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[AI GL] Judge's $ecret L0ver
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00:06You call that a kiss?
00:08Two dry lips smacking together, not a single tongue in sight.
00:12I'm embarrassed for you.
00:14The script didn't go into that much detail.
00:17A sex scene isn't a passport photo, Mrs. Hale.
00:21Is it lack of experience, or do you need me to give you a personal demonstration?
00:26What are you doing?
00:31Lie down.
00:33Let me show you what real desire looks like.
00:36Vayne, this is for the scene.
00:38Shut up or open your mouth.
00:41Pick one.
00:45Watch closely.
00:47This is a kiss.
00:56Oh my god, that's it!
00:58That's exactly what I wanted!
00:59Don't stop!
01:00Keep it going!
01:00Get the camera right on them!
01:07See that, Mrs. Hale?
01:08This is a kiss.
01:10And by the way, you not only opened your mouth, you closed your eyes.
01:17Becca, have a seat.
01:19I've got amazing news.
01:24What's this?
01:25That's not what my script looks like.
01:27I saw that whole demonstration last night from behind the monitor.
01:32That wasn't acting, that was a money printer.
01:35The straight romance is out.
01:37We're doing a two-lead female version.
01:40You and Cassia.
01:42Hold on.
01:43I'm straight.
01:43I'm not doing this.
01:45Iron Frontline.
01:46Hundred million dollar budget.
01:48Your female lead.
01:49You don't take this.
01:50That project gets repassed immediately.
01:52Think carefully.
01:57Vesper, you knew about this, didn't you?
01:59I only found out this morning.
02:01But look.
02:03Sterling's got you by the billing.
02:04You can't back out of this one.
02:05And the promo plan's already set.
02:07You and Cassia have packaged CP.
02:10A CP?
02:12You're asking me, a straight woman, to do a fake romance?
02:15Don't look so miserable, Becca.
02:17I was the female lead for two weeks.
02:18And you snatched it overnight.
02:20If anyone should cry, it's me.
02:24Vane, let's get one thing straight.
02:26This is just work.
02:27And you're the one who pushed Sterling to rewrite this, aren't you?
02:33I don't have that kind of pull.
02:39You've wanted this all along.
02:41You're just afraid to admit it.
02:42This line, you need to say it like this.
02:45Right here.
02:47That's where the reaction should be.
02:48Your heartbeat doesn't lie to the camera.
02:53Can you please maintain some professional distance?
02:56Your body was pretty honest yesterday.
02:58Are you mad at me or at yourself?
03:01Vane, I'll play along during working hours.
03:02But off camera, stay the hell away from me.
03:07The more you insist on distance, the more I wonder.
03:11What exactly are you so afraid of?
03:19The shot only goes to your shoulders and colopones.
03:22Leave the rest to the audience.
03:23But the emotion has to be there.
03:26Action.
03:27Don't be afraid.
03:28I won't let go.
03:31Cut.
03:32Becca, you're counting ceiling tiles again.
03:34One more time.
03:38Your heartbeat's pounding right against my face.
03:40Want me to count for you?
03:42It's hot in here.
03:47America's straightest leading lady going weak in the knees on set.
03:50That footage is worth something.
03:52Ten minute break.
03:53Becca, come back with the right energy.
03:54Don't waste my film.
04:01Becca, I'll get a grip.
04:03That's a woman.
04:04That's a scene.
04:05Just a scene.
04:08She just breathed on me.
04:09What the hell are you panicking for?
04:17Move.
04:18You can hide from the camera.
04:19But can you hide from yourself?
04:23I don't know what you're talking about.
04:26Yes, you do.
04:28You know better than anyone.
04:30That wasn't nerves just now.
04:31Nervous people don't blush all the way to their ears.
04:34Becca.
04:35It's blowing up everywhere.
04:37Five of the top treading spots are about you.
04:41One night, your CP hashtag gained 300,000 followers.
04:47Pax Wilder, that damn vulture.
04:49How the hell is he everywhere?
04:51Now's not the time to complain.
04:53Your fan base is already at war.
04:54Half of them are dropping you.
04:55Half are shipping you harder than ever.
05:02We can't bury it.
05:03We have to counter it.
05:05Tonight, you and Coral go out to dinner.
05:07Get accidentally photographed looking loved up.
05:09And let that story drown this one out.
05:11Same routine.
05:13Hold hands, let me feed you a bite of dessert, lean on your shoulder, and smile.
05:18In three years, I could do this in my sleep.
05:23Fine, whatever.
05:24Just make it fast.
05:25Smile more, Becca.
05:26You're America's sweetheart right now.
05:28Don't give the cameras that soured face.
05:34Smile, babe.
05:36Cameras are rolling.
05:37Where's your head at tonight?
05:45Becca, I've been playing this role with you for three years.
05:48You've never looked at me the way you looked at her on set today.
05:53If you're overthinking it, me and her, we can barely stand each other.
06:00Are you sure?
06:03Some scripts only work when you rewrite them.
06:07Who's she calling out?
06:08Please just stop acting and make it real already.
