Remember Me 3: The Last Story by Christopher Pike

Author:Christopher Pike
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

XI

J~J UCILLE DID NOT LIKE WATER. No, actually, Lucille

was terrified of water. The terror could be used in

later scenes because we were, after all, making a

scary movie. If only Lucille could have learned to

save it, bottle it somehow. But we couldn't have her

character Mary screaming as soon as the incoming

water went above her knees. The water was supposed

to go up to their necks before they abandoned

their attempt to plug the holes. Andy

shouted "Cut!" so many times that I thought he

would walk the first day of shooting. Finally he

threw in the towel—literally, at Lucille. All the

actors had to dry themselves off between cuts.

Fortunately they were wearing bathing suits. We

just had to blow-dry their legs, bikinis and trunks.

Jo took Lucille aside to comfort her while I retreated

to a corner to have a private nervous

breakdown with Henry.

"Has anything like this ever happened to you

before?" I complained.

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"I was once filming a movie about skydiving," he

began.

"Don't tell me," I interrupted. "Your star was

afraid of heights?"

"No. He was suicidal. He jumped out of the

plane without a parachute."

I made a face. "Did he die?"

"He didn't bounce." He paused. "What are we

going to do?"

"I'm supposed to ask you that question."

Henry considered. "We could cancel the day's

shoot. Call some of the others on our backup lists."

I waved my hand. "Most of them couldn't act."

"Yeah, but they could probably all swim. Mary's

not a crucial role. We don't need an Academy

Award-winning performance."

"All the roles are crucial. Have one bad actor in

the lot and they'll all look bad. Besides, I hate to fall

a whole day behind at the beginning." I stopped

and glanced over at Lucille, who was sobbing into a

towel. She knew we were talking about her. She

would have had to be brain dead not to know.

"Maybe we could give her a stiff drink."

"We could if this was a western," Henry said.

"We have to face reality. Lucille can't be in this

movie. If she's nervous here, she'll be hysterical

when we shoot with the sharks and out on the

ocean."

Roger came over. "I know what the problem is

and I know what the solution is," he said boldly.

Henry and I exchanged looks. "We're all ears,"

Henry said.

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"Shari can play Mary," he said. He raised his

hand as I started to protest. "I watched you read

the other day. You're a wonderful actress, completely

natural, very expressive. Also, you know

every scene, every line of dialogue. If you bring in

someone new, we'll all have to rehearse with her for

a couple of days. You'll lose time and money."

Henry was staring at me. "He has a point."

"He's forgetting one small thing," I said. "I have never acted in front of a camera in my life. Besides,

I can't be in my own movie. That's the height of

egotism."

"Hollywood is all about ego," Henry said. "But I

agree with Roger, I think you can play the role. The

camera is not as frightening as you think. It just

takes pictures."

"That millions of people see," I said.

"We hope millions will see this movie," Henry

reminded me.

"Shari," Roger said, taking my hand. "Your fear

of the camera will vanish quickly.

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