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[logo chimes]

[electronic ticking]

[electronic beeping, ticking]

[computer booting]

[keys clacking]

[message chimes]

[chuckling]

[sinister music]

[messages chime]

[tense music]

- Hi. Sorry. Um.

Hello?

- Hi.

- Hi. Um.

I'm sorry, I can't quite see you there.

Do you, um, do you have a light or...

Hi. Yeah. I'm Emma.

Um,

Hi, uh, sorry.

Um, we at Therapals really apologise

for that message you received.

Patient privacy is...

- Emma.]

- ...so important to us, and I'm...

- It's fine, it's just an f up.

I totally get it.

You're, you're completely fine.

- You're the best. Um. One second.

Sorry.

- So, Emma,

why don't you tell me a little bit more about Arthur

with antisocial tendencies?

Is that what it is?

- Uh, you know, I... I really can't say.

- You can say.

Independent? [laughs]

What, is our guy a free thinker?

- You know, it's just a confidentiality thing.

- Emma, confidentiality is over

the second that message ended up on my screen.

Emma, want to answer me or just keep texting other people?

- Great question, Leigh, I...

- Emma. Leigh?

Emma. You know my personal information now?

Are you going to leak mine next, Emma?

- I'm really sorry.

- What is your full name?

- Emma Mallory.

- Emma Mallory.

Good. Now let's have some fun.

Let's send some texts to our friend Arthur.

What is your plan with the neighbour?

- Put him in my closet, LOL?

Make him listen to me.

- Ask Arthur, do you spend a lot of time online?

You're so clear over text.

What do you say?

- I dunno. Yeah. Haha.

- Online your tongue can't get in your way.

Ask him if he has anything sharp.

[keys clacking]

[messages chime]

I don't know, I have kitchen scissors, LOL.

- Tell Arthur to stick out his tongue.

[tense music]

- Okay, my hands are shaking, LOL.

- Grab it tight.

And cut.

[messages chime]

- Frick! I'm not okay.

It's kind of hanging.

Help me!

It's off.

I'm not okay, LOL, help me, Emma!

[Leigh] Not okay? [laughs]

- Why did you do this, Emma Mallory?

[keys clacking]

My full name?

- You got me! [laughing]

[message chimes]

[Leigh laughing]

[phone ringing]

- I'm fired! Oh my God!

[music intensifies]

[message chimes]

AJ?

Can you hear me?

Are we done?

Uh.

- I guess, um.

AJ?

- So how was I? How do you think I did?

- Well, I'm already getting Oscar buzz.

- Great, I can hear the sarcasm through the screen.

A real actor thinks I sucked.

Wonderful. Thank you for that.

- No, Teddy, I, I thought you were great.

Really.

- Right there, no, see right there, I can tell.

I'm just trying to get better. Any feedback...

- Teddy, I thought you were good, it's...

one tip.

- Yeah.

- If you want to keep the script on screen,

don't, you know, don't keep looking in the corner like...

it just gives everything away.

- Did you see me do it?

How did you know I was doing that?

Do you do that too?

- Sorry, sorry, okay, I'm here,

Can you guys hear me?

Hello? Testing.

Margot, Theodore.

Sorry, okay, Zoom era.

Um, no, no, that's fine.

Um. But no, I mean, okay.

First scene.

That was phenomenal.

Um, Theodore, how are you feeling?

- Uh, just Teddy, uh, but good.

Um, alright, I thought I kind of sucked, but, I mean,

if you felt good about it, I mean, it's whatever.

- First off, Teddy, like, literally just hearing

the words that I wrote on a page come to life through you,

that's like...

And Margot, I mean,

[clapping]

what can you even say, right?

- Oh, thanks.

- And I did actually want to say that maybe you forgot a line

back on page three.

I wasn't sure if that was intentional, or...

- Oh. No, I actually, I don't forget lines.

I just improv.

- [scoffs] Oh, fun, improv.

No, no, I would actually really prefer

if we stuck to the script going forward,

but no, no, I mean, that's, that's great,

that's great.

- Boss, do you have any, uh, any feedback for me?

And I just, I honest... honest feedback.

Anything I could be working on or?

[loud banging]

You all right?

Or if you need a second, feel free to take it.

- Uh, forget about it.

My house is a little bit haunted.

Um, a couple of ghosts in the house.

Um, no, no, it's not, but no, I actually did maybe want to ask

about the little knife that I saw you were playing with.

- Was that... - Oh!

The knife? Yeah, all right,

well, I thought this would be a good add.

I grabbed it right for that last take.

It was my grandfather's,

and it started off as like a big butcher knife

and they just used it over the years.

It's kind of turning this little rinky-dink kind of thing.

I thought it was kind of scary, a little bit like, eek, eek,

I don't know, something stupid like that,

but I thought it would add to the character,

you know, a little, a little Teddy flair to lay it, perhaps.

But if you don't like it, we can scratch the idea,

I just wanted to play around with it.

- I do maybe wish that you

brought it up with me beforehand.

Family stuff a little touchy.

I am an orphan myself, so...

- I am so sorry.

I really... I had no idea.

My apologies.

- And it's fine, you didn't know.

You didn't know.

- I would never... I'm so...

- And you didn't know.

And by the way, it is Leigh, not Lei

- Oh! - Leigh, Leigh.

- Okay. All right. Leigh, Leigh, noted, okay, thank you.

- Sorry, I... not to interrupt.

I have a hard out in five or so.

If we could... If you could wrap this up.

- Okay, well, let's call it then.

Have a great night.

- Oh, uh,

AJ, AJ, how do I end the screen share?

- Oh, yeah.

Um, okay.

Let me just, um, do...

Boom. Okay.

Screen share is ended.

Thanks so much for everything.

- Anything else?

Feel free to reach out.

- No, no, I really appreciate you both.

- All right. Have a great night.

- Bye. - Bye.

- All right. Thanks again.

- Bye.

- Okay, bye.

[mouse clicking]

Press webcam.

And. All right.

Hello to our Emma.

And there's our Leigh.

Great.

[eerie music]

Alrighty. So how are we feeling?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, yeah.

I get it, I get.

And let me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and everything will be okay.

All right?

Mhm.

Totally. And it's no problem at all.

I really appreciate you.

Um. Well, I love you so much.

Have a great night.

We'll talk soon.

Okay. Love you.

Bye. Love you, love you.

All right.

Bye.

Alrighty. So how are we feeling?

Um. Pretty good.

Uh, with reservations, obviously.

I mean, you know, you know, Leigh, he was kind of, like,

a little tight, right?

And Emma, was there maybe an attitude?

I... I...don't wanna...

- Let me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and everything will be okay.

All right?

- You're so right.

And you're so right.

[banging on door] Hey, sorry, one sec.

- Totally, and it's no problem at all.

I really appreciate you.

Um. Well, I love you so much.

Have a great night.

We'll talk soon.

Okay. Love you.

- I really love you, too. - Bye, love you.