06:12What is she even doing?
06:13Is this her idea of a message?
06:19There's no out for this one.
06:21Face to face, no one turns away.
06:24The tighter you're tangled, the better.
06:26Full emotion.
06:27Ready?
06:28Lift!
06:29Lift!
06:31Could you please lean back a little?
06:34If I lean back, I fall.
06:36You want me breaking my neck on the news?
06:38That headline won't be about a scandal anymore.
06:40Beating this fast.
06:42Nerves or something else?
06:44Get your hand off me.
06:45You know why I never apologize for who I've loved?
06:48Because apologizing means admitting it was wrong.
06:51I've never done anything wrong.
06:53I just go after what I want.
06:55That's your business.
06:57Has nothing to do with me.
07:00Really?
07:01Then your heartbeat is the best audio this scene's got.
07:04Hear that?
07:05Pounding like a drum.
07:06Shut up.
07:07Just act.
07:09Act?
07:10Fine.
07:12But you can't even look me in the eye.
07:14Who exactly are you performing for, Becca?
07:18See?
07:19The moment you look at me, you forget how to breathe.
07:21I'm not forcing that.
07:26Keep dreaming.
07:31Hold steady.
07:32Don't move.
07:33I'll lock it.
07:36Don't move.
07:38Let go.
07:40If I let go now, you'll actually fall.
07:44Besides, that little move was you coming to me.
07:50Sis, you've watched this like 50 times.
07:52I'm studying the performance.
07:54Looking for issues.
07:55Looking for issues.
07:56Okay.
07:57Let me ask you this.
07:59Your last girlfriend.
08:00Did you stay up all night analyzing her?
08:03Lose sleep over her?
08:07That's different.
08:08She's a woman.
08:09It's impossible.
08:11The more you say impossible, the more I think it's happening.
08:15Get some sleep, sis.
08:16Stop lying to yourself.
08:27Go for it, if you like it.
08:32Fuck.
08:43What are you doing here?
08:47Couldn't sleep?
08:48You?
08:49Running back to set in the middle of the night?
08:52What are you looking for?
08:54None of your business.
09:03I'm not going to make you admit anything.
09:06I'm just asking.
09:08Right now, do you want to push me away?
09:12You need to stay the hell away from me.
09:17Cause we'll make you harsh.
09:24No.
09:27That's not it.
09:29You're Becca, how?
09:32You like women.
09:34You like...
09:40Becca, sit down.
09:42There's something I should have told you a long time ago.
09:44What?
09:46This thing between us, three years of it, was a PR arrangement.
09:52You know it.
09:53I know it.
09:55I never really got through to you.
09:57Because that door of yours was never open for me.
10:01Coral, my head is a mess right now.
10:04Then let me make it clear.
10:06I was there when you kissed her today.
10:10Becca, that wasn't acting.
10:17When you're ready, come find me.
10:20You know the address.
10:23Ready for what?
10:25Ready to watch everything I've built go up in flame?
10:33Becca, Hale, what the hell are you waiting for?
10:46I've been waiting a long time.
10:51There's people everywhere outside.
10:52Are you insane?
10:53Five minutes.
10:55Just barring five minutes.
10:57You didn't have this much to say at my place last night.
11:01Five minutes.
11:15What are you doing?
11:16Don't move.
11:17That button was crooked.
11:18The spot behind your ear turns red the second I touch it.
11:22Noted.
11:25There.
11:27America's straightest leading lady, all set to go.
11:31You're going to get me killed.
11:39I can't get this line right no matter how I say it.
11:41Because you're reciting, not feeling.
11:43Look at me when you say it.
11:49Don't tense up.
11:50Follow my rhythm.
11:51How'd I do, Professor Bain?
11:53Oh.
11:54Learning to fire back, are we?
12:00We'll take it slow.
12:02But you need to remember,
12:04this thing between us,
12:05not a word of it leaves this room.
12:07One wrong step,
12:08and we both go down together.
12:11Lysandra's team leaked it.
12:12Sterling's behind it.
12:13They're trying to force the investors to replace you
12:15and bump Lysandra up.
12:16The fan base is in chaos.
12:17Lost nearly two million followers overnight.
12:19Brand deals are blowing up our phones.
12:22That cut is taken out of context.
12:24Who doesn't get into character during a scene?
12:26Audiences don't care about context, Becca.
12:28They believe what they want to believe.
12:30And your girlfriend's team is pressuring you to distance yourself.
12:35Becca, heard about it?
12:37Such a shame.
12:38But honestly, viewers aren't blind.
12:41You've been pretending to be straight for years.
12:43Must be exhausting, right?
12:46That edit was your doing.
12:48I didn't say anything.
12:49You're the one who couldn't hide it in front of the camera.
12:51Whose fault is that?
12:53That top killing is always going to be mine.
12:56Just give it up.
13:01We'll see about that.
13:03Mrs. Vane, does Becca's on-set behavior prove she's not actually straight?
13:07Is the film going to recast?
13:10Recast?
13:11Before I answer that, let me show you something.
13:17You call this a meltdown?
