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00:00:00Hey, babe.
00:00:01Hey.
00:00:02How are you doing?
00:00:04Good day.
00:00:05Oh, good.
00:00:07I handed in that audition for that role I told you about.
00:00:09Yeah?
00:00:10Yeah. I hope I book it.
00:00:12Well, if you did a good job, you book it. That's how it works.
00:00:14No, no. I just haven't booked anything for a while, and, you know, I'm...
00:00:18It's been really, really difficult lately to, you know, even get a call back.
00:00:24Well, I did offer you a few roles, but you didn't want them.
00:00:27Yeah, but I don't want to do those type of roles, babe.
00:00:30You know, like, I want to do a role where I'm telling a story,
00:00:33and, you know, I'm not just showing my body.
00:00:36Well, it's a shame, though, because it's a hell of a body.
00:00:40I know.
00:00:41Yeah, but I don't want to flirt or, you know,
00:00:45use my sexuality to get to the top.
00:00:48I want them to cast me because of my acting skills.
00:00:50Yeah, but that's not how showbiz works, baby.
00:00:53Pretty little thing like you, you know,
00:00:55you've got to sweet-talk your way to the top.
00:00:58Those acting skills alone are not going to be enough.
00:01:01No, I'm not going to flirt my way to the top.
00:01:04Plus, I'm committed to you.
00:01:07So why can't you put me in your movies?
00:01:10Because the kind of movies that I'm producing, you are not right for.
00:01:16Hmm.
00:01:18We've talked about this.
00:01:19I know. I just feel like there's nothing going right in my life right now.
00:01:26Oh.
00:01:28Anyway, I got you something.
00:01:31Yeah.
00:01:34And I'm sure it's beautiful,
00:01:37but do you know what I really want, Mitch?
00:01:41What?
00:01:42I don't want us to hide our relationship anymore, OK?
00:01:45You know, these directors, these producers,
00:01:48they might actually take me seriously if they're not with you.
00:01:50Bullshit. It would make it even worse, if anything.
00:01:53You'd have directors and producers
00:01:54that wouldn't even want to give you an audition because we're together.
00:01:57You don't understand how this industry works like I do.
00:02:01OK. What if I gave up acting?
00:02:04Well...
00:02:05I would give up acting for you.
00:02:08Yeah, well, it's not really the right time for that.
00:02:10I mean, the way my career is and where I'm at,
00:02:13I can't pursue an official relationship,
00:02:15and to be honest, I can't be seen with a struggling actress.
00:02:18A struggling actress?
00:02:19OK, so that's why you don't want to be with me.
00:02:22Great. Now I know.
00:02:24Look, I don't know, all right, but you know what I'm saying.
00:02:27It's just it's not the right time.
00:02:29I mean, fuck, OK, just don't test my patience, all right?
00:02:32Right, all right. I'm sorry.
00:02:34Hey, I'm sorry.
00:02:35All right.
00:02:37Hey, I won't bring it up again.
00:02:39Hey, like I said,
00:02:42I got you something.
00:02:43Hey, and...
00:02:45And it's beautiful. Thank you.
00:02:49There was one more... one more thing I wanted to talk to you about later.
00:02:54What?
00:02:55You know what?
00:02:57Don't worry about it, OK? Just don't worry.
00:02:59Hey.
00:03:00What is wrong with you today?
00:03:02You're going to have to make it up to me, aren't you?
00:03:05Yeah.
00:03:06You're an annoying girl today.
00:03:08Eh?
00:03:14Oh.
00:03:15Can I help? I'm sorry.
00:03:16Can I help you?
00:03:17Can I help you?
00:03:18Sorry, I'm actually a really big fan of Al Gore.
00:03:22Seriously? Well, that's...
00:03:25Yeah, old is gold.
00:03:27Hi.
00:03:28Do you want to have a seat?
00:03:30I'd love to. Hi.
00:03:31Hi, I'm Alex.
00:03:33Claire. Lovely to meet you.
00:03:34Nice to meet you.
00:03:37Just... Sorry.
00:03:38It's OK.
00:03:39Sorry about that.
00:03:40So you're a fan of Gore's work?
00:03:43Yeah, I mean, I love all the classics and...
00:03:46Yeah?
00:03:47You know, come to the library and get to chill out
00:03:49and just escape the world.
00:03:52Yeah, exactly.
00:03:54You know, I'm actually writing a screenplay on this book.
00:03:56Oh, you're a screenplay writer?
00:03:58Yeah.
00:03:59Wow, that's amazing.
00:04:00Yeah, I write screenplays for a living.
00:04:01Oh, very cool.
00:04:03Screenplay writer, that's...
00:04:04Yes.
00:04:05Very cool.
00:04:07Well, I actually work as an actress.
00:04:09Really?
00:04:10Yeah.
00:04:11Wow, OK.
00:04:12How's that going?
00:04:13Yeah, it's been a bit hard to book work lately.
00:04:17Tell me about it.
00:04:18Yeah, you feel me?
00:04:20Yeah.
00:04:21No, I'm struggling as well,
00:04:23but I have a feeling that things are going to come around, you know?
00:04:29Yeah, definitely.
00:04:31I mean, I really hope they do.
00:04:37Yeah.
00:04:38What's...
00:04:40What's wrong?
00:04:41Everything all right?
00:04:42Yeah.
00:04:43Look, I don't mean to bring up anything negative, but...
00:04:46It's all good.
00:04:47Um, you know, just work,
00:04:49and then, you know, a problem with our...
00:04:52my relationship that hasn't been going very smooth lately.
00:04:55It's just, it is a lot on my mind.
00:04:57Mm.
00:04:59Do you want to talk about it?
00:05:01No, there's not much to say.
00:05:03I mean, a relationship with a man that, um...
00:05:07doesn't want to be in public with me.
00:05:10Our relationship has to stay secret.
00:05:12Why does it have to be secret?
00:05:14Because of who he is.
00:05:16It'll damage his reputation.
00:05:19Right.
00:05:20He's a, um, he's a producer as well.
00:05:23Who?
00:05:24Um, do you know Mitch Sterling?
00:05:26You're kidding.
00:05:29Yeah.
00:05:31It's just, well, I mean...
00:05:33No, I've met the guy a couple of times, but...
00:05:37Yeah, I can tell you I'm not friends with him in any way.
00:05:39Yeah.
00:05:42No, and to make it worse, I'm actually pregnant.
00:05:47I'm having a little baby girl.
00:05:49Wow.
00:05:51Well, there's a...
00:05:54silver lining there, I guess.
00:05:56Does he know about it?
00:05:59I haven't told him yet.
00:06:01I'll be honest with you, I'm actually really scared to tell him, but...
00:06:05Why?
00:06:06I don't know.
00:06:08I just, I don't think he's going to be very accepting, but...
00:06:13I really hope that he's happy and as excited as I am,
00:06:16because I just...
00:06:18You know, I really can't wait to meet her.
00:06:21Yeah, well, that's sweet.
00:06:22And, yeah, I'm sure he'll come around.
00:06:26Probably just needs time.
00:06:27Yeah, no, I know.
00:06:30Oh, wow. You know what?
00:06:32I love how positive you are.
00:06:34You're beautiful, Alex.
00:06:36Well, thank you.
00:06:38Not so bad yourself.
00:06:40Yeah, I really needed your company today.
00:06:43This has been lovely. Thank you.
00:06:45I know we just met, but...
00:06:48something tells me we would make really good friends.
00:06:51I think so, too.
00:06:52So, I don't know if we're supposed to cheers coffee, but...
00:06:55Do it. Who cares?
00:06:57Cheers to that.
00:07:00So, I mean, you like books.
00:07:03Yeah, I love books.
00:07:05Ever since I was a little girl, I always loved to read
00:07:07and, you know, escape to this other place other than the real world.
00:07:13After you.
00:07:14Ah, such a gentleman. Thank you.
00:07:18Wow, this place is beautiful.
00:07:20How did you find it?
00:07:22This place opened up about, like, two years ago,
00:07:24and I was the first customer.
00:07:26I mean, I've been recommending it to people ever since.
00:07:29I can see. Everyone knows you.
00:07:31Yeah, well...
00:07:33I don't know, books...
00:07:35make me feel at home.
00:07:37And, like I said, I've been recommending it to everyone.
00:07:40I mean, they probably came in because of me.
00:07:42Probably.
00:07:44No, I know what you mean.
00:07:46I...
00:07:47I love the smell of books and the texture.
