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00:00Cut!
00:04You call that a kiss?
00:06Two dry lips smacking together, not a single tongue in sight?
00:10I'm embarrassed for you.
00:12The script didn't go into that much detail.
00:15A sex scene isn't a passport photo, Mrs. Hale.
00:18Is it lack of experience, or do you need me to give you a personal demonstration?
00:24What are you doing?
00:29Lie down.
00:30Let me show you what real desire looks like.
00:34Vane, this is for the scene.
00:36Shut up or open your mouth.
00:39Pick one.
00:43Watch closely.
00:45This is a kiss.
00:52Oh my god, that's it!
00:53That's exactly what I wanted!
00:55Camera right on them!
01:01See that, Mrs. Hale?
01:02This is a kiss.
01:04And by the way, you not only opened your mouth, you closed your eyes.
01:21Becca, have a seat.
01:23I've got amazing news.
01:28What's this?
01:29That's not what my script looks like.
01:31I saw that whole demonstration last night from behind the monitor.
01:36That wasn't acting.
01:37That was a money printer.
01:40The straight romance is out.
01:42We're doing a two-lead female version.
01:45You and Cassia.
01:46Hold on.
01:47I'm straight.
01:48I'm not doing this.
01:48Iron Frontline.
01:50Hundred million dollar budget.
01:52Your female lead.
01:53You don't take this.
01:54That project gets repassed immediately.
01:57Think carefully.
02:01Vesper, you knew about this, didn't you?
02:03I only found out this morning.
02:05But look.
02:07Sterling's got you by the billing.
02:08You can't back out of this one.
02:09And the promo plan's already set.
02:11You and Cassia have packaged CP.
02:14A CP?
02:16You're asking me, a straight woman, to do a fake romance?
02:19Don't look so miserable, Becca.
02:21I was the female lead for two weeks.
02:22And you snatched it overnight.
02:24If anyone should cry, it's me.
02:28Vane, let's get one thing straight.
02:30This is just work.
02:31And you're the one who pushed Sterling to rewrite this, aren't you?
02:37I don't have that kind of pull.
02:43You've wanted this all along.
02:45You're just afraid to admit it.
02:46This line, you need to say it like this.
02:49Right here.
02:51That's where the reaction should be.
02:52Your heartbeat doesn't lie to the camera.
02:57Can you please maintain some professional distance?
03:00Your body was pretty honest yesterday.
03:02Are you mad at me or at yourself?
03:05Vane, I'll play along during working hours.
03:07But off camera, stay the hell away from me.
03:11The more you insist on distance, the more I wonder.
03:15What exactly are you so afraid of?
03:23The shot only goes to your shoulders and colopones.
03:26Leave the rest to the audience.
03:28But the emotion has to be there.
03:30Action.
03:31Don't be afraid.
03:32I won't let go.
03:33Isles again.
03:34One more time.
03:38Your heartbeat's pounding right against my face.
03:41Want me to count for you?
03:43It'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.
03:55Don't waste my film.
04:01Becca, I'll get a grip.
04:03That's a woman.
04:04That's a scene.
04:06Just a scene.
04:08She just breathed on me.
04:10What the hell are you panicking for?
04:17Move.
04:18You can hide from the camera.
04:20But can you hide from yourself?
04:24I don't know what you're talking about.
04:27Yes, you do.
04:28You know better than anyone.
04:30That wasn't nerves just now.
04:32Nervous people don't blush all the way to their ears.
04:35Becca, it's blowing up everywhere.
04:38Five of the top treading spots are about you.
04:41One night, your CP hashtag gained 300,000 followers.
04:48Pax Wilder, that damn vulture.
04:50How the hell is he everywhere?
04:52Now's not the time to complain.
04:53Your fan base is already at war.
04:55Half of them are dropping you.
04:56Half are shipping you harder than ever.
05:02We can't bury it.
05:04We have to counter it.
05:06Tonight, you and Coral go out to dinner,
05:07get accidentally photographed looking loved up,
05:10and let that story drown this one out.
05:11Same routine.
05:14Hold hands, let me feed you a bite of dessert,
05:16lean on your shoulder, and smile.
05:18In three years, I could do this in my sleep.
05:23Fine, whatever.
05:25Just make it fast.
05:26Smile more, Becca.
05:27You'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?
05:46Becca, I've been playing this role with you for three years.
05:49You've never looked at me the way you looked at her on set today.
05:54You're overthinking it.
05:55Me and her, we can barely stand each other.
06:00Are you sure?
06:04Some scripts only work when you rewrite them.
06:07Who's she calling out?
06:09Please just stop acting and make it real already.
06:12What is she even doing?
06:14Is this her idea of a message?
06:20There's no out for this one.
06:22Face to face, no one turns away.
06:24The tighter you're tangled, the better.
06:26Full emotion.
06:27Ready, lift!
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.
06:46You 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.
06:56That's your business.
06:57Has nothing to do with me.
07:01Really?
07:02Then your heartbeat is the best audio this scene's got.
07:04Hear that?
07:05Pounding like a drum.