13:20I call it acting.
13:22An actor who can pour witch and that much emotion into a scene.
13:26That's talent, not a scandal.
13:30Whoever cut this into tabloid fodder, I can only say the problem isn't her acting.
13:35It's your eyes.
13:38This was you?
13:45You found that?
13:47That was the worst two years of my life.
13:54I was young back then, too.
13:57Fell for someone, got caught by paparazzi,
13:59and overnight the whole industry turned on me.
14:03All my projects pulled, endorsements cut,
14:06blacklisted for two full years.
14:09Even people I thought were my closest friends
14:12treated me like the plague.
14:15What happened after?
14:19After, I learned.
14:23Learned to armor myself so no one could ever touch me again.
14:29Learned to take control before anyone else could speak.
14:33I think I've always been this flashy.
14:37I just never wanted to be stomped on again.
14:41This time you're not carrying it alone.
14:43You've got me.
14:49Becca, I heard something.
14:51Sterling's putting together a full-scale smear campaign.
14:53Those photos of you and Kaseela were just the appetizer.
14:56What's she after?
15:00She doesn't just want you to distance yourself.
15:05She wants to drown you in mud.
15:07Make you look like a fraud,
15:09a clout chaser,
15:10a fake straight girl who lied to her fans.
15:14Ruin you for good,
15:15and put Lasana in your spot.
15:19Becca, think carefully.
15:21Everything you have right now.
15:24Your billing,
15:25your endorsements,
15:27your reputation as America's sweetheart,
15:29a hundred million dollar film.
15:31Is it worth losing all of it?
15:35Becca, I'll give you two options.
15:37Option one,
15:38hold a press conference,
15:40publicly deny any relationship with Cassia,
15:42cut all ties,
15:42go back to being strangers.
15:44And option two.
15:45Option two,
15:46you refuse to cooperate,
15:48and I make you disappear from this industry entirely.
15:50Billing, endorsements, box office,
15:52I'll take them all back.
15:53One by one.
15:53Your choice.
15:55I need time to think.
15:56Three days.
15:57Don't keep me waiting.
16:04You're still doing your own stunts.
16:06How many times do I have to tell you,
16:08use a double for the wire work?
16:09Sterling made her move.
16:11She wants me to publicly deny everything and cut you off.
16:16What do you think?
16:18I've thought about it.
16:19The more she pushes me to deny it,
16:21the less I can back down.
16:22Taking one step back means admitting what we have is wrong.
16:28You know what that means?
16:31You could lose everything.
16:33You carried it alone for two years.
16:35This time,
16:36I'm carrying it with you.
16:37We'll figure it out together.
16:39Take it slow,
16:40wear her down.
16:42Okay.
16:43Together.
16:47Becca,
16:48check the trending page.
16:50This time,
16:51this time it's really bad.
16:56Becca,
16:57everything's collapsing.
16:58Three endorsements cut ties this morning.
17:00Iron Frontline officially recast you overnight,
17:02and your social media dropped 600,000 followers in one night.
17:07What about Coral?
17:08Her team put out a statement saying
17:10you two amably parted ways a while ago.
17:12They washed their hands of it completely.
17:13All the backlash is coming for you.
17:19Becca,
17:19I'm not the type to go for the kill.
17:22That's a check.
17:24Take a look at the number.
17:25Enough for a comfortable life.
17:27What's the catch?
17:28Simple.
17:29Hold a press conference,
17:31publicly deny everything with Cassia,
17:32say it was all you,
17:34single-handed promotion.
17:35Then sign this NDA
17:37and quietly walk away from the business.
17:40Think about Cassia.
17:42She just barely healed from two years ago.
17:44She can't survive another round.
17:46You take the blame,
17:47and I promise she's untouched.
17:50Good deal?
17:55You don't know anything.
17:57They kept you out of it.
17:58You still think we're in this together?
18:03The storm's raging out there.
18:05I'm working on it.
18:06Don't be scared.
18:07We'll get through this together.
18:09You're insane.
18:10You actually signed it?
18:12Becca,
18:13you just painted yourself as the villain.
18:14Said you orchestrated everything
18:16to chase Clow off Cassia's name.
18:18Do you know what that means?
18:19Your career in this industry is over.
18:22I know.
18:23Why?
18:24You could have told the truth,
18:26that they forced you,
18:27that Sterling set the whole thing up.
18:31If I tell the truth,
18:33Cassia gets dragged back into the spotlight.
18:36She survived it once, Vess Vessel.
18:39I can't watch her get torn apart again.
18:42I'll take this hit alone.
18:45Ms. Rhodes,
18:47just calling it promotion isn't enough.
18:49I made something stronger.
18:52Forged transaction records,
18:54making it look like Becca sold those private photos
18:56to Pasa Wilder on purpose,
18:58to manufacture Buzz and rebrand herself.
19:01Brutal.
19:02This way,
19:03even Cassia will believe she was betrayed.
19:05Left with no one on her side,
19:07she'll never recover.
19:08I'll make sure these receipts
19:10get to Cassia personally.
