ABBY BLUE, 20s, is pacing in the dressing room. She is not
entirely finished dressing for her appearance. She is
wearing a dress or skirt. She is wearing a T-shirt and not
the fancy blouse. Her wardrobe hangs on a rack nearby.
We HEAR a knock at the door.
ABBY BLUE
Come in.
Beat. HANNAH HIGGINS, 20s, walks in holding a clipboard
filled with paper. She is holding a pencil and has a hand
held walkie mic attached to a transmitter on her belt. She
is wearing pants.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Seven minutes to your call.
Hannah sees Abby's state of affairs.
HANNAH HIGGINS (CONT'D)
Ms. Blue, is everything OK?
ABBY BLUE
Is everything OK? Is everything
OK? Of course not. I'm going on
TV in seven minutes. Seven
minutes. Nothing is OK.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Ms. Blue, there is nothing...
ABBY BLUE
Stop calling me Ms. Blue. It's
freaking me out.
HANNAH HIGGINS
OK. OK. What should I call you?
ABBY BLUE
Abby. Abby. My name is Abby.
HANNAH HIGGINS
OK. Abby. Everyone is a little
nervous before they go on the
Tonight Show.
ABBY BLUE
Well clearly, clearly I'm not like
everyone. Because I'm not a little
nervous.
I'm like a whole fucking universe
of nervousness. I'm bursting with
nervousness.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes. It is perfectly normal...
ABBY BLUE
Excuse me, what? Did you say
normal?
HANNAH HIGGINS
I'm saying it is normal to be
nervous.
ABBY BLUE
You listen to me, I am not normal.
I am not normal. I am not normal.
Abby repeats this as some therapeutic means to calm down.
HANNAH HIGGINS
OK. OK. You are not normal.
ABBY BLUE
How many minutes?
HANNAH HIGGINS
You have four minutes.
ABBY BLUE
Oh my god. Oh my god. I can't do
this.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Abby, Abby, Jimmy is the easiest
host to have. He will make you
totally comfortable. He will make
you look good.
ABBY BLUE
Make me look good? You mean I
don't already look good? I need
Jimmy Fallon to make me look good.
HANNAH HIGGINS
He will make sure that nothing
awkward happens.
ABBY BLUE
That's what these shows live for...
the awkward moments. They always
end up on YouTube the next morning.
What is going to ask me?
He has questions right, questions
to ask me so I am prepared.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes. These were provided in part
by your manager.
ABBY BLUE
Tell me. What are they?
HANNAH HIGGINS
He is going ask you about where you
grew up?
ABBY BLUE
What? Why is he going to ask me
that?
HANNAH HIGGINS
It's a simple question... when you
say you grew up in... I see it was
Albany, New York, it usually gets
some claps from the audience. And
then you smile and connect with
everyone.
ABBY BLUE
Over Albany? I had a miserable
childhood. I don't want to connect
with anyone from Albany. What if
someone knew me, or my family?
HANNAH HIGGINS
If you want, I can strike that
question.
ABBY BLUE
What else? What else is he going
to ask me?
HANNAH HIGGINS
About your movie, of course,
Getting Lost.
ABBY BLUE
What about it?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Abby, is this your first press
junket, you know going around and
promoting a movie?
ABBY BLUE
Yes. No. I just don't have
anything to say about the movie. I
did it. OK. Isn't that enough?
HANNAH HIGGINS
OK, well, you can say that.
ABBY BLUE
What did Fallon think of the movie?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Jimmy read a detailed synopsis of
the movie.
ABBY BLUE
He didn't see it?
HANNAH HIGGINS
He will say you were great in the
film, he will talk about it as if
he has sen the film. It would be
best if you just go along with
that. It is standard protocol?
ABBY BLUE
He didn't see the movie?
HANNAH HIGGINS
No. He didn't see the movie.
ABBY BLUE
That's so... that's so dishonest.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Abby, it is custom on all the talk
shows.
ABBY BLUE
Is he going to show a clip?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes. The clip was approved by the
studio.
ABBY BLUE
What about me? Don't I get to
approve the clip?
Hannah looks at her clip board.
HANNAH HIGGINS
It is the scene where you and Ryan
Gosling are having a fight.
ABBY BLUE
Oh my god, I hate that scene.
Hannah at this point looks at her watch and sees the time is
fast approaching. She puts down her clip board and grabs
Abby's blouse off the rack, and starts to put it on Abby.
Abby lets her.
ABBY BLUE (CONT'D)
Ryan was so faking it. You can
tell. He was like winking at me
when we were fighting. I hated it.
It made me hate him so much.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Maybe that's why you were so good
in it.
ABBY BLUE
Ryan like fucking flirting with me
when the camera was on me, and we
are supposed to be fighting our
asses off.
HANNAH HIGGINS
I hate to ask this, but the media
says you and Ryan had a...
ABBY BLUE
Fallon's not going to ask me about
that, is he?
HANNAH HIGGINS
I'm sure he's not.
ABBY BLUE
He better not. I mean I will slug
him in the face. You guys want
YouTube clips to go viral, I will
slug him, seriously.
HANNAH HIGGINS
OK. OK. I'll make sure he doesn't
ask you about the affair.
ABBY BLUE
It wasn't an affair, OK. It was
just like two months of whatever...
until we both got bored with each
other.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes. Of course.
ABBY BLUE
What's your name?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Hannah.
ABBY BLUE
Thank you Hannah. How do I look?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Great.
ABBY BLUE
I hate this. I wish I could just
act and go home, you know.
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes. I know.
Abby hugs Hannah... a hug that comes fast and surprises
Hannah. Hannah does not know what to do. Abby moves a bit
away and...
ABBY BLUE
You're the best intern ever.
HANNAH HIGGINS
I'm not really an intern. I'm an
Assistant Producer.
ABBY BLUE
Whatever. Time?
HANNAH HIGGINS
Yes.
Abby leaves. Hannah tries to recover.
CUT TO BLACK.
THE END.
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