07:07Shut up.
07:08Just act.
07:09Act?
07:10Fine.
07:12But you can't even look me in the eye.
07:15Who exactly are you performing for, Becca?
07:18See?
07:19The moment you look at me, you forget how to breathe.
07:22I'm not forcing that.
07:26Keep dreaming.
07:31Hold steady.
07:32Don't move.
07:33I'll lock it.
07:36Let go.
07:38If I let go now, you'll actually fall.
07:42Besides, that little move was you coming to me.
07:47Sis, you've watched this like 50 times.
07:50I'm studying the performance, looking for issues.
07:53Looking for issues.
07:54Okay, let me ask you this.
07:57Your last girlfriend.
07:58Did you stay up all night analyzing her?
08:01Lose sleep over her?
08:05That's different.
08:06She's a woman.
08:07It's impossible.
08:10The more you say impossible, the more I think it's happening.
08:13Get some sleep, sis.
08:14Stop lying to yourself.
08:25Go for it, if you like it.
08:30Fuck.
08:41What are you doing here?
08:45Couldn't sleep?
08:46You?
08:47Running back to set in the middle of the night?
08:50What are you looking for?
08:52None of your business.
09:01I'm not going to make you admit anything.
09:04I'm just asking.
09:06Right now, do you want to push me away?
09:10You need to stay the hell away from me.
09:19No.
09:22That's not it.
09:24You're Becca, how?
09:26You like women.
09:28You like...
09:35Becca, sit down.
09:36There's something I should have told you a long time ago.
09:39What?
09:41This thing between us, three years of it, was a PR arrangement.
09:46You know it.
09:47I know it.
09:50I never really got through to you, because that door of yours was never open for me.
09:56Coral, my head is a mess right now.
09:59Then let me make it clear.
10:00I was there when you kissed her today.
10:04Becca, that wasn't acting.
10:12When you're ready, come find me.
10:14You know the address.
10:18Ready for what?
10:20Ready to watch everything I've built go up in flame?
10:28Becca, Hale, what the hell are you waiting for?
10:41I've been waiting a long time.
10:45There's people everywhere outside.
10:47Are you insane?
10:48Five minutes.
10:50Just barring five minutes.
10:52You didn't have this much to say at my place last night.
10:55Five minutes.
11:05What are you doing?
11:06Don't move.
11:07That button was crooked.
11:08The spot behind your ear turns red the second I touch it.
11:13Noted.
11:16There.
11:17America's straightest leading lady, all set to go.
11:21You're going to get me killed.
11:29I can't get this line right, no matter how I say it.
11:32Because you're reciting, not feeling.
11:34Look at me when you say it.
11:40Professor Bane.
11:41Oh.
11:42Learning to fire back, are we?
11:48We'll take it slow, but you need to remember, this thing between us, not a word of it leaves
11:54this room.
11:55One wrong step, and we both go down together.
11:59Lysandra's team leaked it.
12:00Sterling's behind it.
12:01They're trying to force the investors to replace you and bump Lysandra up.
12:03The fan base is in chaos.
12:05Lost nearly two million followers overnight.
12:07Brand deals are blowing up our phones.
12:10That cut is taken out of context.
12:12Who doesn't get into character during a scene?
12:14Audiences don't care about context, Becca.
12:16They believe what they want to believe.
12:18And your girlfriend's team is pressuring you to distance yourself.
12:22Becca, heard about it?
12:24Such a shame.
12:26But honestly, viewers aren't blind.
12:28You've been pretending to be straight for years.
12:31Must be exhausting, right?
12:34That edit was your doing.
12:35I didn't say anything.
12:37You're the one who couldn't hide it in front of the camera.
12:39Whose fault is that?
12:40That top killing is always going to be mine.
12:43Just give it up.
12:49We'll see about that.
12:51Mrs. Vane, does Becca's on-set behavior prove she's not actually straight?
12:54Is the film going to recast?
12:58Recast?
12:59Before I answer that, let me show you something.
13:05You call this a meltdown?
13:07I call it acting.
13:09An actor who can pour witchin that much emotion into a scene.
13:14That's talent, not a scandal.
13:18Whoever cut this into tabloid fodder, I can only say the problem isn't her acting.
13:22It's your eyes.
13:25This was you?
13:33You found that?
13:35That was the worst two years of my life.
13:42I was young back then, too.
13:44Fell for someone, got caught by paparazzi, and overnight the whole industry turned on me.
13:50All my projects pulled, endorsements cut, blacklisted for two full years.
13:56Even people I thought were my closest friends treated me like the plague.
14:03What happened after?
14:07After, I learned.
14:10Learned to armor myself so no one could ever touch me again.
14:16Learned to take control before anyone else could speak.
14:21You think I've always been this flashy?
14:24I just never wanted to be stomped on again.
14:28This time you're not carrying it alone.
14:30You've got me.
14:36Becca, I heard something.
14:38Sterling's putting together a full-scale smear campaign.
14:41Those photos of you and Kaseela were just the appetizer.
14:44What's she after?