19:13Sis,
19:14you're just leaving?
19:15Without even a word of explanation?
19:17Explanation for what?
19:19The more I explain,
19:20the deeper she gets dragged in.
19:23But everyone out there
19:24is calling you a fraud,
19:26a clout chaser.
19:27Let them.
19:28As long as Cassia's okay,
19:30my reputation doesn't mean a thing.
19:36Explain this.
19:38Cassia,
19:38let me...
19:39Did you sell these?
19:40Sell us to PAX
19:42for a career move?
19:47Fine.
19:48I was so stupid
19:50telling you we'd get through this together,
19:51telling you to wait for me.
19:54Turns out I was just a stepping stone
19:56for your career.
19:58Think whatever you want.
20:02Becca Hale,
20:03look me in the eye
20:04and say it.
20:05Say you sold those photos.
20:08Say you never meant a thing.
20:10Say it
20:11and I'll believe you.
20:16I sold them.
20:17I never meant a thing.
20:21Get out.
20:22I don't want to see you again.
20:24Ever.
20:34Smart move.
20:35Thanks for the billing.
20:37Thanks for the billing.
20:51Keep going.
20:53Say whatever you want.
20:58Hurts, doesn't it?
21:00Good.
21:07As long as you're okay,
21:08this pain is nothing.
21:19I'm sorry.
21:21This time I had to be the villain.
21:26Becca!
21:27Becca, listen to me!
21:28What is it?
21:30Those photos!
21:31I found out!
21:32It was Lysandra and Sterling all along!
21:36From the leak
21:36to the fake sale record,
21:38everything was manufactured!
21:41The day you left set,
21:43something felt off.
21:44So I dug into Pax's trail.
21:46She deleted a bunch of posts,
21:47but the cash was still there.
21:49The timestamps, locations,
21:51they all matched Lysanda's assistant schedule.
21:54She arranged the leak?
21:56And more.
21:58That sale record they used to frame you?
22:01It's forged.
22:03The bank watermark doesn't match.
22:05It's a template job.
22:06A tech friend of mine spotted it in five seconds.
22:13I've handled too many dirty deals
22:15for Sterling over the years.
22:17It's been eating at me.
22:19This has some of her conversations
22:21with Lysandra recorded.
22:24Why are you only...
22:25Because I kept waiting for you
22:26to defend yourself
22:28until I saw you take the blame,
22:30all of it,
22:31without saying a word.
22:33Becca, you were shielding her,
22:34weren't you?
22:38They had it planned from the start.
22:40The leak to trap you,
22:42the forgery to tear you two apart,
22:44then kick you out and put Lysana in.
22:46You.
22:47You were the perfect pawn.
22:53You take the blame,
22:55and I guarantee Cassia's untouched.
22:58Fine.
22:59I'll agree to everything.
23:02But one condition.
23:04She stays out of it.
23:06None of this had anything to do with Cassia.
23:08It's my fault alone.
23:11She's been through enough,
23:13whatever you want.
23:14Money,
23:15my reputation,
23:16anything.
23:17Just...
23:18don't...
23:20touch her.
23:21It wasn't her.
23:22It was never her.
23:24It was never her.
23:38Becca, are you sure about this?
23:39This is a national broadcast.
23:41Millions of people watching.
23:43You've got the evidence from Rory and me.
23:45Why not use it?
23:46Take down Lysandra and Sterling in one bit,
23:49and you're back on top.
23:50If I use the evidence Cassia gets dragged back in,
23:53I won't do that.
23:56Then what are you going to say up there?
23:59The truth.
24:01No scapegoats,
24:03no sob story,
24:03no distancing.
24:04I'll tell them who I am,
24:06who I loved.
24:07That's it.
24:09Becca,
24:10the whole country wants to know,
24:12were you using Cassia for clout?
24:15Was your straight girl image a lie from the start?
24:18I never claimed to be the straight girl.
24:21That label was put on me.
24:23What I will say is,
24:24I loved someone.
24:25She happened to be a woman.
24:29And do you regret it?
24:31You lost everything for it.
24:33I lost endorsements,
24:34box office,
24:35my billing.
24:36But I will not apologize for loving someone.
24:42All these years,
24:43you loved the invincible hero on screen.
24:46You never loved the real me.
24:49The real me,
24:51she gets nervous,
24:53she falls hard,
24:53she loses her composure over one person.
24:56That's not a scandal.
24:58That's proof that I'm alive.
25:02So,
25:03you're not denying the relationship?
25:06I'm not denying it.
25:07And I'm certainly not apologizing for it.
25:10You can take my work,
25:12but you can't take my dignity.
25:15I've played heroes,
25:16I've played tough guys,
25:17but I've never played a coward who begs for forgiveness.
25:28She didn't betray me.
25:31Those photos,
25:32those fake receipts,
25:34all of it was fabricated.
25:36And every single piece of this smear campaign,
25:39from tonight on,
25:41I will lay it all out,
25:43one by one.
25:47This is the so-called sale record of Becca selling photos to a paparazzi.
25:51Look closely.
