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You haven't gone yet, right? What's your name?

-Benji. Yeah. -Benji?

All right, let's go.

Hi, my name is Benjamin Cornejo.

I'm here to audition for the role of Pasqual.

Hi, I'm Jay Garcia,

and I'm auditioning for the role of Pasqual.

-Pasqual. -Pasqual.

-Pasqual. -Pasqual.

- What's your name, bro? - Oh, my name?

What's going on, y'all? My name is Gio.

-Wala Prince. -I'm Eddie.

Hello, my name's Ernesto Garcia.

What do you know about music videos?

I mean...

That they're fun, they got crazy shit happening.

I don't know.

What's your favorite video?

Anything with Drake.

- Oh, you like Drake? - Yeah, he's hot.

Okay.

Bro, what do you think it takes to be a good director?

You have to be kind to your crew,

your set. You have to be really...

The blueprint, you know, the plan.

You gotta know what you're doing.

Creativity at the table and being...

Allowing things happen.

My girlfriend almost dumped me for dancing...

Push people around.

Being able to experience life...

The setting, the lighting, the characters.

And, uh, you know, I've been in a couple porn sets, too.

Just, I didn't want to throw it out there,

but I did a little background stuff on that, too, you know?

All right, so, Miguel, what do you think it takes

to become a great director?

Hey, bro, I just gotta become you.

Your daughter is gonna outlive you.

Everything goes well, and it's a good life.

You're gonna live to be...

Well, if you use me as a measuring scale,

you're gonna live to be at least 75.

Those are a lot of moments to make memories.

You know, the more robust

and successful you are in your career,

the more it's gonna benefit your family.

So you have to keep your eye on the ball on that.

You just can't let it consume

and take you away from the obligations

and the importance of your family.

Oh, have I thrashed too hard at James Blake?

Is she alive?

You gotta find her.

I think I got something.

Kinda feels like a hard thing.

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

She's alive.

♪ My little stinker stinker, stinker ♪

♪ My little stinker, the stinkiest boy ♪

What is this? What the fuck is happening?

♪ My little stinker stinker ♪

♪ My little stinker, the stinkiest boy ♪

Huh?

Oh, sorry.

- Are you here? - Yeah, sorry.

Are you here or somewhere else?

I don't know.

I'm just dealing with this treatment shit right now.

Sorry, babe.

Mom loves Pa.

♪ Mom loves Pa Mom loves Pa ♪

When do you think you're going

to clean out your office so we can start,

like, moving the nursery?

Um, I don't know.

- What do you mean? - Soon, soon.

We should make a plan

because I feel like all our, all this stuff is, like,

piling up and there's nowhere to put it.

No, I know.

And then it's like we're living in, like,

cluster fest.

It's, like, it's, like, interrupting my chi.

Well, I'll start, I'll start today.

-I'll start this weekend. -Today?

I'll start, I'll do a little bit today.

Okay.

♪ My little stinker, stinker stinker ♪

Who are you texting?

I'm just doing, I'm sorry.

I wish I was your phone

so you could touch me all day.

Jeez.

Got my little bull head.

I think we should try to clear everything out

before they install the wallpaper on Saturday.

Yeah, I know. I know.

So, this is a lot of stuff.

This is my life, you know?

This is my whole life right here.

Why don't you divide it into groups?

I'm moving my life away. That's what I'm doing right now.

Maybe it's easier to divide it into groups of,

like, things you want to keep, maybes, and then for sure, yeah.

Okay, boxes, keep. Okay?

-Boxes, keep. -I think the boxes are trash.

Absolutely, boxes are being kept.

-Okay? -The boxes are trash.

I can put my tax documents in there. Okay?

I can get you a proper folder to put into a drawer

for your tax documents, not in a Nike shoebox.

That's literally trash.

It's not trash to me.

You touch your stuff and I'll touch mine.

All right, well, I mean... Okay. That's fair.

I mean, these guys can go right here.

Are you sure?

Aren't those, like, handy for hiking?

-When are we gonna hike? -No, I mean...

We got a couple years before we go hiking.

Well, if we don't need a hike, then we should get rid

of all this camping stuff.

Unless we move into nature...

Yeah.

And we go on daily hikes

with our daughter to the waterfall.

-Yeah. Well... -Then you'll need these.

I don't know about that idea.

- What do you mean? - I want to be...

You know, I want our kid to be cultured,

you know? I want to be...

You can have culture in nature.

Well, maybe, like,

the most extreme version is, like, Idlewild.

But then, like, what about, like, Altadena?

Yeah, but what about my office?

-What's for? -What about your office?

I'm gonna, like, live in a big mountain and I have to go...

commute every day and...

Well, I mean, get a new office.

Or just work from home.

Yeah, but what about my partner? Like...

We're developing this movie, you know?

Like, it's gonna be hard.

I feel like, it's like, okay, I like that.

The idea is cool, right, like, in theory,

but, like, it's not realistic to me, you know?

I don't think...

I don't think I can do that, you know?

-Okay. -You want this?

No, but don't you use it?

Isn't it something you take to your office?

No.

That's not bad. This isn't bad.

This stuff feels good.

-Yeah, it's like-- -This stuff feels good to me.

It's postable. I think it's postable.

-I think it's postable. -Yeah, I think that's right.

-I think we have... -You have to post it.

Yeah, I think we gotta put... We gotta put credits at the end.

Now that we know how this works, right?

-Yeah. Right. Yeah, it's true. -Right?

The whole point of this thing.

That's true. It's true. It's true.

-It's for the cause. -We gotta post the book.

We gotta put credits or something here, or a title.

Yeah.

Because otherwise, this just feels fucking strange.

-You know what I mean? -Yeah.

Oh, fuck.

And that's a cut.

Okay, moving on.

Let's look at this one.

Oat milk. That's what I need.

-Woke milk. -That stuff is great.

Yeah, dude. It's fire.

It's good for you, too.

-It's, uh, Raul. Yeah? -What's that?

-Raul? -No, no, no.

-Pasqual, actually. -Oh.

No, no, no. Raul's my partner.

-He's over there. -Oh, okay. Sick.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, we look similar. It's okay.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-What's up? -What's up? What's up?

-Did you check the email? -What email?

The Drake email.

You guys are always on your phones,

but you guys don't check your emails, bro.

What's up, man?

Drake video. Looks like it's gonna happen.

What we doing, bro?

-Drake? Drake? -Drake.

-What we gonna do? -OVO Drake?

Yes, Drake, bro.

When do they need the treatment?

They need it probably in, like, two weeks.

Okay. What's the budget?

Budget? God's plan, bro.

-Yeah, all right. -Open checkbook.

No, probably, probably, like, a mil, something like that.

Well, when they trying to shoot it, bro?

-February. -February? Fuck, man.

Bro, I'm having my fucking kid.

Who gives a fuck, bro?

Bro, I told you about this already.

I know, but this is, we gotta do this.

-This is Drake, bro. -Yeah, bro, but...

Hey, look, you telling me, man.

Look, I have a kid, bro. You telling me

you can't figure out one day to do this video?

Bro, I can't do it, bro.

Christine's already tripping, bro.

Like, literally, two days ago, I was like...

Hey, man, it's time to tighten up them panties, boy.

You gotta tell Christine,

"Hey, Christine, look, we're having a baby.

This baby's gonna cost money." You like your BMW.

You like your other BMW. You gotta make some money.

Yeah, that's facts. That's facts.

Come on, man. This is for clout, bro.

Like, I'm a clout monster, bro. I need this.

We gotta do it.

You gotta work to support the kid.

Come on, bro. What about Raul just doing solo?

-Huh? -Raul can just do it solo.

Nah. So the thing is, I already talked to them,

and they're like... I don't know what happened, man.