14:47She doesn't just want you to distance yourself.
14:52She wants to drown you in mud.
14:55Make you look like a fraud, a clout chaser, a fake straight girl who lied to her fans.
15:01Ruin you for good.
15:03Then put Lasana in your spot.
15:06Becca, think carefully.
15:09Everything you have right now.
15:11Your billing, your endorsements, your reputation as America's sweetheart.
15:17A hundred million dollar film.
15:19Is it worth losing all of it?
15:23Becca, I'll give you two options.
15:24Option one, hold a press conference, publicly deny any relationship with Cassia, cut all ties, go back to being strangers.
15:32And option two.
15:33Option two, you refuse to cooperate.
15:35And I make you disappear from this industry entirely.
15:38Billing, endorsements, box office, I'll take them all back.
15:40One by one, your choice.
15:43I need time to think.
15:44Three days.
15:45Don't keep me waiting.
15:51You're still doing your own stunts.
15:53How many times do I have to tell you, use a double for the wire work?
15:57Sterling made her move.
15:58She wants me to publicly deny everything and cut you off.
16:04What do you think?
16:05I've thought about it.
16:07The more she pushes me to deny it, the less I can back down.
16:10Taking one step back means admitting what we have is wrong.
16:16You know what that means?
16:19You could lose everything.
16:20You carried it alone for two years.
16:22This time, I'm carrying it with you.
16:25We'll figure it out together.
16:27Take it slow, wear her down.
16:30Okay.
16:31Together.
16:35Becca, check the trending page.
16:38This time, this time it's really bad.
16:44Becca, everything's collapsing.
16:46Three endorsements cut ties this morning.
16:48Iron Frontline officially recast you overnight.
16:50And your social media dropped 600,000 followers in one night.
16:55What about Coral?
16:56Her team put out a statement saying you two amably parted ways a while ago.
16:59They washed their hands of it completely.
17:00All the backlash is coming for you.
17:06Becca, I'm not the type to go for the kill.
17:09That's a check.
17:11Take a look at the number.
17:13Enough for a comfortable life.
17:15What's the catch?
17:16Simple.
17:17Hold a press conference.
17:18Publicly deny everything with Cassia.
17:20Say it was all you.
17:21Single-handed promotion.
17:23Then sign this NDA and quietly walk away from the business.
17:28Think about Cassia.
17:29She just barely healed from two years ago.
17:32She can't survive another round.
17:34You take the blame, and I promise she's untouched.
17:37Good deal?
17:43You don't know anything.
17:44They kept you out of it.
17:45But you still think we're in this together?
17:51The storm's raging out there.
17:52I'm working on it.
17:54Don't be scared.
17:55We'll get through this together.
17:56You're insane.
17:58You actually signed it?
18:00Becca, you just painted yourself as the villain.
18:02Said you orchestrated everything to chase Clow off Cassia's name.
18:06Do you know what that means?
18:07Your career in this industry is over.
18:09I know.
18:11Why?
18:12You could have told the truth.
18:13That they forced you.
18:14That Sterling set the whole thing up.
18:19If I tell the truth, Cassia gets dragged back into the spotlight.
18:24She survived it once, Vess Vessel.
18:26I can't watch her get torn apart again.
18:30I'll take this hit alone.
18:33Ms. Rhodes, just calling it promotion isn't enough.
18:37I made something stronger.
18:39Forged transaction records.
18:41Making it look like Becca sold those private photos to Pasa Wilder on purpose.
18:46To manufacture Buzz and rebrand herself.
18:49Brutal.
18:49This way even Cassia will believe she was betrayed.
18:53Left with no one on her side, she'll never recover.
18:56I'll make sure these receipts get to Cassia personally.
19:00Sis, you're just leaving?
19:03Without even a word of explanation?
19:05Explanation for what?
19:06The more I explain, the deeper she gets dragged in.
19:10But everyone out there is calling you a fraud.
19:13A clout chaser.
19:15Let them.
19:15As long as Cassia is okay, my reputation doesn't mean a thing.
19:23Explain this.
19:25Cassia, let me...
19:26Did you sell these?
19:28Sell us to PAX for a career move?
19:35Fine.
19:36I was so stupid telling you we'd get through this together, telling you to wait for me.
19:42Turns out I was just a stepping stone for your career.
19:45You think whatever you want.
19:50Becca Hale, look me in the eye and say it.
19:53Say you sold those photos.
19:55Say you never meant a thing.
19:58Say it and I'll believe you.
20:03I sold them.
20:05I never meant a thing.
20:09Get out.
20:10I don't want to see you again.
20:12Ever.
20:21Smart move.
20:23Thanks for the billing.
20:24Thanks for the billing.
20:39Keep going.
20:40Say whatever you want.
20:45Hurts, doesn't it?
20:47Good.
20:54As long as you're okay, this pain is nothing.
21:07I'm sorry.
21:08This time I had to be the villain.
21:14Becca!
21:15Becca, listen to me!
21:16What is it?
21:17Those photos!
21:19I found out!
21:20It was Lysandra and Sterling all along!