00:07:54No, I just... I wish that Mitch loved books like I do.
00:08:00Come on, just...
00:08:01Just wait until you see how beautiful the old editions are, OK?
00:08:05Is there any rereads you wanted to pick up?
00:08:07I'll challenge you to one.
00:08:09OK.
00:08:10Um, I've had some Chekhov on my mind lately.
00:08:14Excellent choice, my lady.
00:08:16I'll be right back. Just...
00:08:18Oh, here you go.
00:08:19Take a look at that.
00:08:24I bet you're going to have so much to talk about when we next see each other.
00:08:29Alex, I'm... I'm sorry to bring it up again, but...
00:08:34No, I really wish that Mitch would do this type of thing with me.
00:08:39You know, he never takes me anywhere.
00:08:41He's so adamant on our relationship being a secret.
00:08:46Well, I mean, he should at least take you to low-profile places like this.
00:08:52Have you ever asked him to?
00:08:54Like a million times.
00:08:56Never listens.
00:08:58I mean, I think most of our time together is, you know, more passionate.
00:09:03More rushed.
00:09:05Sounds fun.
00:09:08Sorry, Alex, I have to take this, OK?
00:09:11OK.
00:09:28Mitch, hey.
00:09:29Mitch.
00:09:32No, no.
00:09:35No, I meant to tell you in person.
00:09:37I just... I got really excited and you were busy on set and...
00:09:45Wait, wait a minute.
00:09:48Mitch, come on.
00:09:51Mitch, I... I love you.
00:09:54No.
00:09:57No, come on. Come on. I'm so excited.
00:10:00Why don't you come down? I'm at a really, really nice bookstore
00:10:03and it would be really lovely for us to speak in person.
00:10:10Mitch, I have loved you, I have stuck by you, I have been there for you.
00:10:16Why are you saying these things?
00:10:19Come on, Mitch, come on, please.
00:10:21I... I know I'm not going to get rid of the baby.
00:10:26No.
00:10:28I have loved you. Do you remember the first time that we met?
00:10:34Why are you saying these things?
00:10:44No, no, no.
00:10:47No, no, no.
00:10:49Mitch, you just need to come and see me in person, please.
00:10:53We can have a chat, OK? We can work things out.
00:10:55It's not going to ruin your reputation.
00:10:58This baby...
00:11:00This baby's going to be beautiful and it's going to be our baby.
00:11:06It's going to be our baby, Mitch, come on.
00:11:10No, no, no.
00:11:13Mitch, don't say that. Don't cut me off.
00:11:17Don't... Don't cut me off.
00:11:20Mitch!
00:11:22Mitch!
00:11:25Please, please, please, can we just have...
00:11:35Hey, Claire, are you...
00:11:38Jeez. Hey.
00:11:40Hey, you OK?
00:11:42Come here.
00:11:47OK.
00:11:49Just calm down, OK? Just take a moment, yeah?
00:11:53Just breathe, OK? Yeah, then...
00:11:57OK.
00:11:59Claire, what happened?
00:12:02I don't believe it, Alex.
00:12:04What?
00:12:06Hey, just...
00:12:08I've been with this man for years. I've stuck by him.
00:12:13I've loved him. I've been with him.
00:12:16I've gone through everything and he just...
00:12:21He just...
00:12:29Dang.
00:12:32What did he say?
00:12:35Claire, what did he say?
00:12:39He said that...
00:12:41He wants to abort the baby.
00:12:43He wants me to get rid of it and...
00:12:47It's me.
00:12:49Or maybe...
00:12:51Jesus.
00:12:52It's me.
00:12:54Well, no, I'm sure he's just shocked, OK?
00:12:58It's a big thing. He'll come around.
00:13:01I hope so, Alex, because...
00:13:06I don't know what to do.
00:13:08I... I'm a single mum.
00:13:12I don't have barely any acting work.
00:13:15I don't know how I'm going to do this.
00:13:18You'll figure it out, yeah?
00:13:20You'll figure it out. Everything's going to be OK.
00:13:23It's going to be fine.
00:13:25You know, I...
00:13:27I don't want to raise this baby, you know, without a father.
00:13:32I want him to be a part of this baby's life, Alex.
00:13:35I want this child to grow up with both of us.
00:13:38Look, you can't force Mitch to have a baby with you, OK?
00:13:43You're going to have to give him time to accept this crazy situation.
00:13:48Yeah?
00:13:50I know, but I just thought that we'd have a future together.
00:13:53I know.
00:13:55I love him, Alex.
00:13:57I love him.
00:13:59I really...
00:14:00I really...
00:14:02I thought that, you know, he would pick me over his job.
00:14:08Apparently not.
00:14:10Well, nothing is stopping you from raising this baby on your own, OK?
00:14:16And you know what? It sounds to me like you've made up your mind about who you want to have.
00:14:21Yeah?
00:14:23Nothing is all going to be OK.
00:14:25Exactly.
00:14:27You've got the fundamental thing figured out. Everything else...
00:14:31I don't know what I'm scared for.
00:14:34I'm really scared.
00:14:45You know, I thought we'd have this future together and...
00:14:49You know, he would...
00:14:52He said that apparently it would ruin his reputation.
00:14:56That having a baby, that he's not ready to have kids yet.
00:15:00Did he ever give you a reason for why he's saying all of this?
00:15:05Because he's a big movie director and it's going to ruin everything for him.
00:15:09He can't have kids and they're too much of a hustle.
00:15:12OK, well...
00:15:14He said that about our baby.
00:15:16Hey.
00:15:18Just...
00:15:20Stay here. I'll be back. Just...
00:15:23Hey.
00:15:25Give me a minute, OK?
00:15:27You're OK.
00:15:29You're such a good friend.
00:15:31I'll be back. Just give me a minute.
00:15:33Yeah, sure.
00:15:42Hey.
00:15:46There's this really amazing bakery just around the corner.
00:15:50I was planning to take you there after this.
00:15:54But I guess I had to bring the bakery to you.
00:15:57Thank you. I really needed this, didn't I?
00:16:00I'm really sorry, Alex.
00:16:02I know this was supposed to be a happy outing.
00:16:05Don't worry about it.
00:16:07It's life.
00:16:09Things happen to the best of us.
00:16:11You're very kind.
00:16:16Yeah.
00:16:18This was supposed to be a fun little outing.
00:16:22I don't know what it was.
00:16:24Alex, I have had so much fun with you today.
00:16:27No, I felt so much joy until this went down.
00:16:33No, I really hadn't felt that much joy in a long time.
00:16:36Come on, I'm sure you're used to Mitch giving you all these amazing things.
00:16:40No, I'm not.
00:16:42I enjoy my time with Mitch and he does a lot for me.
00:16:46But I enjoy the simple things in life too.
00:16:51Mitch doesn't really understand that.
00:16:57You know what?
00:16:59My birthday is actually soon.
00:17:02And I would love if you would do my birthday tradition with me.
00:17:07A special birthday tradition, eh?
00:17:10Oh, sounds intriguing.
00:17:13Will you come?
00:17:15I might have to.
00:17:17You're the best.
00:17:22Come in.
00:17:26Happy birthday, Chloe.
00:17:30I'm so glad you came.
00:17:32Of course I came.
00:17:34I wouldn't miss it for the world. It's your special day.
00:17:36Well, you know, we haven't known each other that long, so I wasn't sure.
00:17:40Look, I don't think that matters, alright?
00:17:42Some people you just click with.
00:17:45Yeah.
00:17:49Wow, this is a really nice place.
00:17:54Mitch pays for it.
00:17:56He practically pays for everything, so...
00:18:00You know, he told me that I have to keep on the down low about the pregnancy.
00:18:06I can't breathe a word to anyone.
00:18:07And to watch out for the press.
00:18:10So, kind of stuck here.
00:18:14I'm sorry.
00:18:16We shouldn't talk about...
00:18:18You know what?
00:18:20Let's just celebrate your birthday and you can treat me to the special tradition that you have planned.
00:18:26Oh, yes!
00:18:28I'm going to blow your mind.
00:18:30I'm excited.
00:18:32So, this is an old family recipe.
00:18:35And it has a special...
00:18:39Ingredient?
00:18:41Okay, and what would that be?
00:18:44Well, if I told you, I'd have to kill you.
00:18:51Look, usually I bake this cake every year and Mitch and I usually celebrate my birthday together.
00:18:59Wow.
00:19:00I just, I wish that he would, you know, text or call or something, you know, it's my birthday.
