00:24If we don't reverse the tomography in the next 30 seconds,
00:27Barnaby won't stand a chance.
00:28I know, Wondermath. I'm trying.
00:45Change the plans. There's too many. Get out of there.
00:47Head to the sanctum now.
00:48But what about you?
00:49I can't leave Barnaby to die.
00:51But they'll kill you both.
00:52I don't care!
01:06The Umbera people believe if a soul fails to turn right after death,
01:10it winds up in a dark and treacherous place.
01:13Well, I've been to the void.
01:15I've lived in that screaming silence.
01:20I know what it's like.
01:22I lost whatever part was left in me that makes a person, a person.
01:32Until Barnaby pulled me out.
01:34No one else separate key, but...
01:36Get out!
01:38It's too late for me.
01:40But you can still walk away.
01:43I'm begging you.
01:44Please, just walk away.
01:45I'm begging you.
02:24You got this, man.
02:27You already got the job.
02:30You just got to go out there and crush it.
02:34Just crush it.
02:36One step closer to the top.
02:40Mr. Williams, they're inviting you to set.
02:46Copy.
02:47On our way.
02:48Yeah, David, go ahead.
02:57Yeah, David, go ahead.
02:59Yeah.
03:00What?
03:04Okay, who last had eyes on it?
03:06Hey, Kieran.
03:07Hey, Ashley.
03:09Hey, isn't that for American Horror Story?
03:11Sorry, day players don't get golf carts.
03:14David, where are we with that blood?
03:17Yeah, I just got to set.
03:19Hey, what's the status on that mask?
03:22Oh, beautiful.
03:23Talk soon.
03:24How is it always Mendocino Farms?
03:27Someone on the right is room must own stock.
03:29I hate choosing lunch when I barely had breakfast.
03:31I mean, how am I supposed to know my stomach want?
03:33Personally, I would go for the smoky chicken or Lotte Bowl.
03:36No Kramer.
03:37Hi, I'm Lauren.
03:39You must be Professor Hoppin.
03:40Yeah, I love the Castle Rock, you directly.
03:42Your Sons of Anarchy episodes.
03:43They were the best in the series.
03:45Thanks.
03:45Ashley, I'm a big fan.
03:47Yeah, loved you in the Twilight series.
03:49Absolutely.
03:50Okay, so classes just ended, and Professor Hoppin's packing up his desk at the end of
03:54the night.
03:55And then your colleague, Sarah, enters from here.
03:58You do the first couplet.
04:00How was your trip?
04:01Yada, yada, yada.
04:01Yada, and then Ashley, you cross to about here, and Professor Hoppin says,
04:06You do realize, according to legend, that's where the Aztec god of death, Muglantucutli,
04:12was tricked into giving up the bones that became humanity.
04:16Yeah.
04:17Duh.
04:18Great.
04:19And then Sarah transforms into a monster, and bites off Professor Hoppin's head here.
04:28Any questions?
04:29Yeah.
04:30Should I switch to that a little table?
04:32I know it's sounding pretty good.
04:38Just one thing?
04:39Yeah, of course.
04:43How long have Sarah and I known each other?
04:46Hmm, that's a good question.
04:47What are you thinking?
04:49I was thinking we'd go pretty far back.
04:50Like, maybe we were best friends, but we had a little falling out when she got tenure before
04:54me.
04:56Sure.
04:56What?
04:57Why not?
04:57Right, might add a little layer to the scene.
05:00Totally.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Let's try it.
05:02Yeah.
05:02Great.
05:03Yeah.
05:03Yeah.
05:05So, so maybe I shouldn't say Sarah, right?
05:09What's that?
05:10Well, the script says Sarah, but if I've been secretly jealous of her career, I don't think
05:15I would be so friendly.
05:17You know, maybe I should call her Dr. Johnson instead, you know?
05:21Yeah, let's, let's try both ways.
05:23Okay, great.
05:24Cool.
05:25Let's shoot one.
05:26Oh, and I wouldn't let her get that far.
05:29Who?
05:30Dr. Johnson.
05:31Considering our history, I don't think I let her cross all the way to my desk.
05:36I think Professor Harpin would stop her right about here.
05:39Yeah.
05:41No, no, no, no.
05:42That is interesting.
05:45We're already lit, so I did want your dead body kind of bleeding out in this moonbeam that
05:52we have.
05:52Uh, we can move the moonbeam.
05:54Uh, it'll only take a few minutes.
05:59If you want it.
06:07Let's move the moon.
06:07Yeah.
06:08Yeah.
06:09Yeah.
06:09Move the moonbeam!
06:10More, more.
06:11Right there.
06:12Last looks!