21:23From the leak to the fake sale record, everything was manufactured!
21:29The day you left set, something felt off.
21:31So I dug into Pax's trail.
21:33She deleted a bunch of posts, but the cash was still there.
21:37The timestamps, locations, they all matched Lysandra's assistant schedule.
21:42She arranged the leak?
21:44And more.
21:45That sale record they used to frame you?
21:48It's forged.
21:50The bank watermark doesn't match.
21:52It's a template job.
21:54A tech friend of mine spotted it in five seconds.
22:01I've handled too many dirty deals for Sterling over the years.
22:04It's been eating at me.
22:06This has some of her conversations with Lysandra recorded.
22:11Because I kept waiting for you to defend yourself.
22:15Until I saw you take the blame, all of it, without saying a word.
22:21Becca, you were shielding her, weren't you?
22:25They had it planned from the start.
22:28The leak to trap you, the forgery to tear you two apart,
22:31then kick you out and put Lysana in.
22:33You.
22:35You were the perfect pawn.
22:40You take the blame, and I guarantee Cassia's untouched.
22:46Fine.
22:47I'll agree to everything.
22:49But one condition.
22:51She stays out of it.
22:53None of this had anything to do with Cassia.
22:56It's my fault alone.
22:58She's been through enough, whatever you want.
23:01Money, my reputation, anything.
23:04Just don't touch her.
23:08It wasn't her.
23:10It was never her.
23:20I pushed away the only person who was willing to lose everything for me.
23:25Becca, are you sure about this?
23:27This is a national broadcast.
23:29Millions of people watching.
23:30You've got the evidence from Rory and me.
23:33Why not use it?
23:34Take down Lysandra and Sterling in one bit,
23:36and you're back on top.
23:38If I use the evidence Cassia gets dragged back in,
23:41I won't do that.
23:44Then what are you going to say up there?
23:47The truth.
23:49No scapegoats, no sob story, no distancing.
23:52I'll tell them who I am, who I loved.
23:54That's it.
23:57Becca, the whole country wants to know,
23:59Were you using Cassia for clout?
24:02Was your straight girl image a lie from the start?
24:06I never claimed to be the straight girl.
24:08That label was put on me.
24:10What I will say is,
24:11I loved someone.
24:13She happened to be a woman.
24:16And do you regret it?
24:18You lost everything for it.
24:20I lost endorsements,
24:22box office,
24:22my billing.
24:24But I will not apologize for loving someone.
24:29All these years,
24:31you loved the invincible hero on screen.
24:43You never loved the real me.
24:46The real me,
24:48she gets nervous,
24:50she falls hard,
24:51she loses her composure over one person.
24:54That's not a scandal.
24:55That's proof that I'm alive.
24:59So,
25:00you're not denying the relationship?
25:03I'm not denying it.
25:05And I'm certainly not apologizing for it.
25:08You can take my work,
25:09but you can't take my dignity.
25:12I've played heroes,
25:13I've played tough guys,
25:15but I've never played a coward
25:16who begs for forgiveness.
25:26She didn't betray me.
25:28Those photos,
25:30those fake receipts,
25:31all of it was fabricated.
25:33And every single piece of this smear campaign,
25:37from tonight on,
25:38I will lay it all out,
25:40one by one.
25:44This is the so-called sale record
25:46of Becca selling photos to a paparazzi.
25:48Look closely.
25:50The bank watermark is a template mismatch.
25:52The date format doesn't match any U.S. bank.
25:55This is a forgery.
25:57The person who forged this document
25:59is Lysandra Cole.
26:00The motive?
26:02Simple.
26:03Push Becca out of the production
26:04and take her billing.
26:06And the one who arranged the leak
26:08of those private photos?
26:09Her.
26:11Mrs. Vane,
26:12how do we know this isn't another
26:13publicity stunt between the two of yous?
26:16Because if it were,
26:17Becca would have dropped
26:18all this evidence
26:19today
26:21and cleared her name in one move.
26:24She didn't.
26:26She chose to carry the label of fraud
26:28and walk away
26:29just to keep me out of it.
26:31She wouldn't even say it wasn't me
26:33just to protect me.
26:36Would someone like that betray you?
26:40Vespa Lysandra is just a pop.
26:42The one pulling the strings
26:43is Sterling.
26:45I'm not just clearing
26:46Becca's name this time.
26:48I'm taking that old woman
26:49down to the roots.
26:50She's got connections everywhere.
26:52Going after her means
26:53fighting half of Hollywood's establishment.
26:56Two years ago,
26:57I was alone
26:58because no one spoke up.
27:01This time's different.
27:02This time,
27:03I'm standing in front of Becca.
27:05Keep digging.
27:06Every newbie she's ever threatened,
27:08I want them all.
27:17I'm sorry.
27:19I should have trusted you.
27:21I made you say those things to my face.
27:26I was a monster.
27:30It's in the past.
27:31No, it's not.
27:33You carried everything alone.
27:36Your feet were torn up
27:38and you still kept it all from me.