00:19:06Well, that's his loss, alright, because this looks amazing.
00:19:16Claire, look, I know you said no gifts, but...
00:19:20I couldn't resist.
00:19:22No, you shouldn't have.
00:19:24I know, I know, I know, but...
00:19:26I wanted to, okay, it's your special day and I wanted to give you something, especially with, you know, everything that's going on and...
00:19:34I just felt like I needed to cheer you up.
00:19:38Thanks.
00:19:41Wow.
00:19:43I wasn't expecting this.
00:19:45It's not much, but...
00:19:50It's beautiful.
00:19:52I love it.
00:19:54Thank you!
00:19:56You're the best!
00:19:59Okay, I was really hoping you'd like it.
00:20:02Alex, you know what?
00:20:04You have been such an amazing friend, you know, I only met you a little while ago and you have been there for me through all of this.
00:20:12And the present, and you're just a beautiful friend.
00:20:17The thing is, I can't even confide in my family, so, you know, I'm glad I've got you.
00:20:23Like, not even your mum? Nothing?
00:20:26No, I'm not allowed to breathe the word of this to anyone.
00:20:29You know, Mitch says that it will ruin his reputation, it will ruin our careers, so...
00:20:35I don't know, like, do you think that's true, Alex?
00:20:40I mean...
00:20:42Yes, yes, the press sometimes leak things and expose truths that people don't like, but...
00:20:50You know, I think that people shouldn't keep secrets like that and fear them getting exposed.
00:20:56I know, but, you know, Mitch...
00:20:59He practically, as I said, he pays for everything, you know, he's got my house, my car, my clothes, my food...
00:21:07And the only thing that he asks is I keep quiet, so...
00:21:11What do I do with that? I'm indebted to him, Alex. He's been really kind to me.
00:21:17Okay, so, what, he pays your bills and expects you to stay silent?
00:21:23Yeah, Alex, that's all he asks of me, you know, I'm completely dependent on him.
00:21:28I don't have a stable job and he's been really kind to me.
00:21:31Okay, well, have you thought about getting a stable job?
00:21:34I've gone through a thousand auditions. No, no one will give me a chance.
00:21:39No, I don't want to do a role that, you know, I want a role that, you know, impresses people and means something, you know?
00:21:48Not showing my body.
00:21:50Yeah, well, that's what you deserve, alright? Because you're an amazing actor.
00:21:56Can I tell you something that happened the other day? It was really strange.
00:22:00Yeah, yes, you can tell me anything.
00:22:01Yeah, so, I went for an audition for a role I really wanted and I booked it. I was so happy.
00:22:08Did you?
00:22:10Yeah, I did. But then something really weird happened.
00:22:14What happened?
00:22:16I got dropped. And to this day, like, I still don't understand what happened.
00:22:23You know, I got the news right after I got the phone to Mitch.
00:22:27Wait, so you're saying that they dropped you after you told Mitch?
00:22:31Yeah, and I wanted him to be proud of me, you know? I was going to show him that I was going to make my place in the industry.
00:22:37You know, and I even organised a meeting with the director.
00:22:41Yeah, and what did he say?
00:22:43Not much. You know, he didn't give me anything and I said, look, I will re-audition and he saw me on the phone to Mitch and he just walked away and said, why don't you go do Mitch's projects instead of other people's?
00:22:54Okay, well, do you think that maybe Mitch had something to do with it?
00:23:01No! Mitch would never do that to me and he believes in me, Alex. He says I have great potential and I'm going to be a great actor one day, so, no.
00:23:09Okay, okay, well then why doesn't he put you in one of his projects?
00:23:12Because he says that, you know, the roles aren't right for me and that I need to go and work in other people's projects, so I don't get it! What do I do?
00:23:20Who is that now?
00:23:22It's Mitch. I knew you wouldn't forget. Hey, baby! How are you? I knew you wouldn't forget my birthday. Oh, my special cake.
00:23:34Mitch, I thought you were ringing up to wish me happy birthday.
00:23:37No, I'm not. Mitch, no. I have kept this relationship for a secret for years, okay? You have no right to ask me to do something like that.
00:23:49No! Mitch, no! Okay?
00:23:54I have kept this relationship for a secret for years, okay? You have no right to ask me to do something like that.
00:24:03No! Mitch, no! Okay? End of discussion. I won't. Okay, I can't.
00:24:11Just leave it, okay? Just leave it. He doesn't deserve to be here, Claire. It's going to be okay, alright? Don't let him ruin your birthday.
00:24:21I just don't get it, Alex. We were in love, and he's changed so much. You know, I even said that I'd leave the industry for him. I'd give up my dream.
00:24:34And I thought that one day he might marry me. I just don't get it.
00:24:39And you know what? I know what I'm having.
00:24:44Alex, I'm going to have a little baby girl.
00:24:50Why can't he just want a baby?
00:24:57Claire, you are going to be the most amazing mother, okay?
00:25:07The mother of a beautiful little girl.
00:25:11The mother of a beautiful little girl.
00:25:20Do you know what, Alex? I've got a name for her.
00:25:27What is it?
00:25:29I'm going to call her Clara. Do you like it?
00:25:33I love it.
00:25:41Alex?
00:25:43Yeah?
00:25:45How's the screenplay coming along?
00:25:47Yeah, not great. Dude, I'm stuck right now. I really thought that this was going to be the one, but it's just rejection after rejection after rejection.
00:26:00Did you hear back from Liberty Studios?
00:26:03Dude, the screenplay you sent me was a banger.
00:26:05According to them, it's pretentious, controversial, and not sexy enough.
00:26:12Right. Well, I hope your luck turns around soon. It's a tough industry.
00:26:20So, have you been on any of Mitch's sets recently?
00:26:24Oh, yeah. No, he's shooting one down in the studio at the moment. Cast Roxanne Amber as the leading lady.
00:26:29You're kidding.
00:26:30No, not at all. Rumour has it that Mitch and her are secretly dating the last couple of months.
00:26:37What do you mean?
00:26:39I mean they've been dating while on the set for the last couple of months, and they're saying that he's going to propose soon.
00:26:48No, there's no way. That would affect the shoot, sure.
00:26:52You think Mitch cares?
00:26:54Oh my god, that guy is such a leech.
00:26:58Hey, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Mitch goes through women like he goes through cigars.
00:27:04Right? They won't last long.
00:27:10Alright. Well, I guess I'll be going then.
00:27:15The missus and my dog are probably waiting for me back at home.
00:27:19Except you're not married.
00:27:22Well, I am in my mind.
00:27:24But that's adorable.
00:27:25That's adorable.
00:27:27Hey, is there anyone you think of that way?
00:27:32There's a certain someone on my mind from time to time.
00:27:39Well, good luck, buddy.
00:27:45I really wasn't in the mood for this today, Mitch. I really just want to stay in bed.
00:27:50Look, I know, but you need some sun and some fresh air, okay? It'll be good for the baby.
00:27:57You can't just stay cooped up inside all day. You want her to be healthy, right?
00:28:02I know.
00:28:04Exactly.
00:28:06You're always right.
00:28:08And look, now that you're here, why don't you look around? Pick out some books. Reading is very relaxing. It'll be good for you.
00:28:15Yeah, you're right. Alright.
00:28:19Did you want anything? Do you want me to recommend you something good?
00:28:23I think I was feeling Oscar Wilde today.
00:28:27Spectacular. Excellent choice.
00:28:30The Importance of Being Honest will be your next read, and I'm buying it for you.
00:28:37Sorry.
00:28:45Claire, wait.
00:28:48So, I'm pregnant with his child, and he has the audacity.
00:28:57Claire, just let it go, and we'll look at some books, and we'll go to the bakery afterwards.
00:29:05You know about this? Were you hiding this from me, Alex? Is that why you took me here today?
00:29:10Claire, look, just let them be, alright? Just focus on yourself, please.
00:29:16You know what? I trusted you.
00:29:18Claire, Claire, just let him go. Just wait. Claire, wait!
00:29:24Mitch! Mitch! I need to speak to you right now.
00:29:28Firstly, don't come in here screaming at me. Secondly, I said don't come back as long as you're going to keep that baby.
00:29:32What is this, huh? Tell me that this is a lie.
00:29:34For fuck's sake, Claire. You know what the press are like. They don't care if something's true,
00:29:38and they don't fucking print anything as long as they need to read it.
00:29:41I swear, if that's true, I will go to the press and I will tell them everything. Watch.