I already tried to explain, you know,

that maybe RJ's the only one available,

that you need to step off.

But they said they need both of you.

And I already told them, I'm like, "Look, you know what?

"To be honest, guys, you want RJ,

because he's the better director."

I'm just kidding.

-It's alright. -But...

I don't understand why they like that, though.

I don't understand why they need both of us.

Because it's called Cliqua-Mundo.

Clique. Cliqua. Clique.

Alright, alright, alright.

It's funny how that happens.

You think you're getting a duo, so you need a duo.

I mean, it kind of makes sense.

You guys represent yourselves as a duo.

Bro, I don't know, bro.

I was kicking it with Christine two days ago.

We were already on this walk

and she was already, like, tripping on it, bro.

-She was tripping on it, dude. -Saying what?

She's just saying I need to take more time off, man.

Like, when in February?

Is it in the beginning of February?

-Yeah, probably right... -The beginning of February?

Probably first week.

That's when the baby is due, isn't it?

Yeah, we've already tried to figure out days to move it to,

but they're saying that, I don't know,

something about Drake and, you know,

going to fucking Turks and shit like that.

They said it has to be the first week.

It would be dumb not to do it, though, for real.

Yeah, we have to do it. Absolutely.

Figure it out.

We're going to make this whole...

Look, Pasqual, we'll make this whole thing.

We can just show up on the day.

We'll make your call time right,

like, 10 minutes before he shows up.

You know? You got to be on a couple calls.

That's all you got to do, bro. It'll be easy.

Just got to show face. One day. Eight hours.

We'll put you on an eight-hour time card, bro.

Oh, it's like what we did with Usher.

Yeah.

Let's do this, man. Let's do this.

Let's just get on the call.

Let's see what they're talking about.

-Okay. -Yeah, yeah.

Maybe, you know,

in a couple days, you'll grow some balls, bro.

-Oh, my God. -Tell Christine like, "Yo, look,

I gotta do this, alright?" This is Drake.

We're talking about Drake, bro.

The biggest artist in the world, bro.

-That's true. -Alright, alright.

-We're going to do this, bro. -Send us a song.

-Send us a song. -We're going to do it, right?

-We're going to do it, right? -All right. All right.

We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out.

We'll talk after this.

-All right. -All right, man.

Fuck, man.

-Boy, we got to do Drake. -Yeah.

I don't know, man.

It's tough, man, it's tough.

How much do you remember from when you were one week old?

Bro, I don't remember.

It's not about that, though, dude. It's not about that.

It's about Christine, man.

I gotta be there for her, you know?

I don't know.

We'll do the call. I'll do the call.

I'll do the call. We'll just see.

Hi.

You got a second?

Yeah. I'm on my way to a photoshoot.

But just, yeah, real quick. What's up?

It's like, uh, okay, we got, like,

a really dope Super Bowl project.

Like, a Super Bowl project.

It's with Asics and Dua Lipa.

Um, she's mixing with NCL.

in Montreal.

I'm about to burst any second.

What's the budget?

- It's $250K. - $250K in two weeks?

Dude, no.

- No. - You got Dua Lipa.

Let me think about this. Alright, let me call you back.

Let me call you back after this shoot.

Okay, I love you. I love you.

Bye.

Dude, there's no fucking way.

Like, $250K, shoots in two weeks?

I don't even give a shit about the Super Bowl.

Who cares about the Super Bowl?

I mean, what do you think? No, dude.

It's, like, not even worth my time.

Like, this is so much more important.

Like, I can't even waste a brain cell on this.

I love that.

How have you been, Graham?

Uh, been pretty good, you know? Pretty busy.

How about you?

Pretty good. Pretty good. Pretty busy as well.

Yeah, what have you been working on?

I got hit up to do this fucking Drake video,

actually, the other day.

- Drake? Wow. - OVO.

You didn't tell me about that.

Well, we're, um, we're trying to figure out the dates.

When does he want to shoot it?

They want to do it in February right now, actually.

- February? - Yeah, I know.

But that's when we're having the baby.

No, I know. I know.

We're, we're, we're working it out.

Okay, well, can Raul just do it alone?

Well...

Not gonna miss that, right?

No, no, no. That's the problem.

Drake or the baby?

I can't even believe this is a thing.

Well, that's why I didn't talk to you about it.

Your baby, Drake?

It's not even on the same scale.

I know. I know.

Maybe if it was...

It is your career, though.

- It is my career. - Oh, my God.

- It is my career. - Romeo, sit.

That was good.

How do you want us?

Um, honestly, it's working for me.

Maybe look toward the light, Christine.

And, P, look, P, look maybe toward her belly.

Beautiful.

Great.

Should've worked out more.

Do you wanna get a video?

No, uh, I wanna be there for the kid. You know?

-Yeah. -Maybe they can just convince

them Raul can do it.

And you can prep it or whatever.

No, I know, but they won't.

It's like some stupid political shit

-Ryan was talking about. -Mm.

I think we're good. I think we're good.

I've been reading this book, right,

all these fatherhood books,

And this one guy described this, this study that he did.

And he described it as an amnesiac phenomenon

where he interviewed all these fathers.

And these young fathers within their first year

couldn't remember who they were before having the baby.

It's been the thing that's been fucking me the most, I'd say.

It's like the discontinuity in yourself.

Yes, yes.

Like I'm splitting into, am I becoming a whole new person?

I'm not ready to give this person up yet.

You know? I'm not ready for it.

I'm ready for the baby.

I'm not ready to get rid of me.

You know?

You seem a little stressed.

I'm stressed. Yeah.

Definitely stressed. I got shingles, actually.

- You got shingles? - I got shingles.

You see it? It's like this...

This little cut thing?

Yeah. It's like a teardrop. I got shingles.

I thought it was an old person disease.

No, no, no, no. I got it from stress. I got it from...

This is the legitimate thing. It's not...

It will never go away.

It's never gonna go away?

The doctor told me it will never go away.

This is the rest of my life.

And I got it in the second trimester.

Because I was so stressed.

Because Christine was, like, struggling,

you know, in the pregnancy. She's like, "I'm sick.

I'm sick. I'm not feeling well.

I'm, like, nauseous every day."

And I was doing this fucking music video.

And I was traveling all over the world just, like,

dealing with, like, fucking famous people.

I just felt stupid. You know?

Like, I'm like, dude, I should be with my partner.

- Yeah. - But then once I did that,

I was like... I feel like I was like,

Raul, "Dude, where are you at?" You know?

It didn't, like, alleviate the stress.

No, I kind of just dipped out at one point

and just went to spend time with her.

And that's when I got the shingles.

- That's when I got it. - That's fucking crazy.

It was when I went back to see her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

There's like a hole in your nose?

There's a hole in my nose. Yeah.

What do you mean?

It's like a cut that forms?

I don't know how to describe it.

It was like a... It's a deep...

It's like a nerve... It attacks the nervous system.

So, like, I got it here and it was, like, spreading.

It actually went to my eye. It was pretty scary.

- Did you go blind? - I didn't go blind.

- I can still see you. - Obviously.

- I am still... - Is that the risk?

That's the risk. That's the risk.

Well, that's fucked.

Because that's also your career right there too.

You know what I mean?

Music video directors, they don't need eyes.

Yeah, true, true. You just need grills.

Damn she's cute. Fuck.

Oh, shit.

Hey, you look better in person than in your pictures.

I'm not gonna lie.

We should just go.

Yeah. All right, fuck it then. Let's go.

You know, my Challenger looks good with you in it.

Looks good with you. Like it matches you, you know?

It matches me?

Yeah, like, you know,

you look good on my passenger seat with me.

I thought you said it matches me.

Yeah, like, it matches you.

Like everything about you, like your personality, like,

you know, it goes with you.

That might be a little...

Huh?