25:53The bank watermark is a template mismatch.
25:55The date format doesn't match any U.S. bank.
25:57This is a forgery.
25:59The person who forged this document is Lysandra Cole.
26:03The motive?
26:04Simple.
26:05Push Becca out of the production and take her billing.
26:08And the one who arranged the leak of those private photos?
26:12Her.
26:14Mrs. Vane,
26:15how do we know this isn't another publicity stunt between the two of yous?
26:18Because if it were,
26:20Becca would have dropped all this evidence today
26:23and cleared her name in one move.
26:27She didn't.
26:29She chose to carry the label of fraud
26:30and walk away just to keep me out of it.
26:34She wouldn't even say it wasn't me,
26:36just to protect me.
26:39Would someone like that betray you?
26:43Vespa Lysandra is just a pop.
26:45The one pulling the strings is Sterling.
26:48I'm not just clearing Becca's name this time.
26:50I'm taking that old woman down to the roots.
26:53She's got connections everywhere.
26:55Going after her means fighting half of Hollywood's establishment.
26:58Two years ago,
26:59I was alone because no one spoke up.
27:03This time's different.
27:05This time,
27:06I'm standing in front of Becca.
27:07Keep digging.
27:09Every newbie she's ever threatened,
27:10I want them all.
27:20I'm sorry.
27:22I should have trusted you.
27:24I made you say those things to my face.
27:28I was a monster.
27:32It's in the past.
27:34No, it's not.
27:36You carried everything alone.
27:39Your feet were torn up,
27:40and you still kept it all from me.
27:46Becca, I shouldn't have let you stand in that storm by yourself.
27:49We were out in that rain for so long last night.
27:52Probably caught a cold.
27:54Serves you right.
27:55Worth it.
27:56To wait for you to come down.
27:58Don't tense up.
27:59Follow my rhythm.
28:01How'd I do, Professor Vane?
28:05Getting better at this.
28:06All right, Miss Hale.
28:08Clearing my name isn't enough.
28:10If Sterling doesn't fall,
28:12neither of us will ever have peace.
28:14I've been following up on the list Vesper gave me.
28:17For years, Sterling's been using her resources
28:20and billing power to threaten new actors.
28:23Anyone who doesn't play along gets blacklisted, silenced.
28:27Same thing she did to me.
28:29Exactly.
28:31This isn't just about you and me.
28:33It's a pattern she's been running for over a decade.
28:38I've found at least six victims.
28:40That's enough.
28:41Six people coming forward together
28:43with solid evidence she won't have a leg to stand on.
28:47I can't testify.
28:49Sterling has eyes everywhere.
28:50If I speak up, my career in this industry is over.
28:54You two have names you can afford to fight.
28:56We're nobodies.
28:58One word and we're packing our bags.
28:59But if you don't come forward,
29:01she just keeps doing it to the next person.
29:03Becca, I'm sorry.
29:04We can't afford to risk it.
29:13They're scared.
29:14They should be.
29:15No one can afford to lose everything.
29:18Then let me go first.
29:21I'm the one who was blacklisted for two years.
29:23I have a name.
29:24I can take the backlash.
29:26I'll plant the flag, put the target on myself,
29:29then they'll feel safe enough to follow.
29:32No.
29:33Not you alone.
29:35Us together.
29:36This time, no one stands in the rain by themselves.
29:42Everything's ready.
29:44The raw footage from the malicious edit,
29:46the forensic report on the forged document,
29:48the paparazzi schedule and payment records.
29:51Every link leads back to Lysandra.
29:54Today, we take down the pawn on the surface.
29:57Nail her and Sterling loses her best her weapon.
30:01Let's go.
30:02This time, we strike first.
30:05One, the so-called meltdown footage you saw was a malicious edit.
30:09Here's the unedited original,
30:10an emotionally demanding scene that required total immersion.
30:14Not a scandal.
30:15Two, the sale record accusing Becca of selling photos to a paparazzi.
30:19Three independent forensic farms confirmed it's a forgery.
30:22The IP and device used trace back to one person.
30:25Three, the photographer who stalked us,
30:28his schedule and payments,
30:29all arranged and funded by the same person.
30:35Miss Cole, are these allegations true?
30:37Did you forge evidence to frame a colleague?
30:43Nonsense.
30:43You're slandering me.
30:45The evidence chain is complete and ready for court.
30:48Miss Cole, would you like to explain these transactions?
30:52Live, in front of the entire country?
30:55Why are you all going after just me?
30:57All of this!
30:59Sterling told me to do it!
31:00She orchestrated everything from the start!
31:02The leak, the forgery, the blacklisting!
31:04Her hands are dirtier than mine a hundred times over!
31:09Lysandra named Sterling on national TV.
31:12There's no taking that back.
31:14And now the other victims are starting to wave.
31:16Lysandra's word alone isn't enough.
31:18They'll say she's just trying to drag someone down with her.
31:22We need the victims to come forward and complete the chain.
31:27I'll talk to them.
31:30This time, we've already put the target on ourselves.
31:33They're not alone anymore.