00:29:51Now, listen, sweetheart. You know that I wouldn't do that, right?
00:29:56Yeah, so why did you give me the cold shoulder then?
00:29:59Why did you not want our own baby, Mitch?
00:30:02Is it because of her? Or is it this public relationship talk?
00:30:07It's all fucking bullshit, isn't it?
00:30:09I don't even know her that well. She's the lead actress in my new movie. That is it.
00:30:15Claire, you are the woman I want to marry. You are the one I love.
00:30:22Do you actually mean that, though?
00:30:25Of course. And I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to realise it.
00:30:30But I know what I want now. Right?
00:30:37Sweetheart, listen. What you read is all lies, I swear.
00:30:46And why did you push me away? Mitch, you just cut me off. You just left.
00:30:53I'm sorry for what I said and I'm sorry for what I did.
00:30:56I guess I just wasn't ready to accept things at that stage.
00:30:59And I was very stressed with work.
00:31:08Now, you know that I've been really busy with my movie, yeah?
00:31:12That's all it is. I had issues with locations and budgets and cast and...
00:31:19It's not an excuse, but what's this about Gunner that I don't understand?
00:31:23It's not an excuse, but what's this about Gunner the Press, eh?
00:31:27I mean, come on. You're just stooping to their level.
00:31:31And if I know one thing, it's that you're better than that.
00:31:35Mitch, I just couldn't stomach the thought of you going out with another woman,
00:31:41you marrying another woman, and then I'm pregnant with our baby girl.
00:31:46I just couldn't.
00:31:48Of course.
00:31:50Look, how about I make up for lost time, yeah?
00:31:54I want us to be a family, Claire.
00:31:58Do you actually mean that, Mitch? You want this?
00:32:02More than anything. I've missed you so much these past few months.
00:32:06And I'm so sorry for everything.
00:32:08I'm so sorry.
00:32:15I missed you too.
00:32:18I really thought I'd lost you, but...
00:32:21Never.
00:32:23You could never lose me. Not even if you tried.
00:32:27Now why don't I take you out on Friday night and make up for it?
00:32:31Or at least start to make up for it. Somewhere special, yeah?
00:32:35Where are we going?
00:32:36It'll be just the two of us.
00:32:38Like the good old days.
00:32:41Yeah, I was so angry at Alex, you know?
00:32:45I marched into his house and I confronted him.
00:32:48Do you know what even threatened him?
00:32:50Really?
00:32:52I told him that I would tell the tabloid about everything.
00:32:55You said that to him? You said that to Mitch?
00:32:57Yeah, I don't know what came over me. I was so mad.
00:33:00I even got on the magazine and I hit him.
00:33:04Don't do that.
00:33:06And then the next minute he was, you know, telling me that he loved me
00:33:10and he was holding my hand and he said he wants to be a family
00:33:14and it was beautiful.
00:33:16Alex, I think he may propose tonight.
00:33:19Okay.
00:33:21Claire, I don't think that he meant that apology, alright?
00:33:25Please just listen to me.
00:33:27People have been talking about him and Roxanne for a long time now
00:33:30and I think that he wants to marry her.
00:33:32I'm sorry.
00:33:34No, I don't...
00:33:36Why would you say something like that to me?
00:33:39Like, Alex, why can't you be happy for me?
00:33:42Like, if Mitch said it's a lie, it's a lie.
00:33:45Okay?
00:33:47So if you can't be happy for me, then you should leave.
00:33:51Claire, please listen, okay?
00:33:54I don't think that you're going to be safe with him.
00:33:56Where is he taking you tonight?
00:33:58That's a surprise.
00:34:00Claire, just please listen, alright?
00:34:02You know that I want what's best for you.
00:34:04I don't want to hear it, Alex.
00:34:06I'm sorry.
00:34:08I'm sorry.
00:34:14You look absolutely beautiful.
00:34:17You know that?
00:34:21I've missed you, baby.
00:34:23I've missed you too.
00:34:25I've been thinking a lot about our life together.
00:34:27About the future.
00:34:29I've got lots of plans.
00:34:31Really?
00:34:33Yeah.
00:34:35And also,
00:34:37I'm going to have my team make a statement.
00:34:40A press release about it.
00:34:42So you don't have to tell anyone else, alright?
00:34:44Silly girl.
00:34:46That was so angry.
00:34:48I liked it.
00:34:50You were a little bit scary, a bit feisty.
00:34:52Maybe I can see that side tonight when we get home, huh?
00:34:54Our home.
00:34:56Really?
00:34:58You want me to come home?
00:35:00The house has been so empty without you.
00:35:01After tonight, I'm going to make sure you don't go anywhere else.
00:35:06I love you, baby.
00:35:08You ready to be surprised?
00:35:10Super.
00:35:11Let's go.
00:35:12We're waiting for her.
00:35:13Yeah.
00:35:15Well?
00:35:17Wow.
00:35:18This place is, you know,
00:35:20it's big.
00:35:22What do you do here?
00:35:24This is one of my old movie sets.
00:35:26But now I just come here to watch.
00:35:29What do you watch?
00:35:31I watch movies.
00:35:33It's a private cinema.
00:35:35It's a top secret one just for us.
00:35:37No one else would be disturbing us.
00:35:40I mean, that's nice, Mitch.
00:35:42But, you know, I thought we were going to go to dinner.
00:35:44Yeah.
00:35:46We will go for dinner afterwards, hungry girl.
00:35:50I know, but it's just...
00:35:52What's wrong?
00:35:54No one's around and, you know...
00:35:56Yeah, I don't want anyone else here.
00:35:59I want you all to be alone.
00:36:01I want to be all to myself.
00:36:03Yeah, I'm pretty much just...
00:36:05I don't want anyone else to join us.
00:36:07Mitch, why did you bring me here?
00:36:09I thought...
00:36:11Dinner, and this is just...
00:36:13It's weird.
00:36:15Well, I'm sorry.
00:36:17What are you, five?
00:36:19I mean, who wouldn't want to be on a date here
00:36:21at a private cinema with me in a three-piece suit?
00:36:23Come on.
00:36:25Hey.
00:36:27Be a big girl for once, huh?
00:36:29Want to pick a movie?
00:36:32Well, I've missed your soft skin, huh?
00:36:37Mitch.
00:36:39Come here.
00:36:41Come on, Mitch.
00:36:43Don't act like you've done it before.
00:36:45It's not over.
00:36:47Mitch, bitch, I'm pregnant.
00:36:49Come on.
00:36:51Mitch, I'm serious.
00:36:55God damn it!
00:36:57Hey, Alex, hey.
00:36:58Hey.
00:37:00Calm down, what's going on, hey?
00:37:03I don't know, man, I just have a really
00:37:05bad feeling about something, okay?
00:37:07Claire and Mitch, that bastard,
00:37:10he pretended to apologise to her
00:37:12and now he's taking her somewhere tonight.
00:37:14Who, Mitch?
00:37:16Is this the pregnant actress you were talking to me about?
00:37:18She said that they reconciled
00:37:20and that he said that he loved her
00:37:22and that, you know...
00:37:24God, that he was going to take the baby
00:37:26and that he was going to take care of them both
00:37:28and she's too innocent.
00:37:30She doesn't understand these things.
00:37:32Wait, Mitch apologised?
00:37:34Mitch apologised?
00:37:36He's never apologised to anyone in his life.
00:37:39Look, he...
00:37:41She threatened him, alright?
00:37:43She threatened to take the pregnancy to the press, okay?
00:37:45And...
00:37:47God, man, she...
00:37:49Claire threatened him.
00:37:52She threatened Mitch?
00:37:54Yes.
00:37:56Nobody threatens Mitch.
00:37:58I'm telling you, she...
00:38:00I mean, her laugh, her smile, she's...
00:38:02God, she's so beautiful.
00:38:04How does that moron not see it?
00:38:06Sounds like you've fallen pretty hard.
00:38:08Look, I don't care about that right now, okay?
00:38:10I just...
00:38:12All I care about is that she is safe
00:38:14and as far away from that bastard as possible.
00:38:16God, where is he taking her?
00:38:19Look, I did overhear Mitch saying
00:38:22that he was going to take some girl to the studio.
00:38:25What, the abandoned building?
00:38:26Yeah, well, it used to be a movie set,
00:38:28then it was a studio,
00:38:30some people say it's cursed,
00:38:32but Mitch still has the title.
00:38:34I need to get there, quickly.