- Love you. - Love you.

- All right.

- Love you. - All right.

- Okay.

[knocking

- Okay. Hey there, champ.

Do you just want to quickly ask if you could maybe

keep it down on the noise thing?

Sorry. Yeah, and...

look, our Emma and our Leigh,

they're good, but they're really not clicking.

So maybe let's start brainstorming edits

for the next draft.

And if you make good time on it,

maybe I can let you have the TV in here, right?

You know, you can watch some Abbott.

Mm? Maybe some of The Bear.

You like The Bear?

Okay, then, well, have a great night, champ,

you're doing just some excellent work in there.

Thanks.

[AJ sighs]

[eerie music]

Here's the day in the life of an LA director.

First, wake up with a bit of Java

before playing with my best freakin' friend.

Then I jump into some meetings before I hit the store,

AKA hit some traffic.

Freakin' love this place and more traffic.

Then I hit the beach with some pals

and returned to my second home,

the empty page.

Yeah, I'm a bit of a dork.

Then I work on characters and call it a night.

[quirky music ends]

Here's the day in the life of an LA director.

First, here's the day in the life of an LA director.

And we're being shadow banned.

Now, that's...

That's awesome.

an LA director.

All right, well, I guess we should introduce this, um...

One more?

I guess we should, I don't know, introduce this.

One more?

Hey, there.

Uh, thank you all for watching.

Um, welcome to m...

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey.

Out out out out out.

Well, hey, um, guess I should introduce this, you guys.

Um, I'm AJ Wilby, and this is making content.

A peek behind the curtain

of the making of our feature film, Content.

Now, I want to give you an uncut look

at the process of directing,

I'm going to blur out what I don't have the rights to,

but besides that, this is all absolutely real.

I don't like that.

Do you like that?

I only have two rules for directing.

Number one, have fun.

Most people like to save have fun as their last rule,

as a fun little joke on things, which is...

so my.... I say it first.

Um, and that's, that's how I do it.

And then number two, do whatever it takes,

no matter who gets in your way.

Do anything for your actors.

Anything.

While being kind, right?

You know, choose kindness.

I, I always say that.

And it's kind of a rule of three for me.

Um, kindness.

[message chimes]

Okay.

[keyboard clacking]

All right, so,

act one of course, we introduce our leads.

Now.

Margot, of course, is a former child actor.

You know, modern family, smarter than a fifth grader.

Um, apparently she almost booked the kid sister part

in Hunger Games.

Um, almost.

And then, you know, she did take a break for college.

So her IMDb lately, it's Margot herself, you know,

is a bit irony pilled, maybe,

but Emma Mallory, her character,

she's this, like, strong yet kind of shy,

but kind of, like, really real, you know,

like final girl type,

uh, I would say only-child, maybe former gifted kid.

And that's kinda...

Well.

LGBTQ plus

[pen scribbling]

Single. We can work with that.

We can work with that.

- Teddy Nielsen, Phoenix, Arizona.

six foot auditioning for the role of reporter

one through three.

- Okay, I guess on to Teddy, Theodore, uh.

- Sir. Question.

Thank you. Thanks for your consideration.

Once again, it's Teddy Nielsen, uh, six foot Phoenix, Arizona.

Thank you.

- Teddy, um, you know, a bit of a up and coming actor,

um, stars in the eyes.

Um, not LA-based and a bit flyover statey.

Um, his character Leigh, you know, he's all about, like,

manipulation and violence and, honestly, trauma.

[Margot coughing]

I moved to Los Angeles with nothing.

No connections, no parents with Wikipedia pages.

I'm an orphan,

but what I did do is go to the Netflix building every night,

and I would slash my own tyre.

Then I'd wait for a suit to walk by

and go, hey, buddy, wait.

I'm so sorry, but would you mind helping out?

And you know where that got me?

Netflix's top floor.

Mhm.

First, wake up with a bit of J...

- Che method, part 12.

Che method, part 12.

I tell this to all my actors.

You don't know shit about your character.

You know nothing.

Your scene partner does.

Do not commit to your character.

Commit to theirs.

Make your fucking movie.

No excuses.

Let's fucking go.

[keys clicking]

- Teddy.

Say what?

Come on.

[keys clicking]

[AJ clears throat]

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]

[Margot gasps]

- Oh God.

[AJ trying to whistle]

[keys clicking]

[music intensifies]

- In a way, religions were kind of the first movies because,

you know, you go to the theatre and you watch it

and you have the, the priest or the rabbi, you know,

kind of, kind of as the actor.

And I don't care if your God is Star Wars or Jesus,

um, you know, the life or death stakes,

every movie has that.

Every movie can have that.

[Notification alert]

In a way...

[keyboard clacking]

- You want to know how I got these scars?

My father was a drinker and a fiend.

He suffered!

He suffered for you!

He fucking loved you!

He suffered!

He suffered!

- Be radically cringe.

If you're an actor, you should fucking hate yourself.

Embrace your fucking cringe.

Che out!

Be rad...

[message chimes]

[keys clicking]

- It smells good.

- Yeah, yeah.

New recipe.

I just looked it up.

- Oh yeah? - Mhm.

[keys clicking]

- Uh, you got a sec?

Can you take a break and do your laundry real quick?

- I don't think that's my stuff dude.

I did my stuff last week.

- Well, it's this week and this is your laundry.

Um, I... no, that's your shirt, dude.

That's your stuff.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, I forgot, that's mine.

I just... my bad.

Uh, but in the future, though, this is like our shared space.

- Mmm-hmm. - We've got one kitchen.

- You're using it.

- Yeah, no, I'm...

[keys clicking]

[scoffs]

[message chimes]

[keys clicking]

[Teddy chuckles]

[keyboard clacking]

- Hey, AJ, how are you?

- Hey.

- Oh, no, what's... what's wrong, baby?

- What's wrong baby?

- Wow.

Sorry I asked.

Come on, just talk to me.

- I mean, Emma and Leigh,

they have been way off script lately

and the online discourse, it's... it's insane.

- I mean... - AJ...

- I don't even...

- What do we say about negativity?

Feeling frustration? Totally natural,

but getting angry? That's a choice.

- I know, I know.

Oh, sorry, guys, I'm in a session.

Other door please.

- I am... I'm so sorry.

I'm genuinely sorry.

- No.

Really, I'm the sorry one.

- And again, that's just my two cents.

I'm just, just trying to help out here.

Just trying to help.

- Listen, I just feel like when you say that you're sorry,

you're, like, out-sorrying me or I'm not sorry enough and...

- That's not my intent.

Hey, AJ,

sorry to bother you.

We've been hearing a lot of noise from your room lately

at night time.

And just strange things going on over here.

- Um, weird,

No, I mean, I'm such an introvert.

I try and keep it down, I...

- Okay, yeah, I mean, we just don't want a noise complaint.

- Totally. Totally. Totally.

- Let's go.

- Okay. - I don't wanna fight with you.

- I know we're going.