31:35I know you're scared.
31:37I was too.
31:38When I was blacklisted,
31:40when the whole internet called me a fraud,
31:43I thought about giving up,
31:44but you saw what happened.
31:47Lysandra fell.
31:49If the evidence is solid enough
31:50and enough people stand together,
31:51she can't protect everyone.
31:53You don't have to go first.
31:55Becca and I will take that spot.
31:57All we need from you is the truth.
31:59If we testify,
32:01can you guarantee our safety?
32:02I can't promise it won't affect you,
32:04but I can promise you won't be carrying it alone.
32:07This time,
32:08you've got us,
32:09the law,
32:10and the whole country watching.
32:12Use every media connection we have.
32:15Kill this story.
32:16Anyone who runs it
32:18loses our ads,
32:19loses our partnerships.
32:20And those little nobodies
32:22thinking about testifying?
32:23Go remind them what happens
32:26when they step out of line.
32:28Becca Hale,
32:29Cassie Levain.
32:31Do you think taking down Lysaria
32:33means you've won?
32:35I've been in this business for 20 years.
32:38You're still amateurs.
32:40Filing first thing tomorrow.
32:41She won't slip away this time.
32:43Get through tomorrow
32:43and we can finally breathe.
32:46Want to destroy Sterling?
32:48Think about the people you care about first.
32:50How well they'd handle an accident.
32:54She's threatening your mother and Rory.
32:55The old woman is desperate.
32:57She can come at me.
32:58But she touches the people I care about?
33:01No.
33:01Right now.
33:02What does she want most?
33:03To see you scared?
33:05Backing down?
33:06Withdrawing the evidence?
33:07So let's give her that.
33:11You mean...
33:12Turn it around on her.
33:15Leak that you're caving,
33:16that you're pulling the testimony
33:17and walking away.
33:19She'll get cocky
33:21and she'll slip.
33:24Yeah, Becca's done.
33:26Her mom got scared.
33:27She says she's pulling everything
33:28and announcing her retirement next week.
33:31I can't even talk her out of it.
33:39Rose, you're a legend.
33:41Becca Hales got a spine of steel
33:43and you broke her just like that.
33:48Some kid who doesn't know her place
33:50trying to take me on?
33:51Let me tell you something.
33:53That leak, that forgery,
33:55every single piece of it,
33:56I orchestrated it all.
33:58Lasagna was just a disposable tool.
34:00And Becca...
34:02One little reminder to her family
34:03and she crawled right back in line.
34:07In this business,
34:08anyone who doesn't play by my rules,
34:11I make them disappear.
34:1320 years
34:14and I've never missed.
34:24You...
34:25How did you get in here?
34:29That was quite a speech.
34:33But Ms. Rhodes,
34:34I should tell you one thing.
34:35All of Hollywood just heard it.
34:46Sterling, with this evidence,
34:48do you have anything to say?
34:49Out of context.
34:51They conspired to frame me.
34:53I've made this company money
34:54for 20 years.
34:56Enough!
34:56Abuse of power,
34:57coercing talent,
34:58forging evidence,
34:59or orchestrating surveillance.
35:01Each charge is enough
35:02to put you in court.
35:04The board has voted unanimously.
35:06Effective immediately,
35:07you are relieved of all duties
35:08and expelled from stark pictures.
35:17You win.
35:18But in this business,
35:20nobody stays on top forever.
35:23I don't want to beat you.
35:24I just don't want another person
35:26to be pinned down by you
35:28and still have to smile
35:30and say thank you.
35:38An independent studio picked it up.
35:41They love the buzz.
35:42They're funding the restart
35:44and we got our release slot back.
35:46The movie is alive!
35:54If you two hadn't gone first,
35:56we never would have found our voices.
35:58You were brave enough to speak.
36:00That bravery deserves an industry
36:02that's clean.
36:06We made it!
36:07We actually made it!
36:08Wait!
36:09Before you celebrate.
36:12What now?
36:14The new studio,
36:16they have one condition.
36:18To ensure the film's release
36:20and box office,
36:21they're asking you two
36:23to publicly deny the relationship.
36:27Don't get me wrong.
36:28We love the film
36:29and the money's there.
36:31But market research shows
36:32that if the relationship is confirmed,
36:34some major overseas markets
36:36will adjust their release strategy.
36:38We're looking at a 30% hit to projections.
36:40So you want us to lie to the public?
36:43Not lie.
36:44We're calling it strategic silence.
36:47To the public,
36:47you're just two great collaborators.
36:49After the film wraps
36:50and the spotlight fades,
36:51whatever happens privately,
36:52we don't care.
36:52In other words,
36:53you want us to perform again.
36:54For money.
36:56This time it's different.
36:58Back then,
36:59when I took the blame,
37:00I was protecting you.
37:01But this,
37:02this is asking me to deny what we are.
37:04I don't want to say that.
37:06Then don't.
37:07But the film,
37:09so many people's work,
37:10the new actors who testify-
37:11Becca, listen to me.
37:12My whole life,
37:13I've made every decision alone.