27:43Becca,
27:44I shouldn't have let you stand
27:45in that storm by yourself.
27:47I've been out in that rain
27:47for so long last night.
27:49Probably caught a cold.
27:51Serves you right.
27:53Worth it
27:53to wait for you to come down.
27:56Don't tense up.
27:58I've been following up
27:59on the list Vesper gave me.
28:01For years,
28:02Sterling's been using her resources
28:03and billing power
28:04to threaten new actors.
28:07Anyone who doesn't play along
28:08gets blacklisted,
28:09silenced.
28:11Same thing she did to me.
28:13Exactly.
28:14This isn't just about you and me.
28:17It's a pattern she's been running
28:18for over a decade.
28:22I found at least six victims.
28:24That's enough.
28:25Six people coming forward
28:27together with solid evidence
28:28she won't have a leg
28:29to stand on.
28:30I can't testify.
28:33Sterling has eyes everywhere.
28:34If I speak up,
28:35my career in this industry
28:36is over.
28:37You two have names
28:39you can afford to fight.
28:40We're nobodies.
28:41One word
28:42and we're packing our bags.
28:43But if you don't come forward,
28:45she just keeps doing it
28:45to the next person.
28:47Becca,
28:48I'm sorry.
28:48We can't afford to risk it.
28:57They're scared.
28:58They should be.
28:59No one can afford
29:00to lose everything.
29:02Then let me go first.
29:05I'm the one who was
29:05blacklisted for two years.
29:07I have a name.
29:08I can take the backlash.
29:10I'll plant the flag,
29:12put the target on myself,
29:13then they'll feel safe
29:14enough to follow.
29:16No.
29:17Not you alone.
29:19Us together.
29:20This time,
29:21no one stands in the rain
29:22by themselves.
29:26Everything's ready.
29:27The raw footage
29:28from the malicious edit,
29:29the forensic report
29:31on the forged document,
29:32the paparazzi schedule
29:34and payment records.
29:35Every link leads back
29:36to Lysandra.
29:38Today,
29:39we take down the pawn
29:40on the surface,
29:41nail her,
29:42and Sterling loses
29:43her best her weapon.
29:45Let's go.
29:46This time,
29:47we strike first.
29:49One,
29:49the so-called meltdown footage
29:51you saw was a malicious edit.
29:52Here's the unedited original,
29:54an emotionally demanding scene
29:56that required total immersion.
29:58Not a scandal.
29:59Two,
29:59the sale record
30:00accusing Becca
30:01of selling photos
30:01to a paparazzi.
30:03Three independent forensic farms
30:04confirmed it's a forgery.
30:06The IP and device used
30:07traced back to one person.
30:09Three,
30:10the photographer
30:11who stalked us,
30:12his schedule and payments,
30:13all arranged and funded
30:14by the same person.
30:18Miss Cole,
30:20are these allegations true?
30:21Did you forge evidence
30:22to frame a colleague?
30:26Nonsense.
30:27You're slandering me.
30:29The evidence chain
30:30is complete
30:30and ready for court.
30:32Miss Cole,
30:33would you like to explain
30:34these transactions
30:35live,
30:36in front of the entire country?
30:39Why are you all
30:40going after just me?
30:41All of this!
30:42Sterling told me to do it!
30:44She orchestrated
30:44everything from the start!
30:46The leak,
30:46the forgery,
30:47the blacklisting,
30:48her hands are dirtier
30:49than mine
30:49a hundred times over!
30:53Lysandra named Sterling
30:54on national TV.
30:56There's no taking that back.
30:57And now the other victims
30:59are starting to wave.
31:00Lysandra's word alone
31:01isn't enough.
31:02They'll say she's just trying
31:03to drag someone down with her.
31:06We need the victims
31:07to come forward
31:08and complete the chain.
31:11I'll talk to them.
31:14This time,
31:15we've already put the target
31:16on ourselves.
31:16They're not alone anymore.
31:19I know you're scared.
31:21I was too.
31:22When I was blacklisted,
31:23when the whole internet
31:25called me a fraud,
31:26I thought about giving up.
31:28But you saw what happened.
31:30Lysandra fell.
31:32If the evidence is solid enough
31:34and enough people stand together,
31:35she can't protect everyone.
31:37You don't have to go first.
31:39Becca and I will take that spot.
31:41All we need from you
31:42is the truth.
31:43If we testify,
31:44can you guarantee our safety?
31:46I can't promise
31:46it won't affect you.
31:48But I can promise you
31:49won't be carrying it alone.
31:51This time,
31:52you've got us,
31:53the law,
31:54and the whole country watching.
31:56Use every media connection
31:58we have.
31:58Kill this story.
32:00Anyone who runs it
32:01loses our ads,
32:03loses our partnership,
32:04and those little nobodies
32:05thinking about testifying?
32:07Go remind them
32:09what happens
32:09when they step out of line.
32:12Becca Hale,
32:13Cassia Vane.
32:15Do you think
32:15taking down Lysarium
32:17means you've won?
32:19I've been in this business
32:20for 20 years.