[door closes]

[AJ sighs]

[knocking on door]

- Hey, champ.

Um, I think we need to have a talk.

Um, this podcast that we're, that we're doing,

that you're listening to right now.

This could be IP.

This could be a cinematic universe.

[phone ringing]

Hey.

Hello, Mr Bunce.

Hey, thanks for, thanks so much.

Can you hear me okay?

- Yeah. No, I can hear you great, thank you.

You can...

You can hear me as well, right?

- Totally. Totally.

No. How are you doing?

Have you been watching anything lately?

Oh, yeah.

Um.

Oh, uh, Game of Thrones.

Uh, I've heard that's good.

- And I did, though want to grab you

to talk about the Che messages that you're sending to Teddy.

They're... They're good, they're solid.

I just kind of think you need to push him

a little bit further, you know?

- Uh, but you, you gave me the script.

Well, I mean, let's not assign blame here.

- Um, yeah, no.

I just, I'm, I'm worried that Teddy thinks

Goldberg.

that I am Che Goldberg.

- Oh, sorry, I'm so sorry, I should have clarified.

Teddy is, like, super method.

He's like a live the role kind of guy.

You know, he wanted this, actually.

- All right then.

Yeah, sure.

I mean...

- No, no, you're all good.

Well, great.

Thanks so much.

All right. we'll circle back soon, then.

Okay. Well.

- Oh!

[tense music]

- I really couldn't say,

it's, um, it's a confidentiality thing.

- But you already violated his confidentiality.

[AJ] Hey, cut, cut.

Sorry, sorry.

Oh, sorry.

That was really, really excellent.

I think we might need to grab one more.

Just go back to the start of the line

and we'll take it from there, okay?

- I really couldn't say,

it's, uh, it's confidentiality thing.

- Sorry. But you...

- Cut, cut.

Oh my God.

Sorry. There was so much better.

And I still feel like we're 60 to 65% of the way there.

So, Margot, I think if you can maybe just bring it up a bit.

- Yeah, um...

- Mr. Director,

do you just want me doing the same thing?

- Yeah.

[AJ] It...Teddy, you're, you're... I don't want...

I don't want to get in your head.

You're excellent.

Um, so just keep keep on keeping on,

and we'll... and we'll do maybe 1 or 2 more, okay?

- It's a confidentiality thing.

- That ship sailed, right?

[AJ] Cut for a sec.

Um. Um.

Margot, um, are you feeling good about that one?

- Um.

No. Uh, yeah, let's do it again.

[AJ] Yeah, no, that'd be great.

Let's... let's do that.

And Margot, Margot, Margot...

do... let's... let's just do it again now, okay?

While we still have that energy.

- Great. [clears throat]

I really couldn't say.

Um,

it's a confidentiality thing.

- Okay, you know what I think?

Let's take a quick five.

Let me join in here, I think we...

yeah, um.

Hey, so all good.

So, uh.

Sorry. Mar...Margot

Are we... Are we done?

I wasn't... what was it.

- Hey, uh, Mr. Director,

I was, so I kind of brainstormed some

Lei Dorrin Instagram material and...

- Uh, uh, Leigh Doerne.

Leigh Doerne Instagram material, yeah.

So... so I'm thinking he's like

he's a dark and, like, twisted guy.

So I have him following factories, junkyards,

things like that.

Does that kind of work out?

- Oh yeah, no, totally.

And Margot, have you had any headway making socials for Emma?

- Sorry. Um, I meant to.

I got caught up.

- No problem at all.

Doing what?

- Um.

Sorry, I just.

Busy week, you know.

- Busy, busy with?

So I was kind of thinking, guys,

as an exercise, we have you to try do a conversation

as Emma and Leigh, you know, like, in character.

- Yeah, absolutely, let's do it.

- Like live the role.

And so, I mean, just to start with some like icebreakers.

Um, okay.

Emma, what's your biggest regret and, and why?

- No,

thanks, um, [laughs nervously]

Uh, sorry.

Uh, but, uh, living it, the whole the method thing,

it's just really not for me,

but, but don't let me stop you guys.

Uh, you two ladies have fun.

- Margot, I hear you,

and I really, really respect your process.

Don't want to get in the way of that.

But Emma and Leigh, right,

they're in this twisted relationship,

I was kind of just thinking the two of you should at least,

like, know each other, right?

What if I put you in a breakout room?

Just the two of you, talk it out,

I'll even Venmo you the rehearsal fee.

Is that cool?

- So, wait.

Venmo, what, are you guys getting paid for this,

or should I give...

- Whoa. Funny seeing you here.

All right, let's, uh, let's get into this.

Give me...give me, like, a second.

All right, Emma,

let's play a game of two truths and a lie, huh?

- [chuckles] Sorry, sorry, um...

- What?

- Do we have to do this?

Can't we just, um, I don't know, uh,

talk to me like a person.

- Like non-character.

- Where are you?

No, no no, no.

Like, where are you right now?

Like the Valley, West Hollywood?

- I'm...I'm in, um, Phoenix right now.

I'm situated in Phoenix.

That's home base for me.

- Arizona. Very nice.

- Um, why are you doing this?

- I thought the getting to know you might be nice.

- No, I mean Content itself.

You're the Margot Sholnick,

why are you doing this?

- I'm not a [indistinct] dude.

- Well, but you enjoy acting, though, right?

The whole method thing that AJ is trying to get us to do,

it seems kind of cool.

I mean, becoming Leigh, I'm kind of into it,

trying it out.

- Listen, um, I don't want to be a dick about it

with AJ and all, but it's...

living the role,

it's, it's...that's not real.

It was made up by publicists to make actors seem

more mysterious and aloof.

And, uh, the general public are imbeciles, and they believe it.

Not to yuck your yum, but.

[loud rattling]

Sorry, um...

- What was that?

- You all right? Or...

you can take a break.

Margot?

[door opens]

Margot?

Are you okay?

- I feel really bad.

This is all my fault.

- We don't do faults, do we?

- No.

- If you need to take a minute,

maybe we can cut or...

- Who is that?

- ...just...

- I don't know.

- Can they hear us?

- Hello?

- No. Sorry, I don't.

- Is everything all right? - Oh, they can't.

- I don't even know what that was.

- What is this?

- Do you ever feel like somebody's following you?

- Hello?

- Okay. Can you...

- Just around?

- No.

- Okay. They can't see us.

- Not really, no.

- I'm listening.

- Never mind, um.

- Do you need me to call someone?

- It's okay.

- I can call someone if you need me to.

- I'm good. - Do you want the chair?

- No, I don't want the chair.

- What were we talking about?

- What is this?

- Um.

- It was...

- Content, right?

- Oh, it's a show.

It's like one of those Hulu.

- It's...

- Yeah, Content is a good pay cheque.

You know, but after this, uh, I think I'm done acting.

This...

- Done?

- Eventually, I want to create my own content.

- Oh, that's super cool.

Why? That's the coolest thing...

