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[reporter] In other entertainment news,

it's been 10 years since the hit film

Don't Delete the Kisses had its Welsh premiere.

Set in the Black Mountains near Cardiff,

this hit rom-com introduced us to

Mike and Michelle, the young American lovebirds

played by Hollywood stars Jackson Roberts

and Jessica Riley.

Her and I are such good friends,

the hardest part is like, making it seem realistic

and romantic when we're like pals.

[reporter] Now they're back in town.

Both actors are due to visit Cardiff

for the 10-year fan convention.

Also attending with heartthrob Jackson

is his wife and the director of the movie,

Andrea Finney.

He's as nice as he seems.

You'll see when he comes by. He's lovely.

[reporter] And the writer of the film, Nigel Thomas.

[red carpet reporter] Thanks so much for stopping

-to talk to us, Nigel. -Cheers. Thanks very much.

[red carpet reporter] And please, say hello to Andrea.

-She's such a phenomenal-- -I will.

-[red carpet reporter] Director. -Oh, yeah, there she is.

-She's brilliant! -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-We absolutely love her. -Yeah. See?

It's just love everywhere.

[reporter] After 10 years,

we can't wait to hear what they've all been up to.

[TV static]

[dishes clinking in background]

Did you ever get a schedule for today?

[Andrea] Well, it's-- it's pretty straightforward.

You're gonna do panel, and pictures with the fans,

and a meet and greet, and then--

Oh, and I thought we could do a little bit of a re-enactment

of some of the scenes in the film.

Some-- some of the scenes,

like the one with the light-- the light post scene.

Do you remember Mike's accent?

Yeah.

Fucking, fucking.

I don't fucking know.

Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking.

'Cause I would say like,

-"Fucking." -[Andrea] Yeah.

But he's like, "Fucking, fucking.

Hey, you fucking listening?

Mm."

Yeah, maybe try-- try it with the love behind it

instead of the anger.

Uh, the-- the vowels are, ugh.

Yeah, I'll get it. I'll get it. Fucking.

[Andrea] But don't do that thing where you overthink it

'cause then you'll just get in your head.

[laughing]

Fucking.

I wonder if those guys have gotten here yet.

[fork clinks]

[Nigel grunts]

Thank you very much.

Ah.

Have a good one.

Thank you. Ah.

[luggage rolling]

Hello.

[Jessica gasps, laughing]

-Come here. -Aw.

-What, what? -Hi!

I wasn't dead.

I wasn't expecting you to be here.

No, I-- No, I was--

I always knew I was gonna come here.

I was nervous and all. That's why.

Wait, but you said you thought you weren't invited.

-Yeah, but-- -Of course, they called you.

Yeah, no.

-I was joking. -Oh.

-No, I was joking. -You were--

When I said I was--

I was joking when I said, "Oh, I'm--

Will I be invited?"

I-- I'm like, "Yeah, I would hope so."

-I mean, I know I'm not you. -[laughs]

I'm not you, but I'm still--

I'm the poster.

-I mean-- -Yeah.

Oh my God.

That's really quite impressive. So, this is real?

-[Jessica] It's real. -[Nigel] Real, hmm.

[Jessica] Well, it looks very real.

-[Nigel] I can't go-- -[Jessica] Like--

[Nigel] Can't go back now.

[Jessica] It's like a flashback or something.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, but I--

Let's not-- why don't we--

Let's not get into all this right now,

like there are like, fans here.

It's like the big weekend.

I don't wanna-- We don't have to--

It's a big weekend for us, too, you know?

Like we--

We'll find our moments to have together

inside of the madness of the circus.

It'll be good.

Yeah.

-Yeah. -[Jackson] You know?

No, you're right.

-It is, it's a reset. -[Jackson] Yeah.

-And it's gonna be great. -[Jackson] This is gonna be--

[Jackson] It's gonna be really great.

I'm nervous. I'm excited.

-Are you? -[Jackson] Yeah.

And then there's all these fans here.

This is like a huge, huge thing.

Well, you're gonna be wonderful.

I love you.

I love you.

What?

What?

[Andrea] What are you looking at?

No, I just--

There's you know, there's some fans around and stuff.

And I don't wanna break the illusion,

you know what I mean? I'm gonna keep it--

-The illusion? -[Jackson] Yeah.

-If they know-- if they knew-- -There is no illusion.