It might be a little bad

because I kind of want to go home.

Alright, for sure.

Alright, let's go home then.

Hey, you can't be here, man.

It's private property.

Hey, this is private property, my boy.

Um, I have to ask you to leave.

This is, uh, private property.

Hey, uh, you can't be here, sir.

All right, guys, which one of you is Miguel?

All right, let's go.

My name is Miguel Huerta, and I'm ready to become Pasqual.

So you think you have a good work ethic?

I have the best work ethic. I don't feel comfortable

thinking that anybody would ever outwork me.

I feel like it's just...

I don't know how to explain it, but this is who I am.

It's the simple quote of never give up.

Because I've never given up.

I've had millions of people tell me

that I can't do nothing in life,

that I'm not gonna go anywhere,

that I'm just gonna be washed up,

that I'm gonna have, like, a 9:00 to 5:00,

that I'm just not gonna do anything in life.

And this has given me the opportunity

to prove them all wrong.

So, never giving up. And look, I'm here.

Even though I might not get the part,

I'm still showing up. I'm never giving up.

Thank you, bro. Thank you.

I, um...

So, I want to run something by you.

- Okay. - So...

Honest opinion.

So...

You know, we've been talking about it.

I have an idea. This Drake thing?

- The Drake video? - Yes. Yeah.

So I was kind of thinking, right?

Like...

The commissioners, they don't know what I look like.

Right? Because it's a new client.

They don't know what I look like.

And, obviously, I'm not gonna miss my birth.

- Absolutely not. - Yes, of course.

Of course not.

You know... Like...

- Bro's a good friend. - Yeah, yeah.

Big Drake guy. Look at the guy.

- He is. - He's an OVO guy.

He's a very big OVO guy.

So, I'm thinking that, like...

I'm gonna cast this kid.

- I found this guy. - In the video?

I'm gonna cast this kid to be me

and just pretend to be me.

For the video. Basically, like...

It's like a surrogate version of me.

You know? Like, it's like...

Maybe it's... Is it in Curb or something?

I've seen it before. But, you know...

I get, like, a surrogate version of me.

He looks like me.

He wants to be a director. You know?

I'm like... It's like a mentor.

It's like a glorified mentor. He's a shadow.

He's a shadow man. Yeah, yeah.

The shadow. But he's the real...

It's not a shadow.

He's just pretending to be me.

I'm gonna give him my Instagram handle.

I'm gonna train him for a period of time.

-Okay. -And then I can do the...

The video.

I can do the video by not doing the video.

And I can be there for Christine.

And actually be there for Christine.

-Okay. -I don't know.

-It's a little crazy, but... -No.

-Or it's pretty good. -Sounds insane, to be honest.

It sounds... It sounds like...

Sounds kind of dumb, dude. I don't know that you, like...

-I'm just saying, like... -But I'm just thinking...

Okay, go ahead. I want to hear it.

No, I want to hear it. I want to hear it.

I mean, it's just...

How, like... He's gonna pretend to be you.

-He's gonna pretend to be me. -It's not, like...

It's not, you know...

If it was, like, in a video or something, sure.

But in real life, that's just a lie, right?

Of course it's a lie. But no one knows.

He's coming. I think he's gonna come here.

-To the baby shower? Okay. -Yeah, yeah. He's great.

He's great. I got this guy.

I found him on Craigslist. He's in East LA.

-You found him on Craigslist? -I found him on Craigslist.

I mean, he looks... He's got a good look.

You'll see. When you see him, you're gonna be...

I think you're gonna be impressed.

Okay.

But I know. It's a little crazy.

But I also just kind of think that, like...

Dude, it's just...

Like this music video shit, man,

it's, people do it with their fucking eyes closed.

You know? You know that.

Yeah, sure. How high are the stakes? Sure.

Right. Right?

But, also, it's like...

I don't know. How does Raul feel?

You know what I mean? Like...

Then what if Drake wants to do another video?

You're gonna have to hire this other dude?

Well, I get him to look exactly like me.

And then you just slip in and hope that he doesn't notice?

People mistake me and Raul all the time.

-That's true. It's true. -You know?

It's a funny idea. It's a funny idea.

You're a funny guy. And it's a funny idea.

- Yeah. Yeah. - It's good.

But it's, it's a little insane.

It is a little bit.

- I got a present. - Oh, hello.

- Hi. - Hi.

- How are you? - How are you?

-This is for the baby. -Oh, thank you.

All right. Nice meeting you, everybody.

-This is my son, Nolan. -Hi.

- Nice to meet you. - I'm Jennifer.

- Oh, you're Jennifer. - Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

This is Maddie.

-Hi. -Hi, nice to meet you.

This is Miguel.

Nice to meet you, too.

You can handle your alcohol?

-Somewhat, yeah. -Okay, good. Okay, good.

Like 80% sure.

80%? Okay. That's good enough.

Probably like 50% with the Henny.

Oh, Henny makes you go crazy?

Yeah, Henny-thing's possible.

Oh, Henny-thing's possible!

Here's the thing, to become a director...

-Yeah. Really? -It's not that hard, bro.

It's not that hard. Not that hard.

-You just gotta be confident. -Confident?

You gotta be confident. You're hardworking.

You told me you're hardworking already.

That's great. That's step one.

Working hard. Step two, confidence.

Even if you don't know the answer, bro,

you just say, "Yes."

You just say you got it. Just say you got it.

Never say that you don't know.

If you say you don't know and you're a director,

everyone's gonna be like, "Oh, fuck.

We're fucked." You know what I mean?

You're just gonna be like, "Oh, yeah, man, no worries.

We'll figure it out."

And then if you're really worried, you just be like,

"Let me talk to my producer."

When you do music videos, you gotta have a clean-ass cut.

Always. Always.

- Can't be looking dusty. - That's a lot.

You know what I mean?

You look dusty, and they're like, "Oh, this fool's a nerd.

This fool doesn't know what's up."

Now, what's the thing? What's the thing?

What's the thing that I say when they ask you

if the video's gonna be good? What do you gotta tell them?

It's gonna be awesome.

And it's gonna be a movie.

A movie. A movie.

It's gonna be a movie.

So here's one thing.

When you gotta go to the bathroom,

-say "10-1." Just "10-1." -"10-1"?

I don't know why, you just say, "10-1."

That's crazy.

- That's crazy. - That is crazy.

When you're wearing that shit

and when you're working your security shift, bro,

you don't even need a flashlight, bro.

Just that thing right there, bro.

When the artist does it, you don't want them to know

that you're rolling the camera.

Because when you're like, "Action,"

then everybody knows you're rolling.

But if you go to the DP and you say,

"Hey, 50-50," that's the low-key way.

You just press the record button, he or she,

press the record button, or they press the record button, boom.

And now you got extra shit.

Oh, shit. Boom.

I feel like a prince with this.

You are a prince, bro. You're a fucking star.

You're a director, okay? You are a prince.

-Back to one. -Back to one.

-Fuck Vimeo. -Yeah.

-Right? -Uh-huh.

-Say it. -Yeah.

-Say "Fuck Vimeo." -Fuck Vimeo.

There we go. That's what I'm talking about.

I feel like there's this thing, like,

everyone's hitting me out there,

like, "Yo, did you build this shit yet?

Did you build this shit?"

I'm like, "Bro, I don't know how to build this shit, bro.

I'm just trying to-- just fucking freestyling it and over here,"

-you know what I mean? -Well, yeah, of course.

It's like, yeah, I don't know.

Whenever you need help, bro, I got you.

Nah, bro, I appreciate you, man. I appreciate you.

You know, I used to be a stepfather.

That's why I kind of know how to do all of this.

Wait, what? You were a stepfather?

Yeah, for like a year.

I was, like, young and she was, like, 20-something.

Wait, you were a stepfather to children?