- Teddy, you're the only person in the world that thinks that.

- I'm telling you...

- There is nothing more cringe

- than wanting to create... - This feels very intrusive.

- ...your own art.

- Absolutely not. - It's like, I don't think

- You're insane. - We should be watching

- No, no, no.

- My actual advice - a private conversation.

- if you want to move here is...

- They can't see us.

- Okay. [loud rattling]

What was that?

- It sounded like it came from the closet.

[Margot and Teddy continue chatting]

- Well, go check it out.

- ...Straight to YouTube.

[indistinct]

- I've seen it before. It doesn't end well.

- That doesn't sound like...

- Maybe, well maybe...

a couple of jackets falling.

- Maybe it'll make it to Toovie.

- No. Can you just look?

- Just, like, totally, maybe.

- So are you saying, like, I should quit Content then,

or what's the underlying message you're trying to.

[they gasp]

- I'd appreciate it if you used the other door.

- No, I'm not saying you should quit.

I'm saying....

I'm saying that you should....

- What was that?

- Yeah, I'm just doing a director exercise thing.

- No, the closet.

I mean, we heard something in there.

[AJ] Oh.

Weird. Um, wish I could say more, but indeed.

- Let's just go. - Yeah.

[AJ] Hey sorry.

- AJ.

- Um. - Sam.

- One sec, okay?

Listen, I know that you're really stressed out right now,

and, you know, you're working on your little movie

and you've got a lot going on.

So if you need to talk to anyone or you need anything,

please, just, you know, we're around.

[AJ] Thanks.

Thanks very much.

- Our door's always open, okay?

[AJ] Thank you.

- Sam, come on.

- Just knock though.

[AJ] Appreciate it.

[Don] All right, baby. Recording.

[gentle acoustic music]

[keyboard clattering]

♪ Standing close

♪ To the edge of the water

♪ From where I stand

♪ The view's different

[message chimes]

♪ Painting myself

♪ White, blue specks

♪ Now the wind's picking up

♪ And I just want some peace of mind ♪

♪ Run, run, run, run, run with your ghost ♪

♪ I'm so sick of changing I wanna be alone ♪

- Hold up, hold up. Sam.

- Wait, I was just in the middle of...

- I'm...

I got a text.

- What? From?

- The landlord.

[Don] Yeah. [Sam] What the fuck?

[Don] I...I don't know.

[Sam] How would they find out about Pepper?

- I don't know.

- It doesn't make any sense at all.

[Don] Sam!

[door closing]

- Hey, champ, uh,

We have a couple new updates for the script,

so I just wanted to clue you in here a little bit, um,

[person grunting]

[Florence sighs]

[music in background]

- Hey, uh, you must be, um, uh, Florence from Writely, right?

[Florence] Hi, yeah.

- Yeah, um, aunt Flo's in town, huh?

[Florence chuckles]

- Um, yeah.

- You know, uh, just come on back here.

- What's up, what's up, what's up?

It's Che, back again, looks good.

I'm here in New York, you know,

final week before I touch back into LA.

- I can't tell what this movie is about.

Like, it has zero like, framing in the trailer.

It has nothing.

No, I'm excited for it.

[laughter]

- This is Margot...

Sholnick, uh, for my agent, Luanne.

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]]

In a meeting, I know, but could you take a message for me?

Great, uh, yeah.

So I am moving towards getting into directing.

So next in the lit world, uh, that's gonna be.

That's gonna be great.

Mmm-hmm, thank you, bye.

[Cinemidiots host 1] Have we talked Cunts?

[Cinemidiots host 2] Yes, Cunts, I'm so excited.

I love Che's past work.

Looks like he's at the top of his game.

[Cinemidiots host 1] Che is already,

for lack of a better term, popping off.

[phone ringing]

- Hey, Teddy. Hey, How are ya?

- Hey. Mr. Director

Hey, how's it going, man?

- Really well, yeah, how are you?

Out on the road, huh?

- Just hitting it.

Trying to get to Cali as fast as possible.

- First taste of that LA traffic, huh?

- [laughing] Yeah, just...

Yeah, just....

Just got to Courtside, and it's, uh.

I wanted to ask you something, if that's all right.

- Oh, um, yeah, shoot.

- I mean, Lei is just...

- Leigh.

- ... is just this sadistic, cruel,

like a joke of a character, almost, and I just...

I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do that for you.

I just, I wanted to call.

- Teddy? - Yeah.

- Tessy, you need to get out of your head

because you are a phenomenal actor.

Any director would be lucky to have you.

- I appreciate that, boss.

- Watch out for that traffic, huh?

[laughing]

- Yeah, all right, sounds good, sounds good.

I'll see you when I get there.

- Of course.

- All right. - All right.

- Talk soon, bye. - Yeah.

- Hey, horror

with a bit of a social commentary kind of thing.

Sorry, could we maybe put that away?

Um, just a bit of discretion.

Kind of keep the ghost in in ghost writer, you know?

[Florence] Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.

[AJ] No, no.

Love your samples.

You have such, like, an authentic voice, you know?

[Florence] Thanks. I'm trying.

- Uh, so before we go further, I do have an NDA for you.

Sorry. It's just...

- No, no, I get it.

Actually, I have a surgeon coming up to get my lips sealed.

[AJ laughs]

- That's funny.

I have a little workstation for you, you know, just back here.

I mean, look.

[Florence] Ooh!

You know, I thought this was a pitch session

because, you know, I usually work remotely.

- I really totally get that.

It's just that, you know,

it's so much easier to bounce ideas in person.

[Florence] Uh-huh.

- I can double your rate.

[static hissing]

[Aj sucks teeth]

[keyboard clacking]

[knocking on door]

- Hey.

- Hello, hello.

- Wow. Good to see you, man.

- Of course! - Mr. Director.

- In the flesh!

Mr. Leigh Doerne

Welcome to L.A..

- Or should I grab anything out of..?

[door closes]

- And that's why I found another Therapally.

- What are you talking about?

- I hope you enjoy your treatment.

[loud banging

- I thought we were exclusive, Emma Mallory!

[knocking on door]

[door creaks]

Whatever she's paying you.

It doesn't matter.

I can just... Hey, that's a little bit too rough!

Just...I'm just telling you.

Oh! Oh my gosh!

Ow! ow!

[indistinct]

Ow! Ow!

- Hey!

[Teddy groaning]

[Teddy] Ow!

[Teddy coughing]

- All right, so, um,

how are we feeling on that one?

Pretty... pretty good or... Margot?

Oh, yeah? How are you doing?

- Teddy? Are you okay?

Did you... did you actually hit him, AJ?

- Margot, I would appreciate if you shared...

- What the fuck is wrong with you?

...if you shared any critiques via email...

- Guys! - ...instead of...

- Can we?

- ...on set.

- Can we do another take?

- Wait, sorry, what?

- Can we do another take?

W...would you be able to hit me

with the bat again on the next take?

[AJ] Yeah.