32:21You're still amateurs.
32:23Filing first thing tomorrow.
32:25She won't slip away this time.
32:26Get through tomorrow
32:27and we can finally breathe.
32:30Want to destroy Sterling?
32:32Think about the people
32:33you care about first.
32:34How well they'd handle
32:35an accident.
32:37She's threatening
32:38your mother and Rory.
32:39The old woman is desperate.
32:41She can come at me.
32:42But she touches
32:43the people I care about?
32:44No.
32:45Right now,
32:46what does she want most?
32:47To see you scared,
32:49backing down,
32:50withdrawing the evidence.
32:51So let's give her that.
32:55You mean
32:56turn it around on her.
32:58Leak that you're caving,
33:00that you're pulling
33:00the testimony
33:01and walking away.
33:03She'll get cocky
33:04and she'll slip.
33:08Yeah, Becca's done.
33:10Her mom got scared.
33:11She says she's pulling everything
33:12and announcing
33:13her retirement next week.
33:14I can't even talk her out of it.
33:22Rhodes,
33:24you're a legend.
33:25Becca Hales
33:25got a spine of steel
33:26and you broke her
33:28just like that.
33:31Some kid
33:32who doesn't know her place
33:33trying to take me on?
33:35Let me tell you something.
33:36That leak,
33:37that forgery,
33:39every single piece of it,
33:40I orchestrated it all.
33:42Lasagna was just
33:42a disposable tool.
33:44And Becca,
33:45one little reminder
33:46to her family
33:47and she crawled
33:48right back in line.
33:51In this business,
33:52anyone who doesn't
33:53play by my rules,
33:54I make them disappear.
33:5620 years
33:57and I've never missed.
34:08You,
34:09how did you get in here?
34:13That was quite a speech.
34:17But Ms. Rhodes,
34:18I should tell you one thing.
34:19All of Hollywood
34:20just heard it.
34:30Sterling,
34:31with this evidence,
34:32do you have anything to say?
34:33Out of context,
34:35they conspired to frame me.
34:37I've made this company money
34:38for 20 years.
34:39Enough!
34:40Abuse of power,
34:41coercing talent,
34:42forging evidence,
34:43or orchestrating surveillance.
34:45Each charge is enough
34:46to put you in court.
34:47The board has voted unanimously.
34:49Effective immediately,
34:51you are relieved of all duties
34:52and expelled from Stark Pictures.
35:01You win.
35:02But in this business,
35:04nobody stays on top forever.
35:06I don't want to beat you.
35:08I just don't want another person
35:10to be pinned down by you
35:11and still have to smile
35:13and say thank you.
35:22An independent studio
35:23picked it up.
35:24They love the buzz.
35:26They're funding the restart
35:28and we got our release slot back.
35:30The movie is alive!
35:38If you two hadn't gone first,
35:39we never would have found our voices.
35:42You were brave enough to speak.
35:44That bravery deserves an industry
35:46that's clean.
35:50We made it.
35:51We actually made it.
35:52Wait.
35:53Before you celebrate.
35:56What now?
35:58The new studio,
36:00they have one condition.
36:02To ensure the film's release
36:04and box office,
36:05they're asking you two
36:06to publicly deny the relationship.
36:11Don't get me wrong.
36:12We love the film
36:13and the money's there.
36:15But market research shows
36:16that if the relationship is confirmed,
36:18some major overseas markets
36:19will adjust their release strategy.
36:21We're looking at a 30% hit to projections.
36:24So you want us to lie to the public?
36:27Not lie.
36:28We're calling it strategic silence.
36:30To the public,
36:31you're just two great collaborators.
36:33After the film wraps
36:33and the spotlight fades,
36:34whatever happens privately,
36:35we don't get...
36:36In other words,
36:36you want us to perform again.
36:38For money.
36:39This time it's different.
36:42Back then,
36:42when I took the blame,
36:43I was protecting you.
36:45But this,
36:46this is asking me
36:46to deny what we are.
36:48I don't want to say that.
36:50Then don't.
36:51But the film,
36:52so many people's work,
36:53the new actors who testify...
36:54Becca, listen to me.
36:56My whole life,
36:57I've made every decision alone.
36:59But this time,
37:00I'm not choosing for you.
37:03Why?
37:03Because what you're facing
37:04is a hundred times heavier
37:06than what I went through.
37:07You'd be gambling
37:08everything you've built.
37:09That choice has to be yours.
37:12Whatever road you take,
37:13I'm on it with you.
37:17I've come this far.
37:18Am I really going to shove it all
37:19back in the closet at the end?
37:20Whatever road you take,
37:22I'm on it with you.
37:26Becca!
37:27Cassia!
37:28The whole world
37:28is waiting for an answer
37:29about the rumors
37:30between you two.
37:31Is tonight the night
37:32you finally set
37:33the record straight?
37:39No clarification needed
37:40because there's nothing
37:42to clarify.
37:43Yes,
37:43I love her.
37:45This isn't promotion.
37:46It's not a rumor.
37:47It's real.