-Yeah, to two children. -No way, bro.

-Yeah. -No, deadass?

-I swear, I swear, yeah. -No, bro. No, bro. No, bro.

-I have pictures to prove it. -You have pics?

Let me see. Let me see.

Man, that's us babysitting and then this is, let me see.

I want to get a good...

-Damn, what the fuck? -Yeah.

Damn, you're a dad already.

-That's fucking crazy. -Yeah.

That's crazy, man. What the...

Oh, shit. What's that?

What's up, fool?

Yo. Yo.

It's Miguel He looks like me, right?

-Pretty good, right? -Uh, yeah.

-Yeah. -Exactly.

What the fuck?

He's gonna be me for the Zoom call right now with Drake.

Because I can't be there. I can't do the video.

I'm having the baby.

But I decided, I figured, like,

this guy could just be me.

And we can do the job.

I'm still having the baby. We don't have to say no.

So, yeah. I got it figured out.

What does Miguel know about directing?

What's he gonna say on this call?

Oh, it's his dream, man.

He doesn't even know that much shit, bro.

It's easy. This shit's easy.

Anybody can do this shit, bro.

These fools are fucking idiots, man.

You just gotta sit there, look like me, you know.

You do the talking, I gave him some pointers, it'll be good.

It'll be good. I think he's got it.

Should we talk about this for a second?

The Zoom call's gonna happen, like, right now.

-Just give us a second, okay? -For sure. I got you.

All right.

Oh, okay. All right, man.

-Hey, you look good. -Copy.

What the fuck?

You taught him copy, alright. Great.

- I mean, alright, yeah. - He's got the sauce.

He's got the sauce.

So, you want this dude, you want this dude, like,

he looks like you, but you want him to be in,

- in the Zoom? - Yes, 100%.

- 100%. - -Is he flexing right now?

I get that, like, they want both of us,

so we're trying to figure out a solution,

but, like, what's this dude's level, though?

Is he, like, a film student, at least?

Like, what's up with him?

No, bro, he's not, he's not, okay?

But, bro, he's, he's from, he's from East LA, you know?

-He's like us, right? -Yeah.

And that's the whole thing with Cliqua, right?

-We wanna, we wanna fucking... -No, for sure.

We've been looking for, like, we've been looking for,

like, someone to mentor, but, like, I was thinking,

like, someone that, you know, knows, knows film.

He has the drive. He has the drive.

He has the drive. I've been talking to him.

I cast, I, I interviewed tons of people.

This fool is just, like, dude, he's,

he's really fucking down for it. This is his dream, bro.

He's just never had the opportunity to do it before,

you know? It's fucked up, man.

Like, this industry's fucked up, you know?

Like, he'll never have a shot, you know?

He'd never have a shot otherwise.

-Yeah. -I believe in him, man.

I really, I really think he can do it.

And, dude, these fucking OVO guys,

these guys are fucking idiots, bro.

All their videos are fucking trash, okay?

Our video's gonna be the best one.

They're not gonna know the fucking difference.

They're not gonna know that he's not really me.

-Yeah. -He looks exactly like me.

He's just gotta fucking play the part, man.

And I've been coaching him.

I've, like, told him what to say.

And, look, for the Zoom call,

I'm gonna stand over there, okay?

-Yeah. -I'll keep an eye on him.

-You take the lead. -Yeah.

You take the lead. But, you know, bro,

I think, I think, look at this guy, man.

I mean, he looks like he's, uh, I mean,

I think it works in that respect, so.

-Yeah. -I mean, alright, like,

I mean, if you're gonna coach him right there,

let's just do it.

I mean, it's happening right now, so I think let's go,

and we'll figure it out.

-Just trust me. -Alright.

-I trust you. Yes. -Alright?

Yo. Hey, what's up?

Gentlemen.

Uh, Aubrey wanted to join this call today,

but, uh, unfortunately, he's unable to make it.

Jay just got back from Turks with Aubrey,

and he's really, Aubrey's the right-hand man,

so he's gonna be stepping in today,

kind of speaking towards

all things Aubrey, and, uh, and OVO.

Okay, cool. Cool.

Well, this is one half of Click-A.

-This is Pasqual right here. -What's up?

Nice to meet you guys.

Nice to meet you guys.

What's up, guys? So, what's up?

What's up with this video?

Well, um, it's a big one.

We're really excited.

It's kind of a return to form for Aubrey,

a return to his real R&B roots.

Uh, the track is called Head Over Heels,

and while we don't have a fully robust creative,

we do have some ideas that, uh,

we want to kind of start things with

and seed things with.

So, Aubrey really likes the idea of strippers,

first and foremost.

I think that's sort of like the central thematic,

uh, movement of the piece.

Um, and what he likes is strippers,

but maybe one with really long hair.

Oh, you know what's a good idea?

Probably, like, adding 100 Challengers to the theme.

Also, a thousand, a thousand strippers, bitches everywhere,

just with Challengers, and, like,

Drake just owning all the challengers, and, like,

the bitches just all over the Challengers,

and Drake with fire all over that.

Bro, that would be crazy. We just turn the fire purple.

-That's cinematic. -Yeah, yeah. Let me finish.

Keep going, 12. Sorry about that.

We're excited to get this project kicked off,

and we know you guys are the perfect fit,

so just keep an open mind the way you always do.

Yeah, of course. Okay.

Uh, 12, can you speak to the nails thing

that we were talking about yesterday?

Yeah, so another aspect that's

been really core to kind of Aubrey's,

uh, image these days

is he's very, very focused on his nails.

Nail art, uh, both elaborate pedicures, manicures.

So, what he's looking for is a lot,

it's very important to us that we get a real focus.

Yo, hold on a second, Pasqual.

-Hold on a second. -Sorry, Pasqual

is just really amped, dude,

because we're just such big Drake fans.

He's just, like, really hyped right now,

but we'll work on it with you guys.

I'm hyped about Drake.

I'm glad to hear that, but this is serious.

-This is serious. -Yeah, of course. Of course.

We're serious guys.

Focusing on the nails.

You know, we really need

to be able to focus on the colors of the nails.

♪ Yeah, you did say you want me back ♪

♪ You're feeling sad now ♪

♪ Babygirl, I'm a dad now ♪

♪ Only time I dead beats is whenever I rap now ♪

♪ You was on the center stage, now you a background ♪

♪ I couldn't give you what you needed if I wanted to ♪

♪ You couldn't give me ♪

Alright, guys. We got 20 minutes.

That's it? 20 minutes. We just got here.

Okay.

Alright, well, let's get to it.

Alright, so we have the seam up here, right?

I feel like that's a good spot to do the stitch

to, like, extend the pole, right?

Because the idea is that you want this infinite pole

to, like, nowhere, right? Like, goes into a black void.

Yeah.

And, like, the background's already sort of black,

so I think, Nick, maybe don't light back there.

And maybe we can put markers.

No, what we need is to make this

into a Marvel movie-like theme-like music video.

I need one stripper right here from this pole

flying all the way to the pole on that side,

jumping into that hoop, twirling around.

alright, there is a perfect music video.

Like, yo.

-Hello? -Just pause for a moment.

Babe, where are you?

I'm on the scout right now.

I thought you were going to be home soon.

No, I meant I'm on a location scout.

Well, the crib is here.

And it's too heavy for me to lift.

It's here today?

Yeah, they delivered it early.

But can you come home and bring it in?

It's going to get stolen.

Okay. alright. Uh, I'll head over right now.

Okay, thanks. Bye.

Because, like, everything you're saying makes

absolutely no sense, Miguel.

I'm going to keep going, alright?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do your thing.

Alright.

So homeboy's about this far, right?

Then how do we...

I gotta finish this, though.