- It was just I was so scared

and I felt like for a little bit, I...

...lost Teddy

and found Leigh.

- Okay, I'm totally ready to go

if you're ready to go, like Margot,

are you, are you good?

Are you good to go for another?

Do you need, like, a little crafty five or, um,

should we keep her going?

Margot?

We....?

Margot?

- Margot?

Here's your bat.

- Hey. - Hi!

- Yeah. What's going on?

- Uh, I, uh, just about finished the first draft, so.

- Oh, that's, that's, that's totally...

- Hey!

[AJ] I...I'm sorry, but do NDAs mean nothing?

[Florence] I'm sorry, I was recording a TikTok.

Give me my phone back, please.

[AJ] Okay, then I'm gonna take your face ID.

- No. - Okay?

[AJ] Just show me your face.

All right, all right.

Okay.

- Oh, shit!

[Florence groaning]

Ah!

Fuck!

- Hi, AJ, I have a story for you.

So you're on Jimmy Fallon and you're being interviewed

and you are killing it.

Jimmy is laughing.

He is eating up your anecdotes.

He is slapping his knee.

And then what's this?

He's, he's slapping your knee,

and then he leaves his hand on your knee,

and he looks you in the eyes and he tells you, "AJ,

you are the greatest director I have ever interviewed."

And then wait, who's... Jimmy Kimmel?

And he says, "AJ, do you maybe want to,

I don't know, host the Oscars with me.

And you say, "Oh, I mean, I that's a big stage, you know.

But I would consider it."

And the audience, they're loving it and they are saying,

"AJ Wilby, we love you."

And you're like, "Oh, stop.

I mean, if you want to take photos or selfies, that's fine."

But the important point is that they love you, AJ,

and I love you and I will never stop loving you.

Hey. Hey.

Sorry. Sorry.

Hey, um, I'm in a session.

I'm in a session.

[door closes]

Can you go around?

Thank you.

[footsteps tapping]

[keys clacking]

[messages chime]

[tense music]

[keyboard clacking]

[keyboard clacking]

[Teddy talking on phone]

- No, you literally said, let me know when you get home safe,

so I'm going to let you know I get home safe.

No, I'm gonna keep it...

No, you said literally let me know when you get home safe.

Yeah, no Margs...

Margs...

- Margs?

- No, it's not Teddy, it's Leigh.

Yes!

Just until the end. How about that?

Yes, yes.

Yeah. Okay,

I'll let you know.

All right, yeah. Bye bye.

Bye.

- So, Marg's? - Mr. Director.

- Dude, how the hell are you, man?

Dude. Your tweet, uh,

so funny, so good.

- Yeah. - Um,

it's just really so meta, but, like, in this ironic...

If Deadpool meant, like, um,

- Yeah, totally,

um, so, wait, who are you on with?

Who was, um...

- Margs, that was Margot.

Margot, sorry,

uh, we were thinking about maybe getting some dinner tonight.

Maybe hanging out a little bit, and, uh.

- Wait, so, sorry, like, you and Margot.

Is there a little...

Something there?

- No, no, no.

Um. She's, uh...

No, she's...uh,

gay? She's gay.

- Well, but Emma is a straight character.

Right?

- Okay.

- And did... sorry,

did she maybe mention rejoining Content or..?

- We talked a little bit about that.

Um, honestly, man,

I just think it's gonna take her a little bit of time.

On that topic,

I did want to discuss with you my involvement,

just relating to...

- Okay.

- You know, don't worry about it right now.

Uh, while the sun's still out

I did want to check out the neighbourhood,

- get a lay of the land. - Yeah.

- Did you want to come along at all or...

- No.

- All right, I'll be quick. I'll let you know.

- Be safe, man, okay?

- All right, take it easy. - All right.

- Bye.

[door closes]

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]

[drone whirring]

[drone whirring]

[message chimes]

[message chimes]

[tense music]

[birds chirping]

- Hey.

Hey!

Okay.

Hey!

Hey, buddy.

- Stop, stop, okay.

[Teddy] AJ?

- You passed the test.

Congrats, man.

Here, give me that.

Okay. You did great.

All right, come with me, Teddy.

Come on.

Hey, Teddy,

what are your thoughts on found footage film history?

Now, of course, we have our early masterpieces.

You know, our Man Bites Dog,

our McPherson tape,

our et cetera, et cetera.

You know, Cannibal Holocaust. I mean, come on.

But the first truly modern masterpiece

is The Blair Witch Project.

You know, a bit of bread and butter,

but what people don't often talk about

is Heather Donahue's performance.

Let's take a look, okay?

Okay, so, Teddy, as you can see,

the actors, they were really scared, you know,

so what the directors did,

they left them out in the woods with no contact with anyone.

- Why were you watching me?

- Not like I was literally in the middle of talking.

Come on, man, kind of rude.

So as I was saying, the directors,

after they finished filming Blair Witch,

they had the actors hide out.

You know, they had them go missing.

So to the world, at least, the movie was real.

You know, people really thought...

- I gotta go pee, man.

Can I go pee?

- Teddy, I'm doing this for you, okay?

Not for you. For Leigh Doerne.

All right, just stick with me.

Let's. You know what?

Let's watch the first major laptop movie, Unfriended.

I, I think you might enjoy it, okay? Come on.

So the cool thing here, like, during the middle of scenes,

the director would poke the actors and, like,

keep them spontaneous and scared.

And, like, during Silence of the Lambs, you know,

Hopkins, he would make fun of Foster's accent

and, like, you can authentically feel like shit if you're like...

- Sorry, sorry, I'm here.

I'm...

If...[sighs]

Look, AJ, this methoding thing,

it's just...it's not making sense to me, man.

We've been watching these videos for hours now,

and it's just, I thought it was funny accents during interviews

or pranking each other on set,

or trying to pull from your own life experiences.

And then, I mean, you've manipulated me,

you've lied to me, you've hurt me,

you've injured me.

And I greatly appreciate all those times I really do.

But I just I'm not getting it.

I don't feel like I've been methoding

and I just need some direction.

[AJ sighs]

- Teddy, I don't know if I've told you this,

but I'm actually an orphan.

And when I was six years young,

my mother, she pushed my father down the stairs.

And then she threw herself down after.

And I was the one who found him.

That was actually really kind of awkward for me.

But the thing is, I don't let my boring personal life

get in the way of my content.

If you push Teddy deep, deep down where no one can find him,

that's how you can get to Leigh, right?

Right, man.

And now on to Unfriended 2 Dark Web.

Here we go.

And like the thing about Creep 2,

you know, is that it's like a total inversion.

- So I was wondering.

- Yeah.

- What are these?

- Oh, the...

Yeah, the pink one.

I mean, cards on the table, I use it to hurt people.

And the blue one, it puts you to sleep, so.

No.

Oh, wait.

Teddy, what's, what's up man?

- No, not Teddy, Lei!

I'm Lei.

- Leigh, right?