00:38:36Hey, hey, don't you think you're being a little paranoid?
00:38:38I need to make sure, okay?
00:38:40Okay.
00:38:42Okay, maybe just observe for a distance, alright?
00:38:44So you don't get yourself hurt.
00:38:46Yeah, yeah, I'll do that.
00:38:48Thanks, man.
00:38:57Claire!
00:38:59Claire!
00:39:01Claire!
00:39:03Claire!
00:39:16Smile, sweetheart.
00:39:18You know, you wanted it as well.
00:39:20I needed that.
00:39:22You didn't have to be so rough.
00:39:24You know, I'm proud of you.
00:39:26You're pregnant, and...
00:39:28Oh, baby, baby, baby.
00:39:31No one forced you to come here.
00:39:34Don't act so innocent.
00:39:36Probably planned that little fucking brat as well
00:39:38just to try and trap me.
00:39:40What?
00:39:42Mitch, I thought you were...
00:39:44I thought you were happy.
00:39:46Oh, did you?
00:39:48You think I'd sabotage my entire career
00:39:50for you and this fucking baby?
00:39:52You're more stupid than I thought.
00:39:53I thought that we...
00:39:55I thought...
00:39:57I thought we reconciled.
00:39:59Did you, yeah?
00:40:01Come on.
00:40:03Okay, okay.
00:40:05You think that I ever loved you?
00:40:07You're nothing to me, you hear me?
00:40:09You're worthless, you're shit on my shoes.
00:40:11Huh?
00:40:13I've got something for you, I've got something for you.
00:40:15No!
00:40:17No!
00:40:19I'm the biggest producer in this country, you hear?
00:40:20Any girl would want to be with me.
00:40:22Go on, breathe in here, baby.
00:40:24Big breaths, big breaths.
00:40:26Woo!
00:40:28Shouldn't have hit you sooner.
00:40:30Huh?
00:40:32That's it.
00:40:34That's it.
00:40:36Sleep tight.
00:40:50Mora.
00:41:21What time is it?
00:41:25How did I get here?
00:41:28Claire?
00:41:30Claire, is she okay?
00:41:32Is Claire here?
00:41:34Sir, please calm down.
00:41:36We'll tell you in a minute, you need to rest.
00:41:38I need to see Claire, is she okay?
00:41:40Is she here, is she okay?
00:41:42Your injuries are extremely serious.
00:41:44Hey, how did I get here?
00:41:46Somebody alerted the cops.
00:41:47Somebody alerted the cops that there was smoke
00:41:49coming from the abandoned studio.
00:41:51You and the woman were rescued.
00:41:53Claire's okay.
00:41:55She's here.
00:41:57Is she alright?
00:41:59Is she hurt?
00:42:01Sir, I am deeply sorry to say
00:42:03that the woman didn't make it.
00:42:08No, no, no.
00:42:10It's not true, I don't believe you.
00:42:12Where is she?
00:42:14I need to see her, please.
00:42:15I need to see her.
00:42:17Please, she can't be gone.
00:42:19I need to see Claire, she can't be gone.
00:42:21She can't be.
00:42:23Sir, we're sorry to inform you,
00:42:25but she wasn't able to survive the burns.
00:42:27She couldn't be saved.
00:42:29She was in the fire for too long.
00:42:31Her body is disfigured beyond recognition.
00:42:35But we were able to save the baby.
00:42:38The baby, Claire, she's alive.
00:42:40The baby is still premature
00:42:42and is in the incubation room.
00:42:43But she is breathing and she is alive.
00:42:46Oh, God.
00:42:48Oh, she's alive.
00:42:54Can I see her?
00:42:56Can I see the baby?
00:42:58Sir, we will bring her here
00:43:00where she can breathe on her own.
00:43:02You need to rest for now.
00:43:10Claire, nice to meet you.
00:43:11Claire, nice to meet you.
00:43:13Claire, happy birthday, Claire.
00:43:15Stop, don't do that.
00:43:17Claire, please.
00:43:19Please, I'm begging you, don't go.
00:43:21I think we'd be really good friends.
00:43:23Claire.
00:43:32Are you Alex?
00:43:34Yes.
00:43:37You must be Claire's mum.
00:43:41Sir, nice to meet you.
00:43:45I'm sorry it's under these circumstances.
00:43:48Claire always spoke so highly of you.
00:43:53What happened to my daughter?
00:43:55How did this happen?
00:43:59It was an accident.
00:44:03I couldn't save her.
00:44:05I'm so sorry.
00:44:07You told me she was pregnant and the baby survived.
00:44:09I didn't know what was going on in Claire's life.
00:44:12She wouldn't tell me anything.
00:44:14Where's the father and where is he?
00:44:18I don't know.
00:44:20When I met Claire, she was already pregnant.
00:44:23She never talked about him.
00:44:25I never asked.
00:44:27How did she keep such a big secret from me?
00:44:29My poor Claire.
00:44:32Father's nowhere to be seen.
00:44:34I'm afraid he's nowhere to be seen.
00:44:36I'm afraid he's nowhere to be seen,
00:44:38even when she was alive.
00:44:41And I don't think he's going to be turning up anytime soon.
00:44:44I am terrible.
00:44:47My poor daughter and her poor child.
00:44:54She's beautiful.
00:44:58She looks just like my daughter when she was a baby.
00:45:01That's just...
00:45:03Oh, if only her mother were here.
00:45:07Claire wouldn't have named her Clara.
00:45:11Baby Clara.
00:45:13You can't make me laugh.
00:45:20Hey.
00:45:22You're going to be okay.
00:45:24Yeah.
00:45:26What kills me that she'll grow up an orphan
00:45:28Oh, I hope her father changes his mind and shows up.
00:45:32Now that Claire's gone,
00:45:35he's needed more than ever.
00:45:45If he changes his mind and shows up,
00:45:47please let me know.
00:45:51I'll come and visit the two of you from time to time.
00:45:54It's not a big deal.
00:45:55I'll come and visit the two of you from time to time.
00:45:58If that's all right,
00:46:00I'll check and make sure that everything's okay.
00:46:03See if Clara needs anything.
00:46:06For Claire's sake.
00:46:11You're too kind.
00:46:13I'm so glad Claire had someone like you in her life.
00:46:25I love you.
00:46:41All right, time to celebrate.
00:46:44Happy birthday, Clara.
00:46:47I've been so looking forward to today.
00:46:49Well, it's a very important birthday for you.
00:46:51Please blow out the candles.
00:46:56How's the day been going?
00:46:58Well, first of all, you have had such an amazing year.
00:47:01I mean, the roles that you have landed
00:47:03and everything that you have accomplished
00:47:05and at such a young age,
00:47:07I am so, so proud of you.
00:47:09Girl, you haven't done too bad yourself.
00:47:11We're practically the most sought-after swimming bride
00:47:14I've ever once seen by the NBD.
00:47:16How does it feel to have so much money?
00:47:18Well, come on.
00:47:20I mean, you're the one who's so successful
00:47:22and who knows what it means to be talented, right?
00:47:23I'm just a humble guy until just recently.
00:47:26Well, I couldn't have done any of this
00:47:28without your love.
00:47:30No, no, you're the one with the talent
00:47:32and you have such a good head on your shoulders.
00:47:34I mean, most actors don't,
00:47:36especially at a young age.
00:47:38So many of them get into
00:47:40this unpleasant sobering status.
00:47:43I'm about that.
00:47:45Thankfully, I've gotten this far unscathed.
00:47:47Clara,
00:47:49I think it's time that you knew something.
00:47:51Know what?
00:47:53I think
00:47:55that it's time that you knew the truth
00:47:57about your parents.
00:48:00My parents?
00:48:02What about my parents?
00:48:04Has my father come around?
00:48:06No, no.
00:48:08The passing of your mother
00:48:10and the absence of your father
00:48:12occurred under very
00:48:14complex circumstances.
00:48:16I think I've asked Anna
00:48:18like a billion and two times
00:48:19about what happened.
00:48:21She always gives me the same exact story.
00:48:23Mom was an actress.
00:48:25She moved away with final gigs
00:48:27and there was just less and less communication
00:48:29until, bam,
00:48:31I showed up one day, dead.
00:48:33Serious and
00:48:35I was just left with no dad.
00:48:37Well,
00:48:39just get ready
00:48:41because there's a lot to take in.
00:48:43Okay, so
00:48:45I met your mother 20 years ago.
00:48:47She had just found out
00:48:49that she was pregnant with you.