How do we bring the air vent so that

it comes down here and he's like,

I guess you'll never see the hair

and the person in the same shot. Like, in the same frame.

-Yeah. -So wait, what?

-What's up? -Yeah, that's good.

-What's good? -That sounds good.

-Oh, now you're here. -Yeah, yeah.

-Okay. -Sorry, sorry.

-I had to take that. -So, like, I think...

Hello, can I help you?

- Hello. - Oh, what are you doing here?

Oh, hi, uh, Pasqual sent me.

He told me to get, to build the crib.

Is he not coming?

No, he can't come.

He sent you?

Yeah, he sent me. I'ma build the crib.

Alright, well, hurry.

Okay, well, you can just leave the box,

um, maybe against the wall or something.

Oh, yeah, of course, no problem.

-Yeah. -I got you.

And then Pasqual to build it up. Or we may hire--

No, it's okay, it's okay, it's fine.

I will do it myself.

-You're going to build it? -Yeah, I'm very handy.

-I'm very handy. -Are you sure?

Yeah, of course. I've been doing this as a kid.

Oh, my God. Okay.

Well, great. Well, thank you.

Just rest. Just rest.

Don't worry. I got it under control.

Okay.

Like, today I feel pretty good.

Yesterday I felt, like, really big

where I was like, "Pasqual,

"I don't understand how I'm going to have,

"like, eight more weeks of being pregnant

or, like, whatever because..."

Maybe you'll get some bed rest.

No, but it's good to stay active, I feel.

Yeah.

I feel like my mom never rested at all.

Are your feet swollen?

No, they feel okay.

I feel like I haven't gotten any of that.

There was, like, one leg cramp.

I was like, "What is this?"

And how was that prenatal massage that you got?

-It was amazing. Yeah. -Yeah.

I definitely, like, want to keep getting massages.

-I feel like it helps a lot. -Yeah.

This is it.

-Oh. Hi, Miguel. -Hi.

I finished your crib.

I don't know if you might want to go check it out.

Okay. Cool.

-I wanna see. -Cool.

Yeah. For sure.

-Do the wheels lock? -Yeah, they do.

They have multifunctional, you know, usage.

It goes, you know, like that, back, go about 360.

It goes right here.

You know, it has, go all the way around.

-Ooh. -Do everything.

-Yeah. -Cool.

-Nice and sturdy. -Yeah, of course.

-Mm-hmm. -I like it like that.

Yeah. Well, thank you so much.

Yeah. Thank you.

-Thanks for staying all day. -Oh, of course.

Anytime. Anytime. I got you.

-Yeah. But cool. -You know, whenever.

- Get home safe. - Yeah, you too.

We ever been to the same class?

I don't, I don't think so.

I'm pretty sure me and you have chemistry.

Oh, my God. You're so funny.

Yeah.

Um, I also heard you're working with Drake.

-Oh, yeah. -Yeah, I'm a huge fan.

-Oh, for real? -Yeah.

Do you think you could, like, I don't know,

get me on set or something?

-To meet him? -Yeah, I could get you on set.

-Yeah? -For sure.

But the thing is, you gotta show me what you're working with.

Oh, like, to be, like, a video girl?

Now, you gotta show me. Yeah.

Show you what I'm working with?

Yeah, you gotta show me everything. That's right.

Have the vignette here.

Alright, so...

-Subtle. -Yeah.

Very subtle.

This is where we were.

And then?

-This is with the vignette. -Mm-hmm.

Okay, I think we can crank that.

Yeah, we could definitely crank that.

-Maybe something more here? -Yes.

-Yes. -Maybe a little more.

A little more.

Yeah, that's looking better.

Yeah, and then here it is compared to the other scenes,

so we can kind of see how they play.

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, I think that's working. -Me too.

What's working about it, Miguel?

Honestly, they both kind of look,

um, I can't even tell the difference.

Hmmm.

I've been trying to play nice.

I've been trying to, like, get going with you.

I've been trying to, like, get on board,

but it's not, it's not fucking working for me.

Like, this dude is literally just copying what you're saying,

and then you expect me to show up on set.

Fucking Drake's gonna be there,

and I'm gonna have a literal idiot walking around,

like, fucking shit up for me.

And, like, I don't know. This is our career.

This is, like, what we're doing, and you're just fucking, like,

just making a fucking mockery out of it.

I don't know. But, like, it's, I don't know.

But that was better than the Zoom call.

He's doing better than the Zoom call.

But, like, there's nothing to fuck up.

He's just, just me and you there.

Like, and Kaitlyn, what is he gonna do?

-Yeah. -Like, and, like, yeah,

I get that he looks like you and shit,

but. like, I'm just, I'm at a loss for words.

I don't fucking know.

I don't know what the fuck we're doing,

-but, like... -I'll talk, I'll talk to him.

Like, he's, he hurts more than he helps, so...

Hello?

- Hi. - Hi.

Oh, my God. Guess what I did last night.

What?

I hooked up with Miguel.

Oh, my God. How was it?

I know! It was crazy, dude. He's wild.

Oh, my God!

Like a little monster.

But you wanna know what?

The fucked-up thing is

I literally think he stole my necklace.

All you guys gotta do is work hard,

believe in yourself.

Eat vegetables. Remember to eat your vegetables.

I can't believe Miguel.

He's such a fuckboy.

He better not have stolen Jen's necklace.

If you see it, you should get it back for her.

-I'll ask him about it. -Okay.

Stop touching that thing.

Hey.

-Hi. -Hey, how's it going?

Good. How are you?

I'm good. I'm good.

-Always good to see you both. -Yeah.

-Yeah, likewise. -How was the drive?

-Not too bad. -It was okay.

-You know, besides Santa Monica. -Oh, my gosh. I know.

-Rush hour, right? -Yeah.

These appointment times are just crazy.

It's, like, right during rush hour traffic.

Yeah.

I know how far you guys drive to get here,

so I want to make it worth your while.

-Thank you. -Yeah, of course.

So, 36 weeks. How are you feeling?

I feel good. She's, like, really heavy,

so there's some pelvic pressure, but...

Okay.

Yeah, I think other than that, it's...

you know, we're excited to meet her.

Yeah.

Kind of nervous about the exit, but...

-Okay. Okay. That's normal. -Yeah.

-It's all normal stuff. -Yeah.

Yeah. You have great support.

-Yeah, it's true. It's true. -With family.

Yes.

-And you, of course. -Yeah, that's true.

Well, 36 weeks.

Your baby is the size of a large cabbage.

-Oh, cool. -Yeah.

-A little Cabbage Patch Kid. -Oh, yeah!

-Yeah. -Crazy.

Alright. So, Christine, I'm going to ask you to lay down.

I'm going to do some measuring.

-Yeah. -Alright.

Super quick. Okay.

So, from top to bottom.

Alright. Right on track.

-Okay, cool. -Yeah.

-Thank you so much for coming. -Thank you.

And, of course, we'll see you very soon.

-Okay. -Alright.

-Okay. -That's it?

Thank you. Yeah, that's it. Everything's healthy.

-Everything's moving along. -Okay.

And hopefully you won't hit too much traffic going back.

Okay. Thank you so much.

Okay, of course. Bye.

Bye.

Oh, my gosh.

We drove, like, an hour and a half to be here,

and that was literally 90 seconds.

I think we should take some cotton balls and masks.

I'll get it. I'll get it.

What? What did you say?

Take some cotton balls and masks.

Put it in my bag.

No, I'm not stealing. I'm not a thief.

Look at the time we had to get here.

Come on.

What?

You okay?

I feel kind of dizzy.

[Pasqual Really? You alright?

I just...

feel like I need to go back.

- Hi. Hello. - Hey. Hello.

Alright, next.

Bro, she didn't even fucking say her name yet.

We got other options.

Pasqual wants to see the rest of the options.