37:15But this time,
37:16I'm not choosing for you.
37:19Why?
37:20Because what you're facing
37:21is a hundred times heavier
37:22than what I went through.
37:24You'd be gambling
37:24everything you've built.
37:26That choice has to be yours.
37:28Whatever road you take,
37:30I'm on it with you.
37:33I've come this far.
37:34Am I really going to
37:35shove it all back
37:35in the closet at the end?
37:37Whatever road you take,
37:38I'm on it with you.
37:42Becca!
37:43Cassia!
37:44The whole world is waiting
37:45for an answer
37:46about the rumors
37:46between you two.
37:48Is tonight the night
37:48you finally set the record straight?
37:55No clarification needed
37:57because there's nothing to clarify.
37:59Yes,
38:00I love her.
38:01This isn't promotion.
38:02It's not a rumor.
38:04It's real.
38:08You know what saying that means,
38:10don't you?
38:11I know.
38:12It might mean more backrash.
38:14But I've played
38:15too many fake roles
38:16in my life.
38:17Tonight,
38:18for once,
38:18I want to stand here
38:20and be real.
38:23Cassia!
38:24What do you think
38:25of Becca doing this?
38:28Two years ago,
38:29I stood alone
38:30in the middle of a storm
38:31and no one spoke for me.
38:33Tonight,
38:34she's holding my hand
38:35in front of the whole world.
38:36I've never apologized
38:37for who I love
38:38and I'm not starting now.
38:39I'm a lesbian.
38:45Oh my God,
38:45that wasn't acting.
38:46What they have,
38:47you can't fake that.
38:49Real emotion
38:49cuts through the screen.
38:55We're trekking everywhere.
38:56Half the posts are hate,
38:57half are tears.
38:59Let them come.
39:00Real things
39:01can weather the noise.
39:05It's breaking records!
39:06Opening day box office
39:08is historic!
39:09Word of mouth
39:09is insane!
39:10And they're adding
39:11more screens!
39:12And, and,
39:13the golden lawful
39:15nominations just dropped.
39:16You two,
39:17both nominated
39:18for best actress.
39:19Same film,
39:20two best actress-nots.
39:23The critics are all saying
39:24you're the lock.
39:25Your character had
39:26so many layers,
39:27so much emotional range.
39:29Mine!
39:31You're so obsessed
39:32with winning and losing
39:33right now
39:33that you've forgotten
39:34about the actual performance.
39:36I've just,
39:37never wanted something
39:38this badly before.
39:40But I also want you
39:41to get it more.
39:42Silly.
39:43Whether you win
39:44or I win,
39:45our film wins either way.
39:47Don't panic.
39:48I'll go through
39:49every big scene
39:49with you again.
39:52What if
39:52neither of us gets it?
39:55Then that's okay, too.
39:58Awards are given
39:59by other people.
40:00What we have in here,
40:01we already won.
40:06Cassia.
40:08Yeah?
40:09I'm glad I ran out
40:11into the rain that night.
40:12I'm glad I ran out of the rain that night.
40:14Then tonight,
40:16it's my turn.
40:18And the winner
40:19for Best Actress is
40:21Becca Hale.
40:26Go up there.
40:27This one's yours.
40:36I want to share this award
40:37with the other name
40:38on the nomination list
40:40because the person
40:41who taught me
40:42what real acting means
40:43is her.
40:45And she's also
40:46the only person
40:46I want to hold hands with
40:48for the rest of my life.
40:50I know that some people
40:51will discount tonight
40:52because of
40:53she's a woman.
40:55But love,
40:56love should never
40:57have a gender
40:58and it shouldn't
40:59need permission.
41:00Love is love.
41:01It's not less
41:02than any other
41:03kind of love
41:04and it shouldn't
41:05have to live
41:05in the shadows.
41:10You know what you just
41:11said out there, right?
41:12You basically sealed us
41:13in front of the whole world.
41:15I know.
41:15I don't want to hide anymore.
41:18Good.
41:19Then we face it together.
41:23Don't get too comfortable.
41:25Sterling's leftovers
41:26and a bunch of jealous rivals
41:27are already turning
41:28the tide again.
41:31What are they cooking up
41:32this time?
41:33Clout chasing award scam,
41:34sob story marketing,
41:36best actress credibility
41:37in question.
41:38The phrasing is professional,
41:39clearly coordinated.
41:40They're claiming you
41:41won off emotional hype,
41:42not talent.
41:43Can't beat the work
41:44so you smear the person.
41:45Same old playbook.
41:46The film speaks for itself.
41:48The reviews,
41:49the box office,
41:50the votes,
41:51they're all public.
41:52People can say
41:52whatever they want.
41:54I'm not afraid
41:55of what they say about me.
41:57I'm afraid they'll use it
41:58to come after you again.
42:02You're so focused
42:03on protecting me now.
42:04So different from the stiff,
42:06straight-lined girl
42:07you used to be.
42:15I see.
42:16Thank you for letting me know
42:17ahead of time.
42:19What happened?
42:20Who was that?