Like, the illusion like, like, like, uh, like, like the--

The Beatles.

The Beatles, they-- they were all married,

but you never like saw them out there married.

[dishes clink in background]

Did they add you to the panels?

Yeah, they did, but it was fucking ridiculous.

-[clear throat] -Um, guys?

-[clears throat] -Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-[Andrea] Hi. -Hey.

-Oh! -Hi. Here we are!

-Hi! -Nice to see you.

-How you doing? -Yeah, doing good.

-Oh. -We're doing good.

-We got in yesterday. -It's so good to see you.

-You too. -You haven't changed a bit.

-Your wife-- -Oh, please,

I do feel like there's a little more crow's feet.

-Looking very fresh. Lovely. -Thanks. Thanks.

-You know, I'm excited. -Yeah.

-This is-- this is crazy. -Um, no, I-- I don't--

-This is crazy. -Really know what we're doing.

There's uh, multiple fan events.

-Yeah. [chuckles] -There's a panel, there's--

No, I mean, I know that,

but I just mean cosmically, I don't really know.

-Oh, cosmic-- Cosmically? -Yeah.

-Yeah. That really-- yeah. -Hell if I know.

Yes.

I'm-- I'm-- I'm um, I'm excited.

There's gonna be a lot of people, I think.

It's so good to see you.

Thank you.

You look gorgeous.

It's-- it's--

And exactly the same. [chuckles]

That's not true.

-Look at you! -[Jessica] Oh.

[Andrea] Like a baby's up there.

You're still a baby.

-Some little nibbles-- -Okay.

Other things which are um, being outright rejected.

Just the life of a writer. [chuckles]

-That's how it goes. -Yeah, yeah.

But I want to talk to you about something--

'Cause she's got something she's working on right now.

We're hoping to do a sequel.

-You are? -We are.

I mean, the 10-year anniversary, the sequel,

how special would that be, you know?

Are they try-- are they trying to keep track

of how many people are coming to see if we do it or--

Uh, yeah, I'm-- I'm not quite sure.

I'm-- I'm still trying to get a hold of Jerry

to see what's happening, but um,

but by the end of this weekend, you know,

I'm hoping that we'll have an idea of what we want to do.

I was thinking sort of like an anti-romantic comedy,

where we kind of get together,

a little bit of Lost in Translation,

where we-- we--

Anti?

Yeah, just like an anti-romantic--

-Weird. -Yeah, but I thought--

-You're hearing what I'm saying? -Brother, well, yes.

You're-- you're gonna-- okay, you're, you're hearing it.

-Yeah. Why? -Great. I don't know.

-Yeah. -I-- I was looking in your eyes.

I-- I couldn't tell if you were actually listening or not.

-Righto. -Hi.

-Nice to see you. -How are you?

-Hi. -Nice.

-Good to see you. -Okay.

Oh my gosh. It's so nice to see you.

-Yeah, yeah. -I'm so glad you came.

-Wow. Yeah. -Look at you.

-Look at you. -I know.

You know?

No, I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go and check in, so um,

I'll-- I'll see you in a bit. I'll-- I'll see you in a bit.

-I'm just gonna go and check in. -Right back.

-[Jackson] Really? -[Jessica] Yeah.

[Andrea] Good to see you two together again.

-You've got, um-- -It's crazy.

-Facial hair. -[chuckles]

-That has happened. -Yeah.

-Yeah, yeah. -He's all grown up.

-That's right. -He's all grown up.

-Yeah. Yeah. -[Jessica sighs]

It's uh-- This is crazy.

This is like-- I'm a little overwhelmed.

I mean, like be-- all the fans again.

-Yeah. -Press.

-[luggage rolls] -Checking in.

[frontdesk clerk 1] What is the name?

-Uh, Nigel Thomas. -Okay.

[keyboard clacking]

Okay, so we don't seem to have a reservation--

[phone ringing]

-[Nigel] Oh, really? -Ni-- Nigel.

Nigel Thomas.

[keyboard clacking]

[phone ringing]

Uh, how do you spell that?

[chuckles] Really?

Uh, eh-- sorry, N-I-G...

-[frontdesk clerk 1] N-I-G... -Mad.

-E-L. -[frontdesk clerk 1] E-L.

-And Thomas as well? -[frontdesk clerk 1] Thomas.