00:48:52Did you guys work together?
00:48:54No, no, no, no.
00:48:56I mean, I was a nobody back then.
00:48:58We both were.
00:49:00She,
00:49:02we had a lot in common
00:49:04and she was very distressed
00:49:06and lonely at the time.
00:49:08She just happened to meet me
00:49:10at a very dark time in her life.
00:49:12What about my father?
00:49:14Your father
00:49:16is a famous and powerful producer.
00:49:17He's a producer?
00:49:19Does he know that his daughter is an actress?
00:49:21I believe he thinks
00:49:23his child died with Claire.
00:49:25So,
00:49:27can you tell him that I'm alive and well?
00:49:29No, I can't.
00:49:31Not like this, at least.
00:49:33Look, your father
00:49:35did not want Claire to have you, right?
00:49:37He insisted that she had an abortion.
00:49:40Oh.
00:49:42So,
00:49:44they didn't want me.
00:49:45Your mother wanted you more than anything, alright?
00:49:47She was ready to stand
00:49:49against the whole world to have you.
00:49:51She chose you over your father,
00:49:53a man that she depended on
00:49:55for almost everything.
00:49:57But,
00:49:59why did she have to die?
00:50:01I'll get to that.
00:50:03Just let me finish.
00:50:07But how did she die?
00:50:09I'll get to that.
00:50:11Just let me finish.
00:50:13Okay, I'm sorry.
00:50:15Your father and Flings
00:50:17were a lot of actresses
00:50:19and he was never committed to any of them.
00:50:21Your mother trusted him blindly
00:50:23and, you know,
00:50:25she thought that he was committed to her.
00:50:27The only thing your father was committed to
00:50:29is his career, his public image.
00:50:31I see.
00:50:33So,
00:50:35he tried to convince your mother to get rid of the baby.
00:50:37He told her that
00:50:39he wasn't going to have it.
00:50:41He didn't want the press to find out about it.
00:50:43He said he couldn't have a baby unless he was married
00:50:45and why not?
00:50:47Because he wanted to
00:50:49marry a more successful actress instead
00:50:51for his public image.
00:50:53Who is she?
00:50:55Do I know her?
00:50:57We'll get to that.
00:50:59Okay.
00:51:01So, he kept phoning your mother.
00:51:03He kept trying to get her to get an abortion.
00:51:05And as much as the idea of you growing up without a father
00:51:07and with little money hurt your mother,
00:51:09she was convinced to try and change your father's mind.
00:51:11She was determined to have you.
00:51:13So,
00:51:15one day,
00:51:17I took her to this old vintage bookstore in Durham
00:51:20and she saw pictures of your father
00:51:23and another actress on a tabloid
00:51:25sprawled over the front page.
00:51:27It said that they were allegedly in a relationship
00:51:30and that they were planning on getting married.
00:51:32Oh my God.
00:51:34Your mother,
00:51:36she was one of the most
00:51:38kindest and nicest people that I'd ever met.
00:51:39But I had never seen her so furious.
00:51:41She was
00:51:43so angry that she went to your father
00:51:45and threatened him
00:51:47to leak it to the press.
00:51:49What did he have to say for himself?
00:51:51He got scared
00:51:53and he started lying, convincing her that
00:51:55the press was making it all up
00:51:57and that he'd changed his mind about the baby.
00:51:59Saying that he was going to take care of the both of you.
00:52:02I warned your mother.
00:52:04I tried my best.
00:52:06Saying that he could not be trusted
00:52:07but your mother was so happy.
00:52:09She didn't listen to my warnings.
00:52:12The next thing I knew,
00:52:14your father had taken her to a studio
00:52:16and strangled her in a car.
00:52:21I was with a friend at the time
00:52:23and I was ranting on about
00:52:25how Claire was going out with Mitch
00:52:27and I knew something was going to happen.
00:52:29And then he told me that Mitch
00:52:31was taking a woman to an abandoned studio.
00:52:33I rushed there.
00:52:34I rushed there as quickly as I could
00:52:36but I was too late.
00:52:39What happened next?
00:52:41How did we even get out of there?
00:52:43I got to the studio
00:52:45and I saw Mitch,
00:52:47the towel around your mother's mouth.
00:52:49I tried to rescue her.
00:52:51I ran there as fast as I could
00:52:53but his men were still there
00:52:55and they beat me until I passed out.
00:52:58Alex, how did we get out of there alive?
00:53:01People heard screaming.
00:53:03They called the cops
00:53:05and that's how you and I got to the hospital.
00:53:08You were alright.
00:53:10Your mother wasn't so lucky.
00:53:15I just can't believe my father
00:53:18did something like that.
00:53:21Alex, who is this monster?
00:53:24Once we were at the hospital
00:53:26I called your grandmother
00:53:28and we made arrangements
00:53:29for how we were going to be raised.
00:53:31She asked me what happened
00:53:33but I couldn't tell her.
00:53:36I gave her enough to give her closure.
00:53:39No, Alex.
00:53:41You did the right thing.
00:53:43Nana could not have known
00:53:45about any of this
00:53:47if we had been too much further.
00:53:49And I had Rachel as my mother
00:53:52and we had you.
00:53:54So, thank you
00:53:56for being a pal.
00:53:57Right, sunshine.
00:54:00Please.
00:54:02Who is my father?
00:54:11The producer,
00:54:13Mitch Stern,
00:54:15is your father.
00:54:21What?
00:54:23Yuck.
00:54:25Yuck! He is...
00:54:27He is such a creep!
00:54:29He was a creep back then too.
00:54:31That's why.
00:54:33You know, he's got a wife and kids
00:54:35and I know for a fact that he gets around.
00:54:37He gets with barely legal starlets.
00:54:41Paul Roxanne.
00:54:43That's the one.
00:54:46You know, he's been begging me
00:54:48to be in his new project
00:54:50and I keep turning him down
00:54:52because something about him
00:54:54makes me so uncomfortable.
00:54:55You're a lot wiser
00:54:57than your mother was back then.
00:54:59She was just
00:55:01too innocent for this industry.
00:55:03I guess that's how a guy like Mitch
00:55:05was able to dig his claws into her.
00:55:07But doesn't he suspect for a second
00:55:10that I could be his daughter that survived?
00:55:12Well, I don't think Mitch
00:55:14has been with too many women at this point
00:55:16and I think he's just forgotten about Claire.
00:55:19What a pig!
00:55:22I can't believe he's gotten away
00:55:23with this for this long.
00:55:25He has a lot of influence
00:55:28and creating a scandal around your birth
00:55:31and everything, it just,
00:55:33it would have ruined your childhood.
00:55:35I couldn't do that to you.
00:55:37So I kept everything a secret.
00:55:42That's not right, Alex.
00:55:45None of this is right.
00:55:47There must be some way
00:55:49that we can get back at him
00:55:51for all that he's done.
00:55:53We need a plan.
00:55:59Let's give him that scandal
00:56:02that he's been running from
00:56:04for the past 20 years.
00:56:06I'll confront him.
00:56:08In public.
00:56:10I'll make a whole scene
00:56:12and I don't think it will affect my career that much
00:56:14but hopefully his will be ruined.
00:56:16Wow.
00:56:19I have been thinking about revenge
00:56:23for the last 20 years
00:56:26and I have the perfect plan.
00:56:29I've been writing this screenplay
00:56:32and I've been writing it for years.
00:56:34Go on.
00:56:36When your mother passed
00:56:38I knew that I wanted to tell this story
00:56:40so I started writing a screenplay about it.
00:56:42So you're going to make a movie?
00:56:45Yes, a movie that accurately portrays what happened
00:56:48and if Mitch sees it
00:56:51he will be riddled with guilt.
00:56:53Is he going to go for it?
00:56:56Alright.
00:56:58Planners.
00:57:00I want to cast you as your mother.
00:57:03Alright?
00:57:05You guys are so alike
00:57:07and I think it would be the perfect touch
00:57:09to get on his nerves.
00:57:11The planners, we torture him psychologically
00:57:13until he goes insane.
00:57:15Planners to then change the names
00:57:17except for the main two ones
00:57:19Claire and Mitch.
00:57:21I think that could actually work.
00:57:24Okay, well
00:57:26you need to be sure about this, right?
00:57:28You need to make sure that you are ready
00:57:30because we've got a lot of work to do
00:57:32so we've got to get started now.
00:57:34I'm ready to get started.
00:57:36We are going to ruin Kim.