06:39Last looks!
07:10Does it?
07:12Should we check with a writer just to be safe?
07:22Who is this, Bozo?
07:24We had a great audition.
07:26Yeah, but at this rate, we're never going to make our day.
07:29Can you get Ryan on the phone?
07:30Yes, ma'am.
07:31And the interesting thing is, it's all here in your words, if you really look at it.
07:36You think so?
07:36I do.
07:38Professor Harpin's history with Professor Johnson is what makes his death at her hands
07:42all the more tragic.
07:44Honestly, I never thought of it that way.
07:46But it's here.
07:46Yeah.
07:47In subtext.
07:47I see that.
07:48You found something really interesting.
07:49Simon.
07:50Hi, Linda Cox.
07:51Hey.
07:52Hi, really nice to meet you.
07:53I'm a big fan.
07:54Oh, thank you.
07:55Love all the thoughts that you're bringing to this role.
07:58Yeah, thank you.
07:59The showrunner just called, and he is rethinking this episode, and he's worried about Professor
08:05Harpin's scenes being a remnant of an earlier version of Ashley's arc.
08:09A remnant?
08:09So he's cutting your character from the show.
08:15Thank you so much for all your hard work today.
08:21That's a series rough on Simon Williams!
08:31They're going to put me in the movies They're going to make a big star out of me
08:41We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally
08:51Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star out of me
08:57Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star Night with a monster you can't ever kill
09:02And who's gonna be a big star out of me And who's gonna make a big star out of me
09:08Cause I can play the part so well Well, I hope you come to see me in the movies
09:18And I know that you are playing the scene They're going to be a big star out of me
09:25They're going to be a big star out of me And all I gotta do is act naturally
09:48I'll play the part but I won't need rehearsing All I'll have to do is act naturally
10:01I'll play the part but I won't need rehearsing All I'll have to do is act naturally
10:09What the hell?
10:17You moving up?
10:21I thought you were after five So you sneaking up?
10:32I'm just trying to prevent this from becoming a thing
10:36Weren't you showing me pictures of rescue dogs last week And complaining I wasn't committing?
10:40Yeah, I'm sorry
10:43I'm just not happy, Simon
10:44I know
10:45I just think you need to book something
10:49Things will turn around
10:50Come on, Vivian, we're good together
10:54You never let me in, Simon
10:57Not really
10:58It's a little late to start caring about this relationship
11:43Well, that's because Jerry wasn't there and I was, I remember
11:48Yeah, it was a python! A giant bloody python!
11:52I don't know if it was Burmese or not, love
11:55I can't speak to that
11:57It was in the pool
11:58That's what bloody matters
12:00Maybe it had been somebody's pet
12:03Wasn't looking for cuddles
12:05Oh, sorry love, I can't today
12:08Auditions this afternoon
12:10Damn right it's big
12:11Biggest bloody movie of the year is all
12:13Hey man, do you mind?
12:14Give my love to Uma
12:16Give my love to Uma
12:16Smooches
12:19I'd never talk to her in the actual film
12:20Don't fret
12:25Hey, I'm sorry, uh, aren't you, uh...
12:27Oh, yes
12:30I played the Mandarin, but that was a bloody ten years ago and I was just a puppet
12:33And whatever theories you've seen on Reddit are totally false
12:37I had nothing to do with Pizzagate
12:38I'm not a member of the Illuminati
12:40And I did not have my hands replaced with baby hands
12:43First of all, I always dug your performance as the Mandarin
12:48But I remember you from that omnibus episode you did in the 70's
12:52You played Edgar Allan Poe, The Need for Nightmare
12:55Well, well, well
12:57Not too many people remember that old gem, including me
13:00How was I?
13:02Stole the episode
13:04And I should know, I'm also an actor
13:05You don't say?
13:07Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
13:08Do you mind?
13:09The movie's about to start
13:14I'll take the ten
13:16But when I take you over to see Mr. O'Daniel
13:18I'm gonna have to have another ten, just a couple of expenses, alright?
13:22Uh...
13:23Come on, I'll buy you school after you, huh?
13:34Yeah, that's what I'll do
13:37Okay, Rico?
13:40Rico?
14:03How to do that?