-Leigh, I did I not just say Leigh?

That's what I just said.

- Totally, man, tota...

What, what do you want?

- How long have you watching me?

- Hey, um, I really...

- How long have you been listening to me?

- Dude, dude, dude, dude.

Dude, dude, dude, dude.

Dude, dude, dude, dude, stop! Hey!

Hey, hey, hey.

It was for the movie.

It was for the movie, okay!

- Actually, actually, [laughs] I should be thanking you.

AJ Wilby, without what you did to Teddy,

You wouldn't have found me.

- Okay.

- I know why you used the Che Goldberg account.

God!

Teddy was such a dumbass.

- Okay.

- Watch this.

[film reel whirring]

- I don't even have a patient named Jason,

so I don't know what you're talking about.

- You can't lie to me anymore, okay?

I know things about you, Sarah.

I know where you live.

- Um, I really think we should move forward with this session

and kind of really...

- 175 Seneca Avenue, 175.

I never crossed the line.

I'm just doing what you did to me, huh?

- What happens in my sessions are completely confidential.

- It's Content.

- I don't really follow.

- What we just watched, AJ.

It's literally content

I can understand the manipulation and the spying,

but stealing ideas?

Stealing ideas, AJ.

I might have to take your tongue for that.

- Hey, hey!

- Hold out your tongue!

Che Goldberg and I were in film school together.

Che Goldberg and I, we were in film school together, okay?

And we were put in a room, and we became friends,

and we became best friends, and,

and I shared my idea for it with him.

I shared my idea for Content, and he stole it.

And I was really angry, too.

I was really angry.

But then I realised that feeling frustrated is natural

but getting angry, that's a choice.

And you got to choose kindness instead, right?

- Well...

- I am being so silly.

I can't be Leigh without Emma.

- Yeah, um...

- I'm gonna help her live the role.

- Okay.

- Hang tight, hang tight, AJ.

- Wait, wait.

Leigh?

[door slams]

[Florence sighs]

[message chimes]

[Florence grunting]

- Yeah.

[Florence grunting and panting]

[AJ grunts]

- Hey, Siobhan.

How are we doing today?

- Hi, yeah, can you hear me okay?

- It, it is insane how well I can hear you, actually.

- Great.

Well, I thought we'd go down my general rundown.

You know, go over characters and...

Mr. Wilby.

Can I ask,

why did you hire a diversity consultant?

- Well, great question,

and honestly, for me, you know, cultural authenticity,

it's kind of like a big virtue for me, really,

my middle name in some ways

- Oh, really?

Um, so you didn't hire her

as some sort of edgelord-type prank?

- I'm sorry?

You might be confused.

I'm actually, I'm strongly left-leaning.

[Florence grunting]

- Really?

[scoffs]

[Florence screams]

Okay, then I...

I guess I am confused.

[Florence grunting]

Uh, you see, our team saw your socials,

the whole I'm a villain bit, you know?

Well, we were expecting something else.

- Gotcha, gotcha.

Um.

Yeah.

- I...Mr. Wilby, I, I can't consult here.

[Florence gasping]

- Because the script is perfect already?

That's, like, really too kind of you to say.

- Funny. No.

It's actually pretty empty.

Hollow even.

- Well.

- Look, if you have nothing to say about society or sexuality

politics, that's fine.

- Siobhan, I hear you,

but I might add that there is diversity behind the camera.

{Florence grunting]

- You're clearly using a progressive exterior

to mask some sort of ironic self-promotion.

- No, now, well, well, now.

Allegory.

- Allegory?

- So some people, not, not me,

some people have said that Content

allegorically, is a queer story.

And, and, and, and, and then that's other people's words.

- Really?

- No, that's other people's words.

- I've never...

[chain rattling]

[Florence groaning]

- Well, Siobhan, you know, funny you asked that,

um, because I think that...

[whispers] Fuck.

[loud thud]

[footsteps tapping]

- Mr...Mr. Wilby.

- For the...

for the movie.

This is for the movie, bye.

- Oh my God, what's wrong?

What's wrong?

Oh my God.

- We gotta call someone.

- What happened? [AJ] Cut!

-What happened?

[AJ] Um, yeah.

Can we get, like, one more?

Maybe just a little bit more scared on that one?

- Is this a movie?

[AJ] Uh, yeah, it's a little kind of

horror social commentary thing. - I don't wanna be on camera!

- Come on. - Yeah, it's...

Oh, sorry about that, guys.

Um, Florence, um, do you maybe want to come back with me

and we can kind of talk about things?

Hey, hey, hey.

Florence. Florence.

Florence. Hey.

Hey. Um.

Florence. Hey, hey, hey.

[Florence gasping]

Um, Florence, uh, you want to maybe let me in?

Um,

look, I know every creative partnership

has its difficulties, but,

I think we can really work through this.

And you'll still get credit on the movie.

No, I mean, in memoriam credit,

but I think IMDb has a space for that.

You know, maybe a special thanks to.

Okay.

- Hey!

- Sorry! Oh my God, I'm sorry!

Oh my God.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

[Florence groaning]

Sorry

sorry, sorry.

[Florence screams] Oh fuck!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Florence screaming]

Oh my God.

Oh my God!

Oh!

Oh!

[sighs]

[tense music]

- AJ! Dude, you gotta pay my reps tomorrow or they'll...

Hey, AJ, it's Javon.

Law enforcement will be contacted

if you don't pay our invoice immediately.

Thanks.

- No. No, Papa.

No, no, it's for rent, Papa.

And so what if it's for my movie?

So what if... no, I know.

No. You have.

No, I appreciate it.

Thank you.

No. I love you both.

Don't put mother on.

Don't put mother on.

[eerie music]

Hey. Hope you're enjoying making Content.

Be sure to rate review, Letterboxd, IMDb.

You know, as long as you're positive, right?

No one's really nice anymore.

What's, um.

You know, what's that about?

I know things look a bit iffy.

This isn't about me or Teddy or Margot.

It's about Emma and Leigh.

And they are right where they need to be.

- Day in the life of a serial unaliver.

Stalking the neighbourhood.

Pointy. More stalking.

Shopping time.

Bleach. Party supplies.

Quality time with my girlfriend.

Mmm. Coffee.

Making her happy is so important to me.

I will do anything to protect her no matter the cost.

Living my best life.

- So in a way, you sort of have to let the actor direct himself.

[loud banging]

And scene.

Um, yeah, Leigh,

we were actually just filming something here.

Leigh. Leigh, wait, wait.

We were filming something.

We were filming something, Leigh,

it's, um. Teddy, Leigh?

[message chimes]

Hey, baby.

No. Come on, don't cry.

We... we can, we can recast.

We can find new actors, you know?

Exactly.

Because if you believe in yourself,

you can do anything.

[sombre music]

All right. Love you.

[AJ sighs]

[menacing music]

[keyboard clacking]

Hi.

I just wanted to reach out and say

I'm sorry I betrayed your trust.