42:22Someone's dug up
42:23the old footage
42:23from my case two years ago.
42:25The unedited,
42:26full batch.
42:26They're planning to drop it
42:27tomorrow night
42:28at the Golden Lorable Ceremony.
42:30Live.
42:32They're repackaging
42:33your relationship
42:34from two years ago,
42:35calling you a serial dater,
42:37promiscuous,
42:37and hinting that
42:38what you have with Becca
42:39is the same pattern.
42:41The goal is clear.
42:43Destroy you at tomorrow's ceremony
42:44and drag Becca down with you.
42:47Predictable.
42:47They can't beat us on merit,
42:49so they dig up my past.
42:51Two years ago,
42:53you carried it alone.
42:54Not this time.
42:54Becca, calm down.
42:56This is my old history.
42:59I'll handle it.
43:02You just won Best Actress.
43:04You're at your peak.
43:06I can't let you get
43:07dragged into this again
43:08because of me.
43:10Cassia Vane,
43:10listen to yourself.
43:11How many times
43:12have you stepped
43:13in front of me?
43:15The press conference?
43:16The live show?
43:18You didn't show,
43:19you didn't say,
43:20this is Becca's problem,
43:21she can handle it
43:21back then.
43:23Now it's your turn,
43:24and you want to push me away?
43:25Why?
43:26This time,
43:27I'm standing in front of you.
43:30Becca,
43:31think about this.
43:32If you post this,
43:34you're gambling
43:34your entire reputation on it.
43:36If public opinion
43:37turns against you,
43:38you both go down.
43:42I've thought it through.
43:43The whole team
43:44is against this.
43:46PR says to wait,
43:48at least...
43:48Wait?
43:50No one spoke for her
43:51two years ago.
43:52She waited in the dark
43:53for two years.
43:54I'm not making her wait
43:55one more second.
43:56She taught me not to apologize
43:58for loving someone.
43:59So this time,
44:00let me say it for her
44:01one more time.
44:11Becca,
44:12aren't you afraid
44:13this essay will ruin
44:14your reputation
44:15as a Best Actress winner?
44:18The truth doesn't ruin anyone.
44:21Lies do.
44:23Cassia,
44:24what do you have to say
44:25about Becca speaking out for you?
44:28Two years ago,
44:29I thought no one in this world
44:31would ever risk everything
44:32for someone like me.
44:34She proved me wrong.
44:38The nominees for Best Actress
44:39at this year's Golden Laurel,
44:41Becca Hale,
44:42Iron Frontline,
44:43Cassia Vane,
44:44Iron Frontline.
44:46Whoever's name they call,
44:48we both win, right?
44:50Right.
44:51But I'm betting on you.
44:54Why?
44:56Because this year
44:57you fought harder than anyone.
44:59That trophy owes you.
45:04Oh!
45:09And the winner
45:10for Best Actress
45:14is...
45:17Becca Hale!
45:22Go up there,
45:24Best Actress.
45:25You earned every bit of it.
45:30One year ago,
45:32this industry pronounced me dead.
45:34Endorsements gone,
45:35projects pulled,
45:36the whole internet
45:36calling me a fraud.
45:38I thought I'd never
45:39stand here again.
45:43But what that darkest time
45:44taught me
45:45was this.
45:46You can lose
45:47all the fame,
45:48all the money,
45:49but you can never
45:51lose the courage
45:51to be yourself.
45:54Works fade,
45:56trophies tarnish,
45:57but the real you,
45:58the one you're proud to be,
46:00no one can take that away.
46:04Cassia Vane.
46:06Tonight,
46:07this trophy should have
46:08two names on it.
46:10So in front of the whole world,
46:13I want to ask you something.
46:20The best scene of my life
46:23was meeting you
46:24for every scene
46:25that comes after.
46:26will you keep
46:27acting them with me?
46:34Remember your first day?
46:36Kissing like two dry crackers
46:37smacking together?
46:38I remember.
46:40And I remember someone
46:41using a demonstration
46:42to ambush me.
46:44So,
46:44Professor Vane,
46:46want to give me
46:47another lesson?
46:58Vesta says we're now
47:00Hollywood's most wanted pairing.
47:02Offers our book
47:03through next year.
47:05Scared?
47:06Scared of what?
47:07As long as you're here,
47:08I'm not afraid of any scene.
47:19Do you ever think
47:20if Ines hadn't pushed us
47:21into that scene,
47:22we might have missed
47:23each other completely?
47:24No.
47:26That confident?
47:27Because your eyes
47:28never hit a thing
47:29from day one.
47:31I saw it immediately.
47:33You weren't afraid of desire.
47:36You were just waiting
47:37for someone
47:37to open the door for you.
47:41All of it.
47:42The smears,
47:43the blacklist,
47:44the betrayal,
47:44the comeback.
47:46It feels like
47:47one long dream now.
47:50Not a dream.
47:51It's us.
47:53Scene by scene,
47:54we really lived through it.
47:56Cassia,
47:57I've acted in so many scenes,
47:59won so many awards,
48:00but my best scene
48:02was meeting you.
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