14:11it's heartbreaking
14:14never tired of re-watching that one
14:17it's authentic
14:19moving
14:21really
14:22captures being an outsider on the fringe
14:27and it's a little trippy which is always nice
14:31you know
14:32Schlesinger didn't even think Hoffman was right for Ratso
14:35even though he'd just come off the graduate
14:39apparently Hoffman convinced him by showing up dressed in rags
14:42to their first meeting on the street corner
14:44he was begging for change and Schlesinger didn't even recognize him
14:47I was fortunate enough to attend Schlesinger's production of
14:50Timon of Athens with the Royal Shakespeare Company
14:54Sublime
14:54pity I was blind drunk
14:58so uh
15:00what's this
15:02big audition you were talking about
15:07look man I'm not a weirdo and I'm not desperate
15:10I'm just curious
15:12would love to know what you're up to
15:15well uh between you and me
15:18it's a huge opportunity
15:21I'm auditioning for Wonder Man
15:23anyway nice meeting you
15:24wait someone's actually remaking Wonder Man
15:28not someone
15:30Bonkovic
15:50I'm out of here
15:53I'm out of here
15:54lucky world to walk you down the street
15:57Lookin' fine as she could be
16:01Hey, hey
16:02I heard she was walkin' down the street
16:06Jeanette!
16:10Did you hear about Wonder Man?
16:12You didn't tell me Von Kovac was directed?
16:14A superhero remake.
16:16Not exactly what we'd expect from an Oscar-winning director.
16:20Finding inspiration in another movie is not a crime.
16:26Look at what Kronenbeck did with the fly.
16:28Silly B picture.
16:30He made it personal.
16:33Grounded it in modern science.
16:36And discovered new unthinkable horrors.
16:41Why not Wonder Man?
16:44Human and spectacular.
16:47That's where this film needs to live.
16:50Superheroes are part of our lives now.
16:54So, what we will find when we look at Wonder Man today,
16:59what can he teach us about ourselves?
17:06Sounds good.
17:07I need to be in this movie.
17:10Sorry, you crazy.
17:12I was born to play this character.
17:14Are you serious?
17:16Boo, they are already talkin' to Leo.
17:18No, no, Deadline said they're lookin' for a new face.
17:21I have a new face.
17:22Mm-mm, it's too late.
17:23Today was the last day of auditions.
17:25Well, couldn't you work a little bit of your magic?
17:28No one can say no to you.
17:30Not when you put on that charm.
17:32I know you're not doin' this right now.
17:34Mister, I got fired from American Horror Story this morning.
17:36Yeah, they told me you couldn't even lay in blood, Simon.
17:39How hard is that?
17:40You just sit there, you just lay.
17:42Then you storm into this meeting with my colleagues,
17:45acting like you own the place,
17:47and now you're tryin' to work me?
17:48You know what, you got some nerve.
17:50I just need you to believe in me, Janelle.
17:53You know I believe in you.
17:56I think you're one of the most talented people that I know.
17:59But there's a lot of talented people out here
18:02who are not pains in their ass, do you feel me?
18:07All right, we can talk about American Horror Story
18:10first thing tomorrow morning.
18:12Nandi, we validate you.
18:18Hey, maybe have an early dinner, so I'll be gone, okay?
18:20Mm-hmm.
18:40Hey, girl, this is Imani from Hanover Agency.
18:43I got Janelle Jackson for Ruth.
18:46She's in session, but I can have her return.
18:47Oh, she's in on Wonder Man, huh?
18:50Yeah, till 6 tonight.
18:53Oh, no, that is not good.
18:55Nandi is gonna be in so much trouble.
18:57Why, what's wrong?
18:59Well, Nandi is out sick.
19:00You know, she got that stomach bug that's going around.
19:03You better make sure you wash your hands, girl.
19:05You know I do.
19:07Anyway, I'm coming for her, and she just texted me
19:09because she forgot to get Simon Williams in
19:11on Wonder Man for Janelle.
19:14And now, see, the session's already started,
19:15and today's the last day.
19:17So when Janelle finds out, she is going to go ballistic.
19:20Can you still make it in?
19:21I can put him on the list.
19:22Oh, my God.
19:24Girl, you are an angel.
19:25I'm gonna call him right now, okay?
19:37Hey, Simon Williams.
19:39Sorry, I'm late.
19:40I'm assuming you're a Wonder Man and not a Barnaby?
19:43Correct.
19:44I just need you to sign this NDA.
19:47Also, I don't have a doorman waiver on file for you,
19:50so I'm gonna need you to sign this.
19:53Assuming, of course, you don't have superpowers.
19:59Okay, you're all set?
20:06Come on, if I keep...
20:08Um, I guess so.
20:11I feel Barney even called me out.
20:14No one else to kill me.
20:15I'm true.
20:18I feel Barney even called me out.
20:20No one else to kill.
20:21After brilliant.
20:22After death.
20:23I can't hear ya.
20:26I don't know.
20:27I know.
20:28I know.
20:29I don't know.
20:30I don't know.
20:35I'm not asking you about the Touche.
20:37I'm just asking you about the Touche.