I know it was for the movie, but that's not more important

than our friendship.

I've sent you a Zoom link for tonight

to discuss the terms of

me buying you out of your contract for Content.

I just really want to see you tonight and tell you

I'm sorry.

All right.

Talk to you, then, I hope.

[keyboard clacking]

[message chimes]

- AJ?

- Hey. - Why are you here?

- Sorry, go on.

- No. You go.

- Great. So, did AJ invite you to this?

Wait, are you still living at AJ's, Teddy?

- It would appear so.

- Teddy. Come on.

- I'd prefer it if you called me Leigh.

- Right, um.

[message chimes]

Who are you?

- Oh, no, it's Teddy!

Man, how the heck are you?

- What are you doing here?

- Who am I looking at?

- I... I saw you at the park.

- Yes you did.

And AJ told me the scene went well, right?

- It doesn't.

- Oh, sorry.

No, um, you're doing the whole method acting thing, aren't you?

It's, uh, it's Leigh, Leigh, right?

- Oh, no, that doesn't that doesn't make any sense, um.

- Hey, hi, hey, wait.

So you guys, all you guys all work for the same idiots?

- Sorry. Same idiots?

- Sorry, same idiots, did I stutter?

The podcast, I'm just being the podcast.

- You're Che Goldberg, right?

I know you, you're Che Goldberg.

Yeah. You stole AJ's idea.

You stole Content.

- What the fuck? Who is AJ?

Huh? Wait, are you guys the Cinemidiots podcast?

- No. You know, AJ.

- The publicist told me this was the Cinemidiots podcast.

Who am I talking to right now?

- AJ Wilby.

You went to school with AJ and then you stole his idea.

That's... now you're here, I...

- AJ?

AJ.

Oh, like AJ Wilby

- AJ Wilby, yeah. - From fucking school.

- I had one class with that kid when I was a freshman.

He just, like, talked to himself the whole time.

Didn't help at all.

Wait, you know that guy and he told you I was his friend?

- Is this a setup, or are you playing a game with us

right now, AJ?

- You knew him back then?

- Who are you?

- Well, Mr. Director?

- Why am I in here right now?.

- Hey, y'all.

Who wants to make a movie?

- Okay. Um.

Peace. It is good to meet you guys.

Uh, talk to you later, bye.

- Uh, Mr Goldberg.

Um, you might want to check your cloud folder.

The one where you've been storing your feature C-words.

No? Uh, mm.

Um, any of y'all watching anything lately or..?

- AJ, why are all these people in this call AJ?

- Yo, where is my movie?

Where the fuck did you put my movie?

What happened?

[AJ] uh, tut, tut, tut, tut.

- AJ? Okay, where did it go?

- Stick with me, and we're gonna make our own movie tonight.

A horror movie starring all of you.

If you could please look outside your doors,

you'll find a box.

- You found my address?

Wilby, what is this?

How do you know where I live?

- I'm on an unpaid internship.

I'm not, I don't have the time for any of this.

[AJ] Come on.

Now, please, everyone, open up the lid

and scan the code underneath.

[tins rattling]

[eerie music]

Here's how I'm blackmailing

Margot Sholnick into making content.

I just had to find Margot's ex, Nomi,

and give Margot a chance to reconnect with her.

[playful music]

So you'll see that right now,

Nomi is actually in a bit of a pickle.

Margot, if you don't wrap your scenes in time,

then poor Nomi won't do too well.

Good luck.

- AJ.

- Here's how I'm blackmailing Teddy Nielsen

into making Content.

Teddy was the only actor to really understand

the AJ method and find his character.

Your job is simple.

Stay in character

and that footage is performance video of Leigh

instead of evidence against Teddy.

Good luck!

- Hey AJ.

- Here's how I'm blackmailing

Che Goldberg into making Content.

You stole my movie idea.

I hacked your iCloud, and I'll delete your movie

if you don't play along.

Good luck.

Here's how I'm blackmailing Pat Bunce

- Don't fuck with my movie, please.

I could give you fucking producer credit or EP.

Whatever you need.

- I need to resign as an intern, please.

[AJ] Oh my God.

Alrighty, team, please take the glass dropper out of your box

and use it to glue your phone to your hand,

or we'll kill you off.

Oh, God, so, sorry,

so, like, if you die,

that means I do have to go forward with your blackmail,

which is kind of not ideal.

So you might wanna, you know.

Great. Now just join via that same zoom link and...

Yep. All right.

There's one.

Come on.

All right guys.

Yeah. There we go.

Thank, okay, okay.

Game plan for y'all.

I'm gonna give you a series of Saw-esque challenges.

You know, you're gonna get hurt or killed off one by one.

And then the final two survivors will fight to the death.

Um. Any questions?

Emma, Leigh?

Mm?

- Understood.

- So for your first challenge,

I'm going to send you an address.

If you look inside your box,

you'll find a mask and a weapon.

And now you actually have to go to my old roommates place

and kill their cat.

And you might want to hurry

just because if you get there last.

Well, um, we do have to kill you off.

[tense music]

Yeah. Sorry.

Horror fans, they love that body count.

All right, um.

All right, let's... come on.

Oh, great.

Perfect. Come on, Emma.

Okay, great.

Looking good.

So psyched.

- So...

Emma Mallory.

Hello? Emma Mallory?

[Emma] Seriously.

Teddy, shut the fuck up.

- No, no!

Shut the fuck up!

Leave. Leave!

Live the role, Emma.

[AJ] Hey, Mr. Goldberg.

Yeah. I just wanted to say I'm a huge fan of your work.

- Thanks, man.

- Hey. Yeah, this is Arthur

with your home security systems.

Yeah. It's looking like we're seeing a break in

through your doorbell camera.

Uh, yeah.

You'll want to do whatever you can to protect yourselves

before the police get there.

All right. Bye.

[suspenseful music]

- Where the fuck am I?

Fuck! Oh, God.

Okay. Fuck.

All right, you got this.

You got this, Goldberg,

You got this, man.

Fucking pull through, Goldberg!

Could you just get your shit together?

Where the fuck is this place?

Fuck!

Guys, I'm...

I'm looking for a cat.

[blow lands]

[Che coughing]

[eerie music]

- I got him, baby.

[Don] Oh, shit.

Well.

You didn't really get him, did you?

- That's so demeaning.

[Don] Here.

[indistinct]

We should call the cops.

We should definitely call the cops.

- Here, take the bat.

I don't want the bat.

- Sam. [Sam] You hold the bat.

- Oh!

[Margot] Hey!

- Emma Mallory.

How nice to finally meet in person.

- Dude, the fuck?

Let's go!

The fuck did you do, Teddy?

- Teddy? Who is Teddy?

Emma, what happened to those people,

Teddy, never would have done that.

Only Leigh.

Right, Emma?

- Fuck, am I late?

[AJ] Hey, y'all.

Great work and I'm so sorry about Che,

but now it's time for our second game.

[tense music]1

Emma. Emma.