Okay.

T.

[frontdesk clerk 1] With, with a H.

-Yeah. -Yeah, please. Yeah, yeah.

-[frontdesk clerk 1] T-H. -Yeah.

[frontdesk clerk 1] O-M. Yes. Okay, great.

Would it be under any other name?

Um, could be Weintraub.

[keyboard clacking]

-[Nigel] No? -No.

'Cause I'm part of the-- the film.

It's the Don't Delete the Kisses , um--

-[clerk 1] Oh, I'm so sorry. -Event here.

-That's all right. It's okay. -I need to take you downstairs.

-Eh? -I can take you down,

and then they can let you know--

-[Nigel] Okay, we'll make it-- -What's happening.

-[Nigel] Okay. -That's all I've been told.

[Nigel] Okay.

-Do you guys remember-- -On my--

Any good-- any good anecdotes from set?

Wouldn't that be--

-Oh! -Oh.

[poster falls]

I need to take all of you downstairs.

-[Andrea] Oh. -[Jessica] Oh.

-Downstairs? -Downstairs?

-Yes. -[Jackson] Okay.

-Did you check in? -Yeah.

I just probably just--

Someone must have snapped it, you know?

-I'm sure it's-- -Is that a joke?

[overlapping speech]

-[Andrea] Okay. Thank you. -Yeah.

'Cause that's like, it's been done before us.

That's all right.

I think this is probably where the panel is, you guys.

-Do you know? -[indistinct speech]

I hope not.

I know, so is that what we're doing?

-Yeah, that's really... -[indistinct]

Or I guess, wherever the audience is gonna come.

-We're being brought over. Okay. -There's a few coming.

Hey.

I fancy a bit of breakfast, like, do have any?

-You up for this? -Sure, that looks great.

Do you get nervous at this sort of thing?

-Oh, they did a wonderful job. -Yeah, but actually--

Yeah, Jerry, it's um, it's Ronnie.

Um, there's been a mistake.

Um, I told the people here that it was December, and--

-Um, that's your chap there. -Okay.

[overlapping speech]

-Yes, yes. -[Nigel] Okay.

Um, well, it's just the banner we've paid for.

We put a deposit down on the rooms,

but we-- we can't, uh-- we can't take that back.

-Is this who wanted to see us? -[frontdesk clerk 1] Yeah.

-Ronnie? -Okay, so just leave.

Just like completely leave and then just do not--

-[Andrea] Excuse me. -Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

The Delete the Messages.

Jerry, I have to go.

How much of that conversation did you hear?

What? I'm sorry, who are-- who are you?

Sorry, I'm um... [clears throat]

I'm Ronnie Riskin.

-Hi, Ronnie. Hi. Andrea. -Yeah, I work--

-I work with-- Ronnie Riskin. -Nigel Thomas.

Hey, fellow, fellow writer.

-Hello. -I'm Ronnie Riskin.

I work for Jerry at the studio.

-Studio! -Stu!

-[Andrea] Wait, okay. -Okay.

[Ronnie] I'm in the London branch.

Studio, studio.

-Yeah. -[Andrea] Yeah.

Is Jerry on his way? Is it--

That's uh, that's what's interesting

about what we've-- what we've just discovered.

[Andrea] Is this the room that we're gonna be in?

Because it looks like it's not quite prepared--

-Yeah, it's not-- -So I just get a little worried.

We've got like a half hour

before everyone starts arriving, so.

[Ronnie] This is as prepared as it'll be.

What do you mean, it's as--

No, no, no, we-- I'm sure-- sure that you guys

have some tables that you can set up here.

-We need the panel. -Don't set any tables.

Uh, no, well, this w-- no, it was gonna be the room.

Um, I've got here, I was really excited,

and I spoke to the people that work here,

and they've relayed information to me

that I'm now gonna give to you.

They've said that there weren't any tickets sold.

What?

That nobody bought any tickets.

-No, I'm sorry. -[Jessica] Oh, no.

That-- that's not right.

You've been misinformed clearly,

because we-- we came here

for the 10-year celebration that has been sold out.

[Ronnie] The truth is, it's-- the celebration

10-year anniversary of Don't-- Don't-- uh, you know,

Don't Delete It, is gone.

-Don't Delete the Kisses. -Don't Delete the Kisses.

-Is cancelled. -Yeah.