Can you give us one moment?

Miguel, if you disrespect the fucking talent again,

I'm gonna fuck you up.

Bro, Pasqual wants...

Don't fucking say that.

We need... Like you said, we need talent.

We gotta see the other options.

This is not talent. I know what Pasqual wants.

This is not what Pasqual wants.

I'm telling you right now.

Let her fucking introduce herself

and then we're gonna go. Okay?

Just fucking let the thing play out.

Alright, fine. Go for it.

Hi, my name's Paula. I'm from North Carolina.

I'm 23 years old, and I'm auditioning for Rapunzel.

Okay, cool.

What kind of experience do you have in acting?

I've been doing like music videos.

I've done some commercial...

Can we get to the dancing?

We gotta see the action. This is...

Miguel.

We're trying to get, you know,

we're trying to see talent.

Is there music?

This is... No, no music. This is NDA.

-Show something right now. -Um, okay.

Just one second, one second.

Yo, you keep interrupting,

we're gonna have a problem, dude, please.

We need to see what she got.

This is getting straight to the point,

is it not? We need to see it.

Run the show.

Yeah, I am gonna run the show.

Actually, I know exactly what Pasqual wants.

Alright, action.

Okay.

Here's the part where you direct, fool.

I am directing. She got something.

I see it.

Could walk around like in the stage if you want

a little bit.

Oh, bro, this is talent. Yeah.

Yeah.

It's gonna be a movie.

Let's audition this.

10-1. 10-2.

10-3-4.

Bro, where'd you get that, man?

Don't worry about it.

-Did you buy it? -Don't worry about it.

-I didn't see. -Shall we?

-Oh. -Let's do it.

Yeah, alright.

Alright, this shit's NDA, bro.

Alright? Some NDA-ass shit right here.

Intro's too long.

He's getting into it. He's getting into it.

♪ You must think you know me so well ♪

It sounds like everything he plays, man.

It's, like, repetitive.

Yo, we're listening to the song, though, right now

so we can do the shot list.

Okay, but I'm saying it's over and over and over again

the same freaking thing. Drake, come on.

Switch it up. What is this? Kindergarten?

Miguel. Listen to the damn song first, bro.

You know what? Let's get into the shot list, okay?

Let's just get-- Let's go to the shot list.

So can we? Can we get one of the shot lists?

Yeah, let's go to the shot list. No, no, no, no.

Let's go to the shot list.

Let's go. Let's see. Let's see.

Alright, so the first shot we were talking about

was the stripper pole, right?

And doing, like, the, doing the stitch,

and the mirror thing and all that stuff.

So how do we want to do that?

I feel like we should probably...

Yeah. I say we do that on IMAX,

but forget the whole mirror stuff.

That sounds like a lame idea.

We're talking about shots and you're talking about IMAX.

That's what I'm saying. I'm saying that's a lame idea,

whatever you're putting.

Get me my stripper right here.

Make her fly to the other pole

and throw her in the little hulu bowl.

That's the shot. That's the shot that we need.

What is so fucking funny about this, dude?

We're trying to fucking make a video.

It's Drake. It's important.

It's a good idea.

And you're literally, like, swapping yourself out

for this fool right now..

-It's a good idea, right? -He's talking about IMAX.

He's agreeing with me.

I'm sorry about this, but this is a better idea

than yours because I don't know...

Is this, like, funny to you or some shit?

-Or like... -It's not.

Or are you, like, actually taking our career seriously and shit?

It is. He's taking what I'm saying seriously

because I actually have a good idea.

Miguel, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

I know what I'm talking about.

I need this stripper to be flying.

I need her to wear wings.

I need her to scream, "I need everybody's attention."

Okay, pause, pause, pause, pause.

The first scene is we're supposed to be

-on stage, right? -Yeah.

And we're doing, like, the fucking replacement.

And we're gonna, like, extend the set.

-That's shot one, right? -No, no, no, no.

-We're going to be on one. -Let's not do that.

Are you gonna keep interrupting or what, dude?

Who's gonna wanna watch some lame-ass video?

Yo, what the fuck?

You're gonna make Drake...

Yo, yo, are you fucking gonna seriously let this fool

hijack this shit this entire fucking time we're here?

Because it's a good idea, though.

-It's a great idea. -Ooh! Alright.

Alright. Yo, yo, Pasqual.

Call me when this motherfucker,

like, starts taking this seriously.

And you too, for that matter, 'cause you guys are both--

Alright, alright, alright. Look who's walking away.

-Go cry about it. -Whatever.

-Miguel, fuck you. -Alright, alright, alright.

That's enough. Okay.

Uh, yo.

Alright. Let's focus on the real deal.

IMAX. It's a 3D.

He's got an opening shot.

It's okay. We don't need him.

Just Pasqual and Pasqual now.

Please leave your message for 3-1-0...

Are you good?

Yeah, I'm good, bro.

-Are you sure? -Yeah.

Okay.

Bro, I'ma need a ride home. Is that cool?

-No, I got you. Of course. -Yeah?

-I'll take you. Yeah. -Alright.

I got it.

This shit means a lot, man. This shit means a lot.

Dead ass, bro. No. Dead ass, bro.

-Yeah? -Like, this shit. Bro.

Like, okay.

You know, like, you're filling in for me.

I know I gave you a lot.

I asked you to do a lot. I'm proud of you.

But, like, if this shit goes wrong, like, I'm fucked.

For real. Like, for real.

Bro, you got me. Don't worry. Don't worry.

You got me. I got you. I got you.

Baby?

No, I'm just sick of you, like, and this project.

It's crazy.

Like, you hire Miguel supposedly so you can have more time

to spend with me and this unborn child.

Right.

But then you're just spending all your time with Miguel.

It's, like, absurd.

Well, I mean, I'm doing this

so that I can be a full-time father.

That's the whole thing.

That's the reason why I'm doing this.

But you haven't even been here.

You're, like, being a father to Miguel.

Like, where are you in my life?

Where are you in this baby's life?

Like, you're not here,

and when you are here, you're on your phone.

You're not present.

You're thinking about this, like, doppelganger project.

It's taken over, like,

not only your life, but it's affecting my life.

And it's, like, instead of nesting and, like,

being together in this partnership

and getting things ready together, you're gone.

I'm doing things by myself.

And you keep saying

that this is so you can have more time with me,

but, like, ironically, you're not spending any time with me.

And it's, like, you keep telling me something,

but it never happens, and I just feel like I'm being gaslit.

Just like you keep telling me

you're going to fix the laundry machine.

And it doesn't get fixed, and it's been a week.

And I could have just hired someone to fix it.

You want me to fix the laundry machine?

I'll fucking fix the laundry machine right now.

Okay, but...

You want me to go downstairs and do it?

I'll fucking work on it, okay? I'm sorry.

I've just been a little tied up recently, okay?

I'm sorry. I'm doing this for us.

That's why I'm doing this.

But it doesn't feel like it's for us

because you're literally not here.

It feels like you're doing it for you because you're having

some type of midlife crisis

about aging out of your music video career.

I'm not having a midlife crisis, okay?

I'm just trying to make sure that everybody's good, okay?

-I have a partnership. -Everybody's good?

I'm here being like, I'm not good.

Where are you?

I'm not good.

What do you need me to do? What can I do?

Just, like, be here now. Be part of this.

I am here.

Try--be my partner.

Okay, alright. There goes the phone. Okay?

What do you want?

-I'm sorry about this. -It's like...

-Okay? I'm sorry about this. -Okay.

I'm gonna figure it out, okay?

I'll be here for you, alright?

It's just a little rocky right now,

but it's gonna be fine.

I'm working it out, alright?

Okay.

No, I'm a cat, not a dog.

Softer.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Come on.

I'm hugging you like my mom.

Come on, you're being hard.