00:57:38Yes.
00:57:40I just need you to calm down
00:57:42and make sure that you are prepared for it.
00:57:44Okay?
00:57:46You need to make sure that you are ready for this project
00:57:48because if not
00:57:50if this goes south
00:57:51there could be consequences.
00:57:53I know.
00:57:55And I promise I will carefully consider it.
00:58:00These are some of your mother's things.
00:58:03I saved them for you after you've
00:58:05after she passed.
00:58:07And
00:58:09this is
00:58:11her diary that she kept
00:58:13when she was in a relationship with Mitch.
00:58:15I want you to have it.
00:58:17It will help you prepare for the role.
00:58:22Well!
00:58:24Congratulations.
00:58:26Our movie was a box office hit.
00:58:28And guess what?
00:58:30That's not even the best part.
00:58:32Ah, I see you're still thinking about Mitch's reaction.
00:58:35I mean, how could I not?
00:58:37Did you see his face?
00:58:39God, he must be going insane.
00:58:41I mean, the movie is everywhere.
00:58:43Right?
00:58:45I still can't see what my mum saw in Mitch.
00:58:48He is so arrogant.
00:58:49You know, he was begging me
00:58:51to be in his new production
00:58:53and still found time to brag about himself.
00:58:55Well, you know, people make mistakes
00:58:57when they're as sincere as your mother.
00:58:59And I mean, come on.
00:59:01That's just classic Mitch, right?
00:59:03I mean, he's literally cheating on the woman
00:59:05that he ended up marrying.
00:59:07God, I mean, he's such a worthless, pathetic worm.
00:59:10I just
00:59:12I can't even stand running into him at events.
00:59:14It makes me want to vomit
00:59:16thinking about what he did to my mother.
00:59:17I can't believe that man is my biological father.
00:59:20Look, he is not your father, alright?
00:59:22A parent is someone who watches over you
00:59:25as you grow up, and he never even tried.
00:59:27Okay?
00:59:29You know, I often wonder,
00:59:31even if he hated your mother so much
00:59:33that he ended up murdering her,
00:59:35I mean, how could he be so heartless
00:59:37about his own child?
00:59:39You've been more of a father to me
00:59:41than Mitch ever could be.
00:59:43You were the one that looked over me
00:59:45while I was growing up.
00:59:47Like an orphan.
00:59:49You know what?
00:59:51I just did the right thing, you know?
00:59:53I feel so terrible
00:59:55about how you were treated
00:59:57and what happened to you.
00:59:59For you, I want the life
01:00:01that your mother dreamed of, alright?
01:00:03And
01:00:05she was
01:00:07she was fragile, but
01:00:09God, I'm just in awe of her strength.
01:00:12I wish that it was you
01:00:14instead of Mitch
01:00:15that your mum fell in love with.
01:00:17I wish that I were your daughter.
01:00:19Hey, you are like a daughter to me,
01:00:21and don't you forget it.
01:00:23I mean I wish
01:00:25you and mum had been.
01:00:27I can't help but think how different
01:00:29all three of our lives would be
01:00:31if that were the case.
01:00:33Especially mum's.
01:00:36Well.
01:00:38If she was still here,
01:00:40I definitely would have said
01:00:42that the two of you are.
01:00:43Hey.
01:00:45What?
01:00:47You liked my mum.
01:00:49You like, like, liked her.
01:00:51Okay, no.
01:00:53She was a dear friend.
01:00:55I mean, we had a lot in common
01:00:57and we were both struggling
01:00:59with our careers at the time.
01:01:01Well, come on.
01:01:03If things had worked out differently,
01:01:05you reckon you guys would have
01:01:07eventually gotten together?
01:01:09Clara,
01:01:11I met your mother
01:01:13in a relationship with Mitch
01:01:15and that took a toll on her, alright?
01:01:17I mean,
01:01:19she was so lonely
01:01:21that she confided in a stranger.
01:01:23I mean, today,
01:01:25that stranger is seeking her justice.
01:01:27I, you ask me,
01:01:29I think that's very romantic.
01:01:31Yeah, well,
01:01:33Mitch needs to be brought to justice,
01:01:35alright?
01:01:37And we are going to do that.
01:01:39He's going to pay for everything he did.
01:01:41I mean, God knows what else he's done
01:01:43in the movie
01:01:45and knows Mitch in real life.
01:01:47Surely they've made some connections by now.
01:01:49They've got to be growing suspicious.
01:01:51Yeah, well, we're going to make sure that they do.
01:01:53Our goal is to make it so that he breaks down
01:01:55and then just confesses to everything.
01:01:57I'm going to destroy his beloved career.
01:02:01The career for which he destroyed so many lives
01:02:04and broke so many hearts.
01:02:06And you know,
01:02:08I'll be torturing Mitch in a
01:02:10very special way.
01:02:13I've been sending him pictures of your mother
01:02:15from different addresses.
01:02:17You know, I'm just messing with his head.
01:02:19I just hope Mitch doesn't sue us.
01:02:21No, he can't.
01:02:23I've thought about that before we made the movie.
01:02:25If he tries anything,
01:02:27then I'll just make sure that you and him
01:02:29take a DNA test
01:02:31and it'll just further prove what I'm accusing him of.
01:02:33It's surely only a matter of time
01:02:35before you and him
01:02:37get to the bottom of this.
01:02:39You know,
01:02:40I'm just waiting for his last nerve to crack.
01:02:42You know, I've been
01:02:44holding back the urge
01:02:46to beat the shit out of him
01:02:48for the last 20 years.
01:02:50But he's influential,
01:02:52so we have to be
01:02:54clever about how we do this.
01:02:56I, um,
01:02:58I've been enjoying what we're doing,
01:03:00the movie, and
01:03:02my role, and
01:03:04it just is really exciting.
01:03:06You know,
01:03:07I've been enjoying what we're doing,
01:03:09my role, and
01:03:11it just is really, really hard
01:03:13to think about my mother this much.
01:03:15You know,
01:03:17critics have been praising the way
01:03:19that you've played your part, alright?
01:03:21I mean,
01:03:24you've been nominated for, like,
01:03:26what, so many awards,
01:03:28and I had a feeling
01:03:30that you were gonna win all of them.
01:03:32Well, don't sell yourself short.
01:03:34You came from, what,
01:03:35you know, you're one of the greats?
01:03:37You didn't give yourself enough credit.
01:03:39You know that your mother was a struggling actress.
01:03:41You know, she barely got any work,
01:03:43even though she was so stunning.
01:03:45It just,
01:03:47it makes me so proud to see you
01:03:49just take over this industry.
01:03:51Well,
01:03:53I have been very lucky with roles,
01:03:55and your influence doesn't hurt.
01:03:57Hey, come on, you know,
01:03:59you have been making waves without me, right?
01:04:01That takes sheer talent.
01:04:03You know, your mother wasn't so fortunate.
01:04:05She couldn't escape the,
01:04:07the destruction
01:04:09that Mitch unleashed upon her.
01:04:11You know,
01:04:13I was so sure back then,
01:04:15and I still am to this day,
01:04:17that he was sabotaging your mother's career.
01:04:19Just making sure
01:04:21that she was financially
01:04:23and emotionally dependent on her
01:04:25so that she just couldn't escape.
01:04:28I mean,
01:04:30the more you tell me about Mitch,
01:04:32the more afraid I'm getting of him.
01:04:33If he found out who I really was,
01:04:35he would surely kill me.
01:04:37Look what he did to my mother.
01:04:39No, you, you are safe.
01:04:41He can't do shit to you, alright?
01:04:43Your name's just,
01:04:45it's too big at this point.
01:04:47Yeah, but Alex, he's losing his mind.
01:04:49I've been hearing it from people.
01:04:51I even saw him at an event,
01:04:53and he just seemed visibly shaken.
01:04:55Yeah, well, he's gonna confront us soon.
01:04:57I'm sure of it.
01:05:03Hello?
01:05:06What is it?
01:05:10Oh, bingo.
01:05:12It's an email from his assistant.
01:05:14Oh my god.
01:05:16They're praising us for the movie.
01:05:18They're saying that,
01:05:20they're saying that they're very proud
01:05:22of what we did,
01:05:24and that Mitch has been trying to get his hands on me
01:05:26for quite some time.
01:05:28They threw in a lot of comments about you too.
01:05:30Compliments.
01:05:31Saying that,
01:05:33that he's always wanted to get you in one of his films,
01:05:35and he's quite jealous,
01:05:37the fact that I got you.