-Is cancelled. -[Jackson] What-- what--

-What's cancelled? -What's cancelled?

I know. It's cancelled.

-What is cancelled? -The event.

The entire event?

-Yeah. -No, I--

No, no, I've-- I've-- I've received messages from the fans.

From who?

-[Jessica] Fans. -The fans?

[Jessica] I've had messages.

[Ronnie] Saying what?

That they're coming.

We've put a lot of work into this,

and we've all come far and wide.

I had an hour, hour and forty train.

-[Nigel] Oh, yeah, I mean-- -Uh, yeah--

We've just travelled from Los Angeles and--

[Ronnie] I know, we got the flights.

PR team says that because the event,

nobody turned up and wanted to see you--

see you guys,

that we're gonna have to pull it.

And um, you can back me up on this,

there's no rooms here. Nobody can stay here.

Oh, fuck me, man.

[scoffs]

[frontdesk clerk 2] Well, we can definitely--

-[Ronnie] Well, no, hang on. -We've got rooms.

-We do. -[Andrea] They have rooms.

-We can do rooms. -Yeah.

Don't talk about rooms and doing this.

[Andrea] You guys were in charge of this.

You guys in the PR team were in charge of this.

I'm not in the PR team.

And we know that there were tickets sold,

and that people are coming.

So, we don't understand, there's got to be a mix-up,

so why don't you get Jerry on the phone?

Please get him on the phone,

because you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

Yeah, sorry. I'm out of my depth.

I normally, I'm a creative.

I'm thinking about ideas at a desk.

Okay.

Walk this way, please.

Thank you.

Now... [clears throat]

Put-- I know there's no one on the phone.

-Sorry. -Is it Ronnie?

-Ronnie Ruskin. -Okay.

Mate, what's going on?

-The event's cancelled. -Why?

Um, because there's, uh...

I'm so fucking anxious.

Th-- this-- this is the shit that always happens.

[takes a deep breath]

Every time she fucking does anything,

it just fu-- it just burns to the ground.

-[Jessica] I don't see how-- -What?

[Jessica] I got messages.

I got the dates wrong.

I said December, and they thought December.

So, uh, yeah, it's not gonna-- I mean, they--

[Nigel] You said December and they thought December?

September and then they thought December.

-Um-- -[sighs]

Do you think it's weird that if-- if I wanna kind of,

like, keep this illusion alive--

It's like we-- earlier, I w-- we were together in the lobby

and we had like a-- a quick kiss.

Wait, did you gu-- you guys actually came together?

Well, yeah, we're together.

We're still-- we're still together like, you know, like--

-Oh, I thought you-- -Did you think--

-You thought that we-- -I thought you guys were--

Oh.

This is absolutely insane.

I could lose my job and I can't afford to lose my job.

I've worked months to get there, and I've got two ideas.

Um, one is an animation course--

-[Nigel] I don't care. -No.

-Look, but the good news is-- -Yeah. [clears throat]

[Ronnie] Um, in five days, in five days--

Listen, listen, everyone, we found out some good news.

Yeah.

Jerry's gonna be in town.

Um, so Jerry will be here eventually, but--

Five days?

This is fucked.

-I'm going. -What?

What'd he say?

Apparently, he got the dates wrong.

What do you mean he got the dates wrong?

No.

[Nigel] Fucking reason that we came here

was to do this event, which is now not happening.

[Andrea] I know, I understand.

We didn't come here to be in the cold.

We didn't come here just to fucking have a love-in.

Do you know what I mean?

We came here to work, to fucking do this.

We are gonna work. We're gonna work on the pitch.

-[Jessica] Oh, okay. -So we'll find a place to stay.

They have got rooms. We will work together.

We'll make this happen.

We'll put together an incredible pitch

for the sequel,

and when Jerry gets here, after I cut his head off--

-[Nigel] Hm. -We will pitch him the idea.

[clicks picture]

-Thank you. -Yeah, you're welcome.

-[clerk 2] Sorry, thank you. -Yeah.

The-- there--

-There's no rooms. -There's no rooms.

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[dog barking in background]

[Nigel] I think what I'm gonna do is um,

try and find a hotel.

If I can, I'll find a hotel for all of us.

[Jackson] Okay.

If necessary, I'll try and find a hotel for me.

No offence.

If I can't find a hotel for me, I think I'm gone.