20:42Oh, my God.
21:09Ask Damien how things went. Oh, that's right. You can't, because he's dead.
21:14You guys are killing it in there, bro.
21:16Oh, and please tell Mr. Von Kovac that if he'd prefer a Cockney accent, I can throw one in and
21:22now it's for charge, all right?
21:25Where have you seen him before? Pretty sure he used to be a terrorist.
21:40Come with me.
21:50You're a bloody mess. You can't go in like this.
21:56What are you trying to get in my head?
21:58I'm trying to help you, love. You know, some of us actually believe in supporting each other.
22:04Take it from someone who's eaten shit on stage more times than eaten count.
22:07Not literally, mind you. You can still turn this around.
22:09It's not too late. I know. There's a lot to memorize.
22:12No, but my memory isn't the problem.
22:14So what's wrong?
22:21I can't get a hold of the character.
22:24I've seen the original too many times.
22:26And I'm trying to come up with a backstory for his relationship with Barnaby, but it's not making sense.
22:31Well, trust the words. Just show up and say them. Be present.
22:35No, that's not my process.
22:37Well, your process can go blow a spider. Do you mind? Let me see this.
22:43Oh. Oh, this is your problem. You see, these nodes are garbage. Sorry.
22:48No, it's how I learned it. It's how I make choices.
22:51Well, your choices are getting in the way.
22:53No one gives a thought about the subtext of the tales of the Invera people.
22:58We've got to get you out of your head.
23:01Then how do we do that?
23:02When you're in there, blow every last bit of air out of your lungs hard and fast.
23:07With no air in your lungs, your body will go into shock.
23:09Shut down your frontal lobes, so no more logic getting in the way.
23:12Then your amygdala kicks in and you'll be left with instinct.
23:15Simon Williams?
23:16Here.
23:19Don't think.
23:24Don't think.
23:25Don't think.
23:26Don't think.
23:37Don't think.
23:42You can slate whenever you're ready.
23:44Simon Williams.
23:46Reading for Wonder Man.
23:54Everything okay?
24:13The Invera people believe if a soul fails to turn right after death, it ends up in a dark and
24:19treacherous place.
24:27Well, I've been to the void.
24:35I lived in that screaming silence.
24:40I know what it's like.
24:45I lost whatever part was left in me that makes a person, a person.
24:56Until Barnaby pulled me out.
25:00No one else ever gave a damn.
25:03No one.
25:06It's too late for me.
25:09But you can still walk away.
25:14I'm asking you nicely.
25:16Just walk away.
25:20It's a wonderful thing.
25:22Not thinking too much.
25:24Served me well most of my life.
25:26I'm not sure I'd do it again.
25:28Why not?
25:29John Gilgut used to have me whipping with a belt across his bare ass every night before curtain up,
25:34and that was before we were friends.
25:37Then things got weird.
25:38But Ayashi Neat and a Virgin Mary with extra horseradish.
25:43Thirteen years sober.
25:44Congrats.
25:46But an actor needs to think to do the work.
25:51You have to fill in the backstory, in the character's psychology.
25:55If you don't understand it, how can you perform it?
26:00When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
26:06Can you leave?
26:07We'll spot it.
26:10I had a run of it in Croydon back in the 80s.
26:13I really struggled with the role at first.
26:16Then, I remembered that great speech from Hamlet.
26:20The purpose of playing is to hold us to the mirror up to nature.
26:29Never forget that.
26:31Nature, that's our job.
26:32To understand the world around us and ourselves within it.
26:40The real work isn't digging for subtext or passing a writer's intent.
26:47The real work is living.
26:55Let's probably get going.
26:57Of course.
26:58You're a young man with friends to see and important things to do.
27:02This one's on me.
27:04I think I'm going to do the wedge salad.
27:08Hey, let's keep in touch.
27:10Of course.
27:11Oh, Simon.
27:14I have a good feeling about today.
27:17Something faithful in the air.
27:44Is Trevor Slatter it?
27:47How are we drinks?
27:47Fifteen dollars for a Virgin Mary's bloody criminal.
27:50Trevor.
27:52Third contact was established.
27:53We don't call it third contact.
27:55He was at the matinee?
27:56Yes.
27:57And then you ran into each other at the audition?
28:00And then we had drinks.
28:02Third contact.
28:04Trevor, you need to take this seriously.
28:07Simon Williams is superpowered.
28:09He's unstable and incredibly dangerous.
28:13This country isn't safe until he's in my custody.
28:15You sure he's buying the act?
28:18Don't fret.
28:19I've got him right where I want him.
28:21Well, thank you.
28:26He's ibupCap.
28:40You should do that.
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