Hey, Emma, could you please turn your mic back on?

- Sorry, muted on accident.

I'm so bad at everything here

and as a Therapal.

- Oh.

Oh yeah.

Um yeah. Therapal.

- Stop it stop.

You're acting, you are both acting right now.

You are not living the role.

- What do you mean, Leigh?

- No no no no no.

- Wait!

Come on.

Ignore him.

Find AJ's laptop.

[eerie music]

- Um, Margot, I think I'm here now.

[Margot whimpering]

- Shit.

Shit, man.

- It should be in his bedroom.

- Of course, that's locked.

Jesus Christ.

All right.

[eerie music continues]

All right, let's do this.

[door closes]

- Look for Nomi.

What is that?

- Hey, Teddy.

Leigh?

Dude, is AJ still here?

Come on, buddy.

You gotta give me something, man.

Okay. All right.

- Pat.

Pat! Pat!

- Foresight, Pat.

We really loved working with you,

but,

you lost the last challenge.

- Yeah, but I mean, that's his prop, right?

- Pat!

[Pat grunting]

[Pat] What?

What the fuck is that?

- Sorry, Pat.

I'm sorry.

Teddy, Teddy, you know this is fucked.

Do something.

Teddy!

- Emma Mallory.

You're still my Therapal.

You understand me better than anyone.

Leigh is a killer.

- Uh, Leigh, would you mind,

Would you mind just help me out here?

Sorry. Just, come on, come on, come on.

Just help me out with him, okay.

Great. Three. Two. One. Lift!

Okay!

Come on,

come on.

Get up there.

All right, all right, all right, all right.

[computer chimes]

- Hi. Hi, I'm Emma.

[tense music]

- All right, so, act one, of course.

I moved to Los Angeles with nothing.

[music intensifies]

- That's right, Leigh.

Once I dispose of Pat's body, you need to...

How does...

Who posted this?

- Hey, what's going on?

- No no no no no.

[messages chiming]

- Wait, Teddy, hey, I need to tell you something.

- I'm done listening to you.

- Leigh.

Let me be real with you for once.

Can I tell you a story about my ex, Nomi?

I made a short film and I put them in it.

We had this one real artsy shot where her character vapes.

They don't vape.

So...

So I got them a fake one.

The shot looked like shit, obviously fake.

She wasn't playing it right.

So between shots, I replaced her vape with my real one.

So hard.

It looked perfect.

But later on set, I got her a coffee

and she looked at me funny.

She smiled, but she didn't drink it.

And when we got home, I tried to hug her

and she pulled back.

The three weeks later

we split up.

[sombre music]

She never really trusted me again.

See what I mean?

You're in a movie, man.

This shit's just not worth it.

[phone beeps]

- Hey, Emma.

So sorry for the overnight shoot.

Geez, who posted...

Leigh, for your final challenge,

I need you to go to Emma's

and make her live the role for good.

Okay?

Leigh, come on.

Dude! Whoa!

Oh, good.

Teddy. What the fuck was that?

- Sorry,

[Emma] Teddy.

[Teddy] Dammit!

[indistinct]

[blows landing]

Ah!

[combatants grunting]

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey, Teddy.

Teddy! Teddy.

Teddy. Teddy, Teddy.

- Oh!

listen to your character, okay?

[Teddy grunting]

Fuck, man.

Dude,

I didn't even know.

[combatants grunting]

Teddy. Teddy!

Stop it!

Leigh, Leigh!

Okay.

- No!

[Teddy panting]

Holy heck.

That was intense, huh?

[Emma laughs]

My heart's racing.

- Are you okay?

- I think so.

- Can you get Nomi, please?

- Yeah. Okay.

She's okay.

She's okay.

- What do we do with him?

[indistinct]

Hold still.

[AJ panting]

Hold still.

Hold still.

[Morgan] Wait.

[AJ groaning]

- Hold still.

[Morgan] Wait! Teddy!

[AJ groaning]

Wait! Sorry, Teddy.

I don't think that...

[scissors snapping]

Fuck! Teddy! Stop!

[AJ groaning]

Fuck! AJs an actor, he's an actor!

Don't hurt him, Teddy!

Stop! Fuck!

It's a [audio distorts] Teddy!

Stop! Teddy, stop!

[AJ screams]

[AJ screams]

[eerie music]

Fuck! AJ's an actor.

He's an actor.

Don't hurt him!

Teddy! Stop!

Fuck! It's a movie!

Teddy! Stop!

Teddy! Stop!

If you want to keep the script on screen,

don't you know, don't keep looking in the corner like...

it just gives everything away.

If you want to keep the script on screen,

don't you know, don't keep looking in the corner like it...

it just gives everything away.

- The scene went well, right?

Oh, sorry.

No, the scene went well, right?

Sorry, Cinemaidiots, did I stutter, the podcast?

- What were we talking about?

- What is this?

- Um, no, that's super cool.

Why?

- Be quiet. [Morgan] Teddy, your'e...

- Yeah, yeah.

[eerie music continues]

I get it, I get it, and let me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and everything will be okay.

- The whole the method thing, it's just really not for me.

Um, eventually, I want to create my own Content.

Let me be real with you for once.

- Can everyone hear me all right?

- Mm.

- Awesome. All right.

AJ, I wanted to ask you something.

Are you content with Content?

[laughter]

I had to ask.

- We did.

We had to ask.

- Great question.

Absolutely.

It wasn't easy.

But I'd say we're happy with it.

Yeah.

Hey, Teddy.

Hi.

It's Margot again.

Just checking in.

Uh, the premieres next week, so.

[eerie music]

- But seriously, AJ, what you did with your tongue,

you went so method.

You gave up everything for this role.

Even your own body.

I mean, that's some serious acting, man.

- Hey, it's Margot again.

Again, look, totally take your time.

But really, AJ's not mad.

And all the other actors.

I mean, you've never met the real them,

and they'd love to get to know you.

So think about it, please.

- Alistair Stone.

Six foot two, Los Angeles.

Hey. So I was emailing my professor the other day.

- Hi. My name is Vaughan Suit.

I'm currently located in Los Angeles.

I actually have a surgery coming up

to have my lips sealed.

- Baby, I just feel like it's all my fault.

- We don't do faults, do we?

- You're right.

What's that?

- Auditioning for the role of director.

I want to give you an uncut look

at the process of directing.

We'll blur out what we don't have the rights to,

but besides that, this is all absolutely real.

- Witherspoon's people are looking at us to adapt

the Brunch Killers for, uh, for Apple.

- Can't wait for that.

- Wow!

Can we talk about Teddy Nielsen for a second?

So the question that everyone's asking is,

did you go to far too get that performance?

And where is Teddy now?

- Don't get me wrong, he was fantastic.

Um.

We might not have known how involved he'd get,

but at the end of the day,

it was all about helping him live the role.

And we couldn't be happier.

The whole content team,

we can't wait to see what he'll do next.

[music intensifies]

[tense music]