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“Thanks You, too”

Lang came up to us and said, “Damn, Kandinsky, where’d that come from?”

“Was it okay?”

“Was it okay? Hell no,” he said “It was perfection I can’t believe you nailed it in one take”

“We did?”

“You gave me exactly what I wanted I always knew you were ht from that very first audition, and daet dressed, because you knoe’re not finished We still have to shoot the closeups, and of course there’s all that dialog that comes before the kiss After what just happened here, the bar has been raised, and I expect you to continue to bring it”

Chapter 11

Two hours later, I burst into my trailer and startled my cat, who darted off the kitchen counter Then I threwon the couch He dropped the paperback and wrapped his arms around me as I exclaimed, “Even if I never make another movie after this one, the last ten years, all those sacrifices, and the hundreds of rejections were totally worth it”

“Thatwell”

“We just wrapped for the day Can you believe it? We did the sex scene in one take! That’s especially shocking because Lang loves his retakes He made Harper walk into the kitchen and say ‘hey’ seventeen ti it’ But we nailed that complicated, emotional sex scene on the first try!”

“That’s fantastic!”

He sat up and shifted ed hiood that felt The crew actually applauded! That’s so rare And I cried real tears, Lorie It wasn’t even in the script, but I knehat Alex , and it just happened”

“I’m so proud of you”

“Thank you for saying that It means a lot” He held me securely and strokedstill likes e did when he watches the dailies”

“That’s where he reviews everything that was recorded that day, isn’t it?”