Ah, come on, man.

Nigel, like, you gotta chill out.

We're in this.

Like there's-- there's-- it is what it is.

We're all together.

I think that you are missing a bit of a-- of a--

of a golden ticket right in front of you.

-[Nigel] Do you think? -Absolutely.

We can write the sequel.

How long have you been married?

Eight years.

-[sighs] -Eight years, yeah.

Can you believe it?

-No. -It's nuts.

I honestly can't even imagine being with anyone

longer than...

I think four months.

But I'm saying is, like me and Jess--

[Nigel] Uh-huh.

Haven't seen each other and been together in so long.

You can take what's happening between us--

[Nigel] Uh-huh.

And use that as like a-- a-- a jumping-off point--

You know, to-- to-- to dive into this, the sequel idea.

But we're not gonna make the sequel in four days, are we?

Like at b-- at best, we will write it or--

Yeah. I think that it's--

I think it's a moment that we should absolutely

take advantage of...

and-- and just fully just be in the moment.

No, I'm not being a prick about it.

I just-- but this is too long to stay

in the ar-- fucking arse-end of nowhere,

waiting, waiting for a thing

that might not even happen in four days.

You really think that's gonna happen in four days?

You need a shot. I need a shot. Okay.

Cheers.

-Cheers. -Come on, to the sequel.

[glasses clink]

[Jackson] There you go.

[Andrea] It'll come, and the right person will come along,

and it'll happen.

You know, sometimes it's just gotta kiss a lot of frogs

-in order to meet your prince. -[chuckles]

I've been thinking,

do you ever, do you ever like see somebody,

like a woman, and you think,

"Am I doing everything wrong,

and I should just drop everything

and-- and go be with that person?"

Has it ever like--

Like do you have that flash ever of like

another life that you could have had?

[laughter & chatter in background]

Yeah.

Jackson is a growing man.

[chuckles]

-And-- -He really has grown into a man.

Yeah.

-Thanks-- -He doesn't feel like

-a boy anymore. -Thanks to me.

-[laughing] -I'm sure.

But yeah, of course, I get the idea of thinking it,

"Was that the life I was supposed to have?"

Yeah, yeah, with that woman over there

who I've never met before,

who just looks like she could be the answer

to all my prayers.

The idea of like what it means to--

[Nigel] Wh-- yeah.

To be with somebody--

[Nigel] Yes.

And then all of a sudden, maybe think

that you've chosen wrong

or that you should, all of a sudden,

just follow a completely different path.

[Nigel] Of course, yeah, yeah.

-I think that's-- -That happens to you?

[Nigel] Pretty universal. Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, of course.

Can you explore that theme in the film, maybe?

[Nigel chuckling]

[Nigel] Maybe.

In the-- in the so far non-existent film, yeah.

-[Jackson] It exists. -[pulls out chair]

It exists for you, quite clearly.

[Jackson] It exists for all of us.

Exists strongly for you, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, but no, I d-- I do think that's a--

Hey, everyone.

This song is called, "Impatient".

[dishes clink]

Yeah, so you know, it's something to explore.

Yeah, like the naivety of that, I suppose,

because of course, that person probably

isn't gonna be the answer to your prayers, you know?

Why not?

[singer 1] ♪ I know I'm selfish

♪ I can't help it ♪

-You're gonna meet someone. -Yeah, wait, wait, just--

-Okay. - ♪ ...I never feel like myself ♪

♪ When you're not mine

♪ And I'm so impatient

♪ And I know you hate it

♪ But I'm scared of the not-so-funny tricks of time ♪

♪ And I hate saying goodbye

♪ No, I'm never satisfied

♪ It's a war that I'm losing to no one ♪

♪ And I know you're caught up inside your mind ♪

-You doing shots over here? -[Nigel] She's great.

-We did shots, yeah. -[phone vibrates]

Aha.

[Andrea] How many shots did you have?

Hello?

Yes, thanks for calling back.

[Andrea] Yeah.

I feel like she kind of--

She looks like you when you were younger.

[Nigel] And the same for tomorrow?

-No? -[Nigel] Yes, okay.

All right, thanks for letting me know. Cheers.

[singer 1] ♪ Oh, my whole life

That was a hotel that I had called.

-[Andrea] Yeah. -Yeah?

It was the third one I had called,

and they've got nothing, so...