I'm sorry, baby.

Get the sides so I don't have stretch marks.

Thank you, Papa.

How nice.

I'm full.

You're full?

Do you not like it?

No, I'm just full now.

-Okay. -Do you want mine?

You wanna dance?

What do you mean?

Isn't it good for the baby? Remember?

From the class?

That's true.

Remember, that's what they said.

Okay.

I'm full and hungry at the same time.

Hey, now do you need a little more chicken?

No. I think I need a shake.

You need a shake?

Shake filet.

A Baskin-Robbins shake.

Two scoops coffee, one scoop butter pecan.

Don't do that.

I'm sorry about everything.

It's okay.

I'm here.

I just missed you.

-I missed you, too. -Yeah.

Just take the pressure off my back.

Can you hold my lower back?

Alright.

Mm..

'Cause you know what they say in the class?

Mm-hmm.

You need to go out?

Do you have to go out?

Mm?

Oh, Papa.

You wanna go?

Papa?

Pasqual!

- Yeah? - I think my water broke.

Really?

-Are you serious? -Yeah, it's, like, wet.

- Oh. - Are you okay?

Okay, let's go. Let's go.

-Yeah. Okay. Yeah. -Let's go.

Yeah.

How do you feel about today?

Not good, actually.

Fuck it. Dude, I got the shits.

What do you mean you have the shits?

Bro, I've been shitting all fucking morning.

Do you need something? You need, like, some Tums?

I think, like, some Pepto

or something might help, but it is not good.

- Not good. - Yeah? You'll be okay?

Yo, what's up? What's up, yo?

How y'all doing? How y'all doing?

-Hey. -How you doing?

Pasqual, Pasqual, how you doing?

Man, should have done IMAX. Hey where's the PA?

Can I get a latte around here?

-Yeah. -Thank you.

Hey, guys, can we get a latte, please?

This movie has to happen right now.

I'm so excited for this. It's gonna be a blast.

Cinematic masterpiece right here.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Electric says they need another hour.

Man, no sugar?

It's just a latte, dude.

Can we get the director another latte, please?

Thank you.

♪ You can go ahead and let your hair down, girl ♪

♪ These other niggas don't compare now ♪

♪ I know you see the difference ♪

♪ But this act is just a fan now girl ♪

What was that game, fucking...

You had to like..

Yeah, yeah.

You know we're just playing with dogs.

It's all the shit. It's yellow and red pieces.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -It's blue and red.

What is that called?

Alright, finally we're getting this rolling.

Let's go. Let's do this.

It's amazing. Love it. Love it.

Bro, they're not even doing anything.

They're just setting up the lights, man.

I'm appreciating the view, man.

I still love it. It's still a good job.

Ooh, look at that.

I can't even like hear myself think when you speak.

Like just shut up, man.

Man, you're such a hater, my boy.

-Just enjoy the moment. -There they go.

Hey, guys. So this is Team OVO.

My God.

12 couldn't make it, so he's on the Zoom,

but Team OVO, this is Cliqua.

-Hi. -What up bro?

-Nice to meet you guys. -My God.

How you doing? How you doing?

Great, bro. What's going on?

Hey, like I said, we love the vision.

We've seen your work, man. This is the team.

We just have-- we can get one in. You feel me?

So what's going on?

We're happy to work with you guys too.

Hey, well, I've seen it. I love it.

-That's for you. -Oh thank you. Thank you.

What you need from us?

Nothing right now.

We're just setting this scene up right now

and, like, we should be ready in an hour or so.

We should be ready in a minute.

Alright, man. Well, do your shit, bro. We got a vision.

-For sure. For sure. -Alright, let's take a seat.

Alright, guys. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, have a seat. Have a seat.

Sorry I couldn't be there in person.

Aubrey has a new children's hospital

opening in Toronto today

and we were not able to be there.

So I had to stay in his stead.

But Aubrey is on his way.

So really looking forward to kicking this thing off.

Yeah, what's up, bro?

Thanks for being here with us.

Appreciate you, my boy. Appreciate you.

For sure, I love that, love that energy, you feel me?

Let's see the set.

Why don't you take us through?

What do you have lined up for us today?

Hey, this entire production

is gonna be a fucking movie.

Marvel movie.

What do you got, gentlemen?

Alright, so let me show you something.

Let me show you something.

Hey, uh, sound. Where's my sound guy?

Sound. Sound. I need sound.

ASAP. Please.

Thank you. Appreciate that.

Look at this, 12. You see this?

I got my own boom. Cinematic style.

Yo, get the boom out of here, bro.

Hey, don't touch my boom. Bring it. Thank you.

Bro, why are you bringing the boom in here, dude?

I need it. It's cinematic.

Yo, can you just step out?

We're having a meeting right now.

Please. Please. Please.

Don't leave. Don't listen to him. I need--

Yo, what's up? So what's up, 12? Hello.

What do you guys got to show me?

Yo, we're still building the set,

but, uh, it's gonna be up in a bit.

Uh, we're a little bit behind, but we'll make it up.

-We'll catch up later. -Hold that up.

That's it. Good.

Let's hit the ground.

And then once these guys are done...

♪ Yeah, you did say you want me back ♪

-♪ You're feeling sad now ♪ - Yeah, yeah.

♪ Said he son of rappers, babygirl, I'm a dad now ♪

♪ Only time I dead beats is whenever I rap now ♪

is a fucking idiot,

but electric's taking another hour.

-For real? -Yeah, from now.

They're already tripping out on us lagging it.

I know. From now.

-I'm working on it. -Thank you.

Uh, more boom. More boom.

Yes, more. More.

Closer. Closer.

Perfect.

Uh, can I get a latte, please?

Hey there. How you doing? Hey.

I'm Parker. What's your name?

-Paula. -Very heavy hair, Miss Paula.

Okay, so come over here. So what we're gonna be doing

is we're gonna have you up on this pole.

So the idea is that Drake is gonna be here.

He's performing up at our camera up there.

He's gonna be throwing some money,

doing the music video thing.

Uh, the most important part is you are his Rapunzel.

So we're gonna have you up as high as we can on this pole.

And you're gonna be up there just doing your thing.

Oh, yeah, let me let me take your hair.

-Thank you so much. -I got you.

Such a gentleman.

You got it? And you can use this pole.

This pole is super safe.

So it's better than the ladder.

It's like a fire pole.

We knotted your hair all up.

And then we'll just find a place

so it's not weighing down your...

Good. Yeah, there we go.

Fuck.

Yo, alright, so he's about to get here.

What are we gonna do about this situation here?

Uh, we gotta make it blue like the movie Belly.

No, bro. You cannot make it blue because we...

Try blue. Try blue.

Miguel, you can't roto the talent away.

-You can't roto-- -Listen to me. Listen to me.

It's not gonna work with VFX, man.

-Like, for the millionth time. -Check it out.

-Check it out. -Yes.

Yes, it looks cool.

Yo, switch it back. Switch it back

and let's, let's do something, add something to the top.

So it gives it more shape from up top.

Blue is so much better, my guy.

-What's up, boys? -Bro.

It's not gonna look good blue.

Nice to meet you guys finally.

Yo, what up, bro? What's up, man? Nice to see you.

-Is this the set right here? -Yeah, it's the set.

Man, this is it. This is it.

We're here. We're, we're still lighting the pole over here.

We're gonna make it blue like the movie Belly.

We're not making it blue like that movie.

We're gonna make it blue.

Um, yeah, but, like, so we're

still lighting the set up right here.

-Uh. -Yeah.

Can I get the boom on Drake?

-Thank you. -Yo, what are you doing?

Hey, that's for you, my boy. Look, this,

we need to hear your voice because you have a good voice

and everything, and it's cinematic.

Also, when you get close to the stripper,

we gotta, you know, hear the ass clap, you know?

