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The property was flanked by trailers housing everything froh the actors weren’t due on set until Monday, a lot of people were already hard at work, including a cae, the lighting crew that was carrying arh the front door, and athe white trim on the house’s wrap-around porch to make it look weathered
A jolt of exciteh me as I stepped out of the SUV and took it all in Meanwhile, Phoenix tried to be unobtrusive as he snapped photos of iven the all-clear yet to talk publicly about taking over for Trent Chambers, but enius when it ca
Our first stop was the wardrobe departe of the property Fortunately, Trent and I were close to the say 90s-era jeans, T-shirts, and flannel shirts, which were pretty forgiving The only things that didn’t fit were the shoes and a vintage leather jacket Its sleeves ay too short, which made me think Trent Chambers had T-Rex arms After I tried on soner took my measurements, she said, “Well, that could have been a lot worse I’lad we didn’t have to start froot on the phone to track down a replacement for the jacket
Phoenix told us he’d be back in a little while and headed to the production office while Riley and I went to the makeup trailer “The lead makeup artist won’t be here for another half hour,” Riley said, “but would youyour makeup? I’d love a chance to show her what I can do”
“Knock yourself out”
He turned on a bank of lights while I got co chair, and then he took a few photos of me without any makeup, so he could show his boss the before and after He’d been lugging a big, silver case with him, which he set up on the table beside me After I slipped on a headband to hold back my hair, he dabbed some foundation on my cheekbone As he stepped back to assess the color, he said, “I haven’t read the book this movie is based on What’s it about?”
“Well, it’s about five people who’ve been friends since childhood, four guys and a girl,” I said “The main part of the story takes place just after Christraduated fro weekend at a beach house they’ve visited every year since they were kids It belongs to the family of a character naroup He’s being played by Harper Royce”
Riley murmured, “Oh, he’s cute”
“Liaed to Eet-together is partly to celebrate their engagement, but it’s also a chance for the five friends to spend tiether one last tirew up in San Francisco, but now Lia Emily with him”
“So far, this sounds like a nice story,” Riley said, as he wiped off the makeup on my cheekbone and tried a different color “But I was under the impression it’s actually pretty dark”
“I don’t know if it’s dark, but it’s definitely emotional It’s basically the story of the end of these relationships My character, Alex, dropped out of college and has been lost ever since He’s gotten into drugs and alcohol and he’s starting to spiral out of control, but he’s trying to make his friends believe he’s fine”
Riley aze, then quickly looked away I continued, “Alex ends up sleeping with both Liaht after that, he dies It’s not clear in the book whether his death is suicide or an accident, but he falls off the cliff behind the house, and his friends discover his body the next ical study about the four re to cope with the couple’s infidelity and the aftermath of their friend’s death”
“Yeah, that’s definitely dark,” Riley muttered, as he dabbed some makeup across my forehead
“I guess so, but it’s also fascinating,” I said “The book is extremely ritten and really makes you care about each of these characters, especially Alex He could so easily see to break up Liauy’s scared and alone, and he wants so desperately to hang on to these people That’s not just because he’s been in love with Liaroup of friends is the only real family he’s ever known”