01:05:39Well, I will never work with Mitch, ever.
01:05:41Not over my dead body.
01:05:43Look at this.
01:05:45He just invited me to an abandoned building
01:05:47to discuss a new project.
01:05:49An abandoned building?
01:05:51Oh wow!
01:05:53That doesn't seem suspicious.
01:05:55Yes, well,
01:05:57I think Mitch and I both know each other's intentions
01:05:59at this point, so.
01:06:01What are you going to do?
01:06:03Are you going to go?
01:06:05Well, I'm going to confront him.
01:06:07I'm going to give him a piece of my mind,
01:06:09and you are going to come with me,
01:06:11because I have a plan.
01:06:13Okay, okay.
01:06:15What's the plan?
01:06:17Alright.
01:06:19I want you to dress like your late mother
01:06:21the day that she died.
01:06:23Use your costume from the movie,
01:06:25and just prepare to act like a ghost.
01:06:27And what?
01:06:29And just scare him?
01:06:31Yes, you are doing that.
01:06:33We've got him.
01:06:35Okay, and then what?
01:06:37Then, we wait for him to break down.
01:06:39He confesses everything,
01:06:41and we call the cops.
01:06:43What if he knows that I'm Clara,
01:06:45and not my dead mother's ghost,
01:06:47just right from the get-go?
01:06:49It doesn't matter, alright?
01:06:51The goal is to stir up his guilt.
01:06:53What if he tries to kill us?
01:06:55Hey, like I said,
01:06:57we call the cops.
01:06:59It's up to you, girl.
01:07:01Okay.
01:07:03I'm in.
01:07:05Let's do it.
01:07:14Mitch.
01:07:25So you're the scumbag who's been fucking with me?
01:07:28I've been holding on to my rage for the past 20 years.
01:07:32I'm gonna make you pay
01:07:34for everything that you did to Clara.
01:07:40But you've got no evidence.
01:07:44None that was gonna admit what I did or didn't do.
01:07:50Do you have any remorse for what you did to her?
01:07:53You know, I'm sure that out of all of the actresses
01:07:55that you've slept with,
01:07:57none of them were as good or as decent
01:07:59or as loyal to you as Clara was.
01:08:03That's good and bad.
01:08:05I'll give her that.
01:08:07She was just a bimbo who got what she deserved.
01:08:10And newsflash, mate.
01:08:12She's dead.
01:08:14Has been for a while, so
01:08:16I don't really see the point of all this, you know?
01:08:20Do you know that her baby survived?
01:08:23Bullshit.
01:08:25There's no way.
01:08:27It's not medically possible.
01:08:29Nice try.
01:08:31Well, Clara,
01:08:33the starlet that you so desperately want
01:08:37in all of your projects,
01:08:39she's your daughter, Mitch.
01:08:45I mean, did it ever occur to you
01:08:48how much she looks like Claire?
01:08:50Were you ever able to figure that one out?
01:08:53What do you want from me?
01:08:55I want to torture you for what you did to her.
01:08:58I want to make you suffer
01:09:00as much as you made Claire suffer
01:09:02before you murdered her.
01:09:04You listen here,
01:09:06you fucking bastard.
01:09:08One phone call from me
01:09:10and you disappear forever, got that?
01:09:12Hey?
01:09:14Mitch?
01:09:16Is it really you?
01:09:21Why did you kill me, Mitch?
01:09:25I told you the baby and I
01:09:28wouldn't bother you.
01:09:30Why did you have to do what you did?
01:09:33You shut up.
01:09:35You're not real.
01:09:41I kept screaming your name,
01:09:43but you had your hand wrapped around my throat.
01:09:49I don't understand how carrying your child
01:09:51was such a crime that you had to murder me.
01:09:53I said,
01:09:55shut up, you shut up.
01:09:57You're not real.
01:09:59Claire is dead, I know that you're Clara.
01:10:03Mitch, I had so many dreams
01:10:06of you
01:10:08and me
01:10:10and a happy ending.
01:10:12I would have given up
01:10:14anything for you,
01:10:16but not my child,
01:10:18not our child.
01:10:20No, you just probably,
01:10:22what, you fucked someone else,
01:10:24tried to pass the kid off as mine.
01:10:26God, you are such a heartless pig.
01:10:28Her life literally revolved around yours.
01:10:31And you,
01:10:33weaseling your way in,
01:10:35trying to forget my sloppy seconds.
01:10:37You're pathetic,
01:10:39both of you.
01:10:44I never loved anyone
01:10:46but you, Mitch.
01:10:47And you killed me.
01:10:50Have you ever thought about me?
01:10:53Even once?
01:10:55After all these years?
01:10:59You're a hell of a good actress.
01:11:01I'll give you that.
01:11:03That what you want to hear?
01:11:05The way you kissed my cheek
01:11:07that night,
01:11:10and you held my hand,
01:11:12I,
01:11:14I just,
01:11:15and I,
01:11:17I thought all our troubles
01:11:19were really over.
01:11:22I had nothing, Mitch.
01:11:26No money.
01:11:28I cried myself to sleep
01:11:30every night.
01:11:33How do you know what happened between me and Claire?
01:11:37Answer me!
01:11:40And you whispered in my ear
01:11:42that everything was going to be okay.
01:11:46And you got that look
01:11:48in your eye and
01:11:52you pulled me by my hair
01:11:54and you pushed me up against the wall!
01:11:57God, you fucking monster!
01:12:02I can take you and your career to places
01:12:05you couldn't otherwise have dreamt of.
01:12:07Leave her alone, alright?
01:12:09You see, you see, this, this is the kind of man that your father is.
01:12:12And you wondered how he managed to murder your mother.
01:12:15This ends now!
01:12:18Piece of shit.
01:12:20It's okay.
01:12:22It's going to be fine.
01:12:24I got the aunt Clara
01:12:26last chance I would kill him.
01:12:28You hear me?
01:12:32Fucking animal, alright?
01:12:34I'm going to make you pay for what you did!
01:12:37No.
01:12:39No, Alex, no.
01:12:41You're not going to do anything.
01:12:43Clara, this is not the time for forgiveness, alright?
01:12:46He needs to...
01:12:48I need to finish this.
01:12:50Alex, this is not your revenge to take.
01:12:54This man
01:12:56doesn't have a shred of guilt
01:12:59for killing me.
01:13:02He doesn't have any room in his heart for his child.
01:13:05Clara, you can drop the act, okay?
01:13:07He knows that you're not Claire's ghost.
01:13:09We need to finish him. I...
01:13:10I need to finish him.
01:13:13You know, Mitch,
01:13:15I loved you so much.
01:13:18You were my everything.
01:13:21I would have given up everything for you.
01:13:24But you just couldn't bear the thought
01:13:26of me
01:13:28raising our child on my own.
01:13:33You had to kill me
01:13:35and kill your unborn child.
01:13:37What kind of evil man does it take to do that?
01:13:41You're a monster, Mitch.
01:13:46May you never rest in peace.
01:13:49You shut up!
01:13:51I know you're not Claire's ghost.
01:13:53If you are my daughter,
01:13:55it's because you've got half my blood.
01:13:57Your mother was a lazy, weak, pathetic actress
01:14:00who kept sleeping with me for money.
01:14:03Now leave
01:14:05this fucking loser behind
01:14:07and let's take your career to the next level.
01:14:08What do you say?
01:14:10You shut up! You fucking shut up!
01:14:12You piece of shit liar! No!
01:14:14No, Judah! Claire! Claire, please!
01:14:17This is why we need to finish him.
01:14:19I need to end him now!
01:14:21Come on. Come on.
01:14:29Did I kill him?
01:14:31I swear I didn't even have my fingers on the trigger.
01:14:38Claire, where did you get this?
01:14:40It's the same one I gave your mother on her birthday, but...
01:14:44Because she was married with it, I...
01:14:48Here I thought it was one of a kind.
01:14:57Alex!
01:14:59Alex!
01:15:01Are you okay?
01:15:06Why are you looking at me like that?
01:15:09Did you give me that bracelet?
01:15:13What bracelet, Alex?
01:15:20No way.
01:15:23Is... is this...
01:15:25I think so.
01:15:28And...
01:15:30it's only fitting that you get it.
01:15:33I mean...
01:15:35It's...
01:15:37It's beautiful, but...
01:15:39how?
01:15:41I don't know, but...
01:15:44Come on.
01:15:47We should get out of here.