Yeah.

You're funny, man. Alright, we can do something.

It's gonna be a movie.

Alright. I'm excited.

We all are.

You're gonna be awesome.

Alright.

Yo, I gotta--I actually gotta go to the bathroom.

Give me give me a second, guys.

I'll be back.

So we all ready for you.

- All ready? - Alright,

-Watch this cable. -You got this, Drake.

Alright, number one, step in there, please.

This is Paula. This is Drake.

What's going on?

Oh, so you're just gonna be here, sir.

You're gonna be up on this platform.

Art department's got some fake money for you.

You can make it rain. Do your thing.

Alright. We'll get some music. We'll have a good time.

Let's do it.

Alright. Last looks and we go please.

Last looks and we go. Art, let's get the money.

Lights, camera, action. Lights, camera, action.

Let's go. Roll the camera.

Roll the camera.

Two seconds. Two seconds for camera, guys.

-Camera, we set? -Roll camera. Hurry up.

-Roll camera. Hurry up. -Money flying in, please.

Drake's time is important!

Let's get the stripper, please. He's waiting.

Roll it. Roll it. Roll it. Roll it.

I can take this for you, sir. Copy that.

We're rolling. And roll the camera.

More boom. More boom.

Roll the camera.

And a few more bands. Just two seconds, sir.

Two seconds. Moments away.

Hey where the fucking playback?

Play the fucking playback, my boy.

Yep. Two seconds sir. Two seconds. Stand by.

This is a music video.

There's no fucking playback?

Guys, playback.

Thank you, Paula, just hang out.

If I don't hear a playback in under 10 seconds,

I'm gonna throw this director's chair

- at your fucking head. - We're on it, sir.

We're on it. Technical difficulties. Two seconds.

♪ At all the A-list parties in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ She only there to catch a thrill, she not into bills ♪

♪ Drinking mezcal margaritas and popping them pills ♪

Camera's speeding still, guys, stand by.

- Here comes the camera. - Roll camera!

There we go.

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You must think you know me so well ♪

♪ You don't even know yourself ♪

♪ How could you just slide me like that ♪

♪ Walk away and turn your back ♪

♪ And now your wasting your time on another love ♪

♪ Girl, stop pretending that I'm not the one of one ♪

♪ I know I stay on your mind, but what's done is done ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You can go ahead and let your hair down, girl ♪

♪ These other niggas don't compare now ♪

♪ I know you see the difference ♪

♪ But this act is just a fan now, girl ♪

♪ Trying to find love but you're running away from it ♪

Cut real quick.

Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.

Can you make it a little bit louder?

What's going on, guys?

- Yo, I gotta take a shit. - Guys?

What's happening? What's happening?

♪ Sliding down that pole ♪

Here we go.

♪ Round and round she goes ♪

That's it.

♪ She head over heels ♪

♪ Keeps shaking, it's out of this realm ♪

Cut, cut! Can I get a cut, please?

Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. That's a cut.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

Hey. Drake.

Um. You look a little bit too much of a simp.

Your dance moves are weird as hell.

That's all I'm trying to say.

What's the issue? Why you guys cut the... What's the problem?

Hey. fuck off. Fuck off.

I got this. I got this. No, fuck off. Get out of here.

I'm just trying to tell you, bro.

You look too much of a simp, bro.

What the hell is that? You know, bro.

- What is that? - For real?

These are the moves that we discussed.

This is what's going on.

Hey, yo, Miguel, chill, man.

-Yo. Hey, Miguel. Yo. -Wait, wait. Who's Miguel?

I mean, uh...

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

I'm Pasqual. I'm Pasqual.

-Yeah, you're Pasqual. -Listen to me, bro.

I'm Pasqual. You're direct.

I'm going to make this a problem.

We'll see if you really Pasqual.

Hey. Hey. No, no. Chill, chill, chill.

Yeah, of course. Get out.

Oh, shit.

Oh fuck. Oh. Oh. Oh, shit.

Hey, Miguel. Yo, what the fuck?

Yo, yo, yo.

Goofy.

I didn't do fucking nothing!

♪ Pretend you're happy when you're blue ♪

♪ It isn't very hard to do ♪

♪ And you'll find happiness ♪

♪ Without an end ♪

♪ Whenever you pretend ♪

♪ Remember, anyone can dream ♪

♪ And nothing's bad as it may seem ♪

What's up, bro. You good?

You're going to wake up the baby.

I don't give a fuck about the baby, dude.

Look at this. Look at this.

What is this? What is this?

What do you think it is, dude?

-Oh, shit. -Yeah.

Yeah. Exactly.

Exactly. OVO's pissed.

The label's pissed. Everybody's pissed, dude.

I'm fucking pissed, dude. What the fuck?

- I mean... - Bro.

We can talk. We can, I can talk to him, man.

Talk about what, dude?

Talk about what? I've been going along with

this stupid fucking experiment this whole fucking time.

Why didn't you say anything?

I don't. Why the fuck did it... Don't...

Why the fuck didn't I say something, Pasqual?

That's a fucking great fucking question.

-Why? -I don't know...

Because I fucking value this relationship.

This partnership. And like, what did you do?

You just thought about yourself.

You just thought about this stupid fucking idea.

And look where it got us. I'm fucked.

I can't work anymore.

You can't feed your kid anymore.

What you got to say?

I can, I can speak to them or something, man.

-I don't know. -There's nothing to say, dude.

There's nothing to say. It's fucked. I'm done.

I'm done with this shit.

Have a great fucking life, dude.

-Yo, hey. -Yes?

♪ The world is mine ♪

♪ It can be yours, my friend ♪

♪ So why don't you pretend ♪

Hello.

Yo, yo, what's good?

This is the guy from the Drake video, right?

Um, yeah, who's this?

Okay, yeah, I'm a music exec, man.

Don't worry about it.

Just know we love your work, man.

We love your work. I got an artist...

Yeah, I got an artist named Lil Roundhouse, man.

He's an MMA fighter turned rapper.

Okay, that's awesome.

Yeah, he goes by the name of Lil Roundhouse.

He loves your work. He hates Drake.

And he loves what you did.

You know, when you, pah, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I get that.

He won't stop showing me the video.

Oh.

Yeah, yeah, check it out.

We figured we might want to hit you up.

See if you want to get down with us.

We're located in Houston, Texas.

And we want to fly you out.

Maybe see if you want to call us.

Think about it.

We wanna have you creative direct our rollout.

We got an album called Punching In.

You know what I'm saying?

So we figured you'd be a perfect fit.

Because you be punching shit. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. Of course.

Okay. Okay. Bet. Well, I have my people

reach out to your people.

And, you know, we'll see what we can make work.

That sounds good to me.

Okay. Perfect, man. Well, I'll catch you later.

Yeah. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. I'll see you soon.

Yes, sir. Alright, peace.

Alright, peace.

Hey, baby. Guess what?

Who was it? What?

I'm going to be a director again.

They're gonna fly me out to Houston, Texas.

What? Wow.

Yeah. I'm going to be directing again.

-So amazing. -Is it a music video?

Yeah. It's a music video. It's a music video.

It's with, like, Lil Roundhouse.

And it's because they like me punching Drake and everything.

It's hilarious. Wow. I'm still doing this.

We're going to Texas, baby.

♪ So why don't you ♪

♪ Pretend? ♪

This is a Luis Miguel version, huh?

You like that guy, huh?

Yeah, those are the headphones, Mama.

-Ooh. Papa. -Papa.

Mama.

Papa. Papa.

Are you dancing with Papa?

She is. She is.

- What's that? - Hello?

Where is Mama going?

Hey.

Oh, cool. Who is it?

Dua Lipa. What's the budget?

Okay. Incredible.

Perfect.

Tell them. Tell them.