37:52You know what saying
37:53that means,
37:54don't you?
37:55I know.
37:56It might mean
37:57more backrash.
37:58But I've played
37:59too many fake roles
38:00in my life.
38:01Tonight,
38:01for once,
38:02I want to stand here
38:03and be real.
38:07Cassia!
38:08What do you think
38:08of Becca doing this?
38:09What do you think
38:10of Becca doing this?
38:12Two years ago,
38:13I stood alone
38:14in the middle of a storm
38:15and no one spoke for me.
38:17Tonight,
38:18she's holding my hand
38:18in front of the whole world.
38:20I've never apologized
38:21for who I love
38:22and I'm not starting now.
38:23I'm a lesbian.
38:28Oh my god,
38:29that wasn't acting.
38:30What they have,
38:31you can't fake that.
38:32Real emotion
38:33cuts through the screen.
38:39We're trekking everywhere.
38:40Half the posts are hate,
38:41half are tears.
38:42Let them come.
38:43Real things
38:44can weather the noise.
38:48It's breaking records.
38:50Opening day box office
38:51is historic.
38:52Word of mouth
38:53is insane
38:54and they're adding
38:55more screens.
38:56And, and,
38:57the golden
38:58Lobel nominations
38:59just dropped.
39:00You two,
39:00both nominated
39:01for best actress.
39:02Same film,
39:03two best actress-nots.
39:06The critics are all saying
39:08you're the lock.
39:09Your character
39:10had so many layers,
39:11so much emotional range.
39:12Mine,
39:15you're so obsessed
39:16with winning and losing
39:17right now
39:17now that you've forgotten
39:18about the actual performance.
39:20I've just,
39:21never wanted something
39:22this badly before,
39:23but I also want you
39:24to get it more.
39:26Silly.
39:27Whether you win
39:28or I win,
39:28our film wins
39:29either way.
39:30Don't panic.
39:31I'll go through
39:32every big scene
39:33with you again.
39:35What if
39:36neither of us
39:37gets it?
39:39Then that's okay too.
39:41Awards are given
39:42by other people.
39:43What we have in here,
39:44we already won.
39:49Cassia.
39:51Yeah?
39:53I'm glad I ran out
39:54into the rain that night.
39:58Then tonight
39:59it's my turn.
40:01And the winner
40:02for Best Actress
40:04is
40:04Becca Hale.
40:09Go up there.
40:10This one's yours.
40:19I want to share
40:20this award
40:21with the other name
40:21on the nomination list
40:23because the person
40:24who taught me
40:25what real acting
40:26means is her.
40:28And she's also
40:29the only person
40:30I want to hold hands
40:31with for the rest
40:32of my life.
40:34I know that some
40:34people will discount
40:35tonight because of
40:36she's a woman.
40:39But love,
40:40love should never
40:41have a gender
40:41and it shouldn't
40:42need permission.
40:43Love is love.
40:45It's not less
40:46than any other
40:47kind of love
40:47and it shouldn't
40:48have to live
40:49in the shadows.
40:54You know what
40:54you just said
40:55out there, right?
40:56You basically sealed
40:57us in front of
40:57the whole world.
40:58I know.
40:59I don't want
41:00to hide anymore.
41:01Good.
41:02Then we face it together.
41:07Don't get too comfortable.
41:09Sterling's leftovers
41:09and a bunch of
41:10jealous rivals
41:11are already
41:11turning the tide again.
41:14What are they
41:15cooking up this time?
41:16Clout chasing
41:17award scam,
41:18sob story marketing,
41:19best actress
41:20credibility in question.
41:21The phrasing
41:22is professional,
41:23clearly coordinated.
41:24They're claiming
41:24you won off
41:25emotional hype,
41:26not talent.
41:26Can't beat the work
41:27so you smear
41:28the person.
41:28Same old playbook.
41:30The film speaks
41:31for itself.
41:32The reviews,
41:33the box office,
41:34the votes,
41:34they're all public.
41:35People can say
41:36whatever they want.
41:38I'm not afraid
41:39of what they say
41:39about me.
41:40I'm afraid
41:41they'll use it
41:41to come after you
41:42again.
41:45You're so focused
41:46on protecting me
41:47now.
41:48So different
41:49from the stiff
41:49straight-lined
41:50girl you used
41:51to be.
41:58I see.
41:59Thank you for
42:00letting me know
42:01ahead of time.
42:02What happened?
42:03Who was that?
42:05Someone's dug up
42:06the old footage
42:07from my case
42:07two years ago.
42:08The unedited,
42:09full batch.
42:10They're planning
42:10to drop it
42:11tomorrow night
42:12at the golden
42:12larval ceremony.
42:14Live.
42:16They're repackaging
42:16your relationship
42:17from two years ago,
42:18calling you
42:19a serial dater,
42:20promiscuous,
42:21and hinting
42:21that what you
42:22have with Becca
42:22is the same
42:23pattern.
42:25The goal is clear.
42:26Destroy you
42:27at tomorrow's
42:27ceremony,
42:28and drag Becca
42:29down with you.
