27:14,580 --> 00:27:16,410 I've a good feeling about today. 413 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,090 Something fateful in the air. 414 00:27:38,330 --> 00:27:41,370 Hey, folks, I'm really sorry. Your entrée will be up in a couple of minutes. 415 00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:46,420 This is Trevor slattery. 416 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,106 How were drinks? 417 00:27:48,130 --> 00:27:50,686 $15 for a virgin Mary? It's bloody criminal. 418 00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:51,710 Trevor... 419 00:27:52,290 --> 00:27:53,896 Third contact was established. 420 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,686 We don't call it third contact. He was at the matinée? 421 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:57,896 Yes. 422 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,516 And then you ran into each other at the audition? 423 00:28:00,540 --> 00:28:03,250 And then we had drinks. Third contact. 424 00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:07,516 Trevor, you need to take this seriously. 425 00:28:07,540 --> 00:28:09,556 Simon Williams is superpowered. 426 00:28:09,580 --> 00:28:12,896 He's unstable and incredibly dangerous. 427 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,976 This country isn't safe until he's in my custody. 428 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,540 You sure he's buying the act? 429 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:21,290 Don't fret. I've got him right where I want him.