Asylum - 13 Tales of Terror by Matt Drabble

Author:Matt Drabble [Drabble, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, (v5)
ISBN: 9781490972558
Google: kAr-oAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00BPSS4XG
Publisher: Eden Publications
Published: 2013-07-19T05:00:00+00:00

16.

METHOD ACTING

Gerald Dayton was twenty seven, tall at six feet two, lithe and athletic; his features were serene with an almost feminine grace. He was blue eyed and pretty in a way that made the women swoon when he was standing sixty feet high on a movie screen.

Gerald was the UK’s leading man; he was an actor of dubious repute amongst his peers. He was typically found in romantic comedies opposite increasingly younger women and his charms were sufficient enough to require very little acting ability. It was a career that he was handsomely rewarded for, but it also carried very little in terms of respect. Gerald craved reverence for his abilities; he was an actor who had been seduced by fame and fortune, leaving his dreams of credibility far behind for the sake of a bank balance and a flashbulb. But all that was changing; he had taken a decision one night at some party. He’d been surrounded by vapid scantily clad women and elderly men fighting against the dying of the light of their middle age. The air had been thick with the aromas of hair dye and Viagra and a sudden clarity had overtaken his senses. A parting of the seas had appeared before his eyes, and he’d realised just where he was and just what he was doing with his life. He slowly remembered his dreams of being an actor, not a film star; of being in films and not movies. No more, he’d thought to himself as some slutty teen had gyrated on his lap for the hope of an extra role in a non-existent upcoming movie. He’d left the puzzled faced girl and the party, ignoring the glassy eyed stares full of pharmaceutical and alcohol buzzes.

He’d fired his agent and the agency that represented him despite their wails and pronouncements of his impending failure. He had burned every bridge he had in the industry, not that he had many left to begin with. He had insulted, reneged, and abused everyone in his former life, happily playing the part of the apex in his industry. As far as Gerald was concerned, it was his right and his obligation to be the star. He was rightly ordained in his position and he had made full use of his power. He cared little for those around him and he cared less for their feelings. In order to sever his few remaining ties, he had happily been cruel to others in order to be kind to himself. He could picture the interviews that would fawn over his resurrection into the bravest and most highly regarded actor of his generation. From that moment on he had thrown himself into the deepest waters of his craft.

The only man that he’d had to annoyingly keep on the payroll was his manager Thomas Butler. Thomas had been with him since the very beginnings. He was an earnest man, thick of girth and thin of hair. Thomas was somewhere in his mid to late fifties by now, Gerald imagined, and the industry had treated him and his cash cow well.

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