42:30Predictable.
42:31They can't beat
42:32us on merit,
42:32so they dig
42:32up my past.
42:35Two years ago,
42:36you carried it
42:36alone.
42:37Not this time.
42:38Becca,
42:38calm down.
42:40This is my
42:41old history.
42:42I'll handle it.
42:45You just won
42:46Best Actress.
42:47You're at your
42:48peak.
42:49I can't let
42:50you get dragged
42:51into this again
42:52because of me.
42:53Cassia Vane,
42:54listen to yourself.
42:55How many times
42:56have you stepped
42:57in front of me?
42:58The press conference?
43:00The live show?
43:01You didn't show,
43:03you didn't say,
43:03this is Becca's problem,
43:04she can handle it
43:05back then.
43:07Now it's your turn,
43:08and you want to
43:08push me away?
43:09Why?
43:10This time,
43:11I'm standing
43:11in front of you.
43:13Becca,
43:14think about this.
43:16If you post this,
43:17you're gambling
43:17your entire reputation
43:19on it.
43:19If public opinion
43:20turns against you,
43:22you both go down.
43:25I've thought it through.
43:26The whole team
43:28is against this.
43:29PR says to wait
43:31at least...
43:32Wait?
43:33No one spoke
43:34for her two years ago.
43:35She waited in the dark
43:36for two years.
43:37I'm not making her
43:38wait one more second.
43:39She taught me
43:40not to apologize
43:41for loving someone.
43:42So this time,
43:43let me say it for her.
43:45One more time.
43:54Becca,
43:55aren't you afraid
43:56this essay will ruin
43:57your reputation
43:58as a Best Actress winner?
44:01The truth
44:02doesn't ruin anyone.
44:04Lies do.
44:07Cassia,
44:07what do you have to say
44:08about Becca
44:09speaking out for you?
44:11Two years ago,
44:12I thought no one
44:13in this world
44:14would ever risk
44:15everything for someone
44:16like me.
44:18She proved me wrong.
44:21The nominees
44:22for Best Actress
44:23at this year's
44:23Golden Laurel,
44:24Becca Hale,
44:25Iron Frontline,
44:26Cassia Vane,
44:28Iron Frontline.
44:30Whoever's name they call,
44:31we both win, right?
44:33Right.
44:34But I'm betting on you.
44:38Why?
44:40Because this year
44:41you fought harder
44:41than anyone.
44:42That trophy owes you.
44:53and the winner
44:54for Best Actress
44:56is
45:00Becca Hale.
45:06Go up there,
45:07Best Actress.
45:08You earned
45:08every bit of it.
45:14One year ago,
45:15this industry
45:15pronounced me dead.
45:17Endorsements gone,
45:18projects pulled,
45:19the whole internet
45:20calling me a fraud.
45:21I thought I'd never
45:22stand here again.
45:26But what that
45:27darkest time
45:27taught me
45:28was this.
45:30You can lose
45:31all the fame,
45:32all the money,
45:33but you can never
45:34lose the courage
45:35to be yourself.
45:38Works fade,
45:39trophies tarnish,
45:40but the real you,
45:42the one you're proud
45:43to be,
45:44no one can take
45:45that away.
45:48Cassia Vane,
45:50tonight,
45:51this trophy
45:51should have two names
45:52on it.
45:53So in front
45:54of the whole world,
45:56I want to ask
45:57you something.
46:04The best scene
46:06of my life
46:06was meeting you
46:07for every scene
46:08that comes after.
46:10Will you keep
46:11acting them with me?
46:17Remember your first day?
46:19Kissing like two
46:20dry crackers
46:21smacking together?
46:22I remember.
46:23And I remember
46:24someone using
46:25a demonstration
46:25to ambush me.
46:27So, Professor Vane,
46:29want to give me
46:30another lesson?
46:40Vesta says
46:40we're now
46:41Hollywood's
46:41most wanted pairing.
46:43Offers our book
46:44through next year.
46:46Scared?
46:47Scared of what?
46:48As long as you're here,
46:49I'm not afraid
46:50of any scene.
47:00Do you ever think
47:01if Ines hadn't
47:02pushed us into that
47:03scene,
47:03we might have
47:04missed each other
47:04completely?
47:05No.
47:07That confident?
47:08Because your eyes
47:09never hit a thing
47:10from day one.
47:12I saw it immediately.
47:14You weren't afraid
47:15of desire.
47:17You were just waiting
47:18for someone
47:18to open the door
47:19for you.
47:22All of it.
47:23The smears,
47:24the blacklist,
47:25the betrayal,
47:26the comeback.
47:27It feels like
47:28one long dream now.
47:31Not a dream.
47:33It's us.
47:34Scene by scene,
47:35we really lived
47:36through it.
47:37Cassia,
47:38I've acted
47:39in so many scenes,
47:40won so many awards,
47:41but my best scene
47:43was meeting you.
47:44I'm not afraid
47:46I'm not afraid
47:46I'm not afraid
47:48I'm not afraid
47:48I'm afraid
47:48I'm afraid