[knocking on pole]

Hello, sorry, um, don't mean to interrupt,

but we could hear that you need somewhere to stay

and I've got somewhere you could stay.

-Oh. -[Ashley] A bunkhouse, yeah.

Bunkhouse.

-[Nigel] What is a bunkhouse? -[Jessica] Like, bunk beds.

N-- no, no, it's kind of somewhere you bunk.

Don't get caught up on the bunk bit.

Go for the house bit.

-Wonderful. [chuckles] -[Nigel] Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Look at that!

-This'll be-- -[Nigel] It's really peaceful...

Yeah. Thank you.

Really saved the day.

[Ashley] Ah!

[Jackson] Holy shit.

[car passes in background]

-[Andrea] Yep. -This-- this is--

[laughs]

Yes.

-[Jackson] This is the house? -[Ashleigh] Yeah.

-This is our house. -[Ashleigh] Mm-hmm.

The house, yeah.

Mike and Michelle, the--

You guys must like love this movie.

Yeah, but my uncle bought it, yeah.

So it's like, bought it cheap at auction,

but it's like your hou-- He bought it, 'cause of you.

-That's crazy. -[Jackson] That's incredible.

Okay, shots. Let's get inside.

-Come on. -Shots, absolutely.

-Come on, do shots. -Yeah.

-[Jackson] Shots! -The Mike, yeah.

Yeah. [chuckles]

Memory fucking lane shots!

-[Ashleigh] Pardon. -[laughter]

[Andrea] Okay.

[Ashley] Fun. Yes.

I feel like this is like years of therapy undone.

[crickets chirping]

♪ Who you gonna tell when it's only your nightmares

Who seems to know you well? ♪

♪ I will never understand

♪ You feel there's nobody out there

No one to hold your hand ♪

♪ Get out while you can

♪ Get out while you can

♪ So while you--

[Jackson] It starts off with the script, right?

It was just, the characters were fucking amazing.

And then she was brilliant and I was doing my thing,

and it just kind of like--

Oh, yeah, no, I mean, your character is my favourite--

-[Jackson] Oh. -For sure.

And because Michelle has blonde hair,

-I dyed my hair blonde. -Yeah.

-And how do you know each other? -We met online

because we wanted to meet you guys,

so we knew it was your uh, 10th year anniversary,

so we wanted to be here to celebrate.

-[Jackson] Oh, wow. -Yeah.

-[Jackson] That's incredible. -It's great, right?

-[Jackson] Yeah. -It was my idea.

Do you-- do you think you would ever wanna be

-an actress? -No, no, no.

-You seem to have a-- -You're very pretty.

-Thank you. -[Jackson] I was gonna say yeah.

♪ Get out while we can

♪ Come on and take my hand

You having a good time?

Lovely.

And that's my husband.

Husband in?

-Real life. -Life.

[chatter & laughter in background]

Not everything's a movie, Ashley.

I was talking to your wife?

There's the pretend one and the real one.

-[chuckles] -How'd you do that?

Because you're an actor. You can--

You play a character that gets married,

but you can have two wives.

You can have as many wives as like, they write you.

So she's like, your real wife.

Wow.

You've really-- oh, you understand?

♪ Let's get out while we can

[birds chirping]

[sheep bleating]

[♪♪♪]

[shower stops running]

-Oh! -Oh.

-Hey. -Hi.

-Sorry. -Sorry.

Sorry. Yeah, I was just in there.

Yeah, you're all wet--

-Yeah, I just-- -And sticky.

I just took a shower.

[Jessica chuckles]

-Um... -Oh.

Oh, yeah.

-Sorry, yeah. -[Jackson] Um--

There's a drip of...

Well, this is-- this is--

You look good.

-[Jackson] You look great. -You like, it's--

[Jackson] Yeah.

This is crazy being back here. It's-- it's-- I mean, it's--

-[Jessica] It's-- -It's-- it's a lot.

I feel like Mike again.

It's-- it's pretty, pretty wild.

-I mean, I feel-- -Do you?

It's all just kind of coming back.

It's like, sort of fucking coming back,

you know what I mean?

For me, the word's, "fucking",

like when I say, "Fuck, fucking, fucking",

that's what always gets me right in the accent.

And I don't know if I can get out of the character now.

It's like, kind of stuck in him.

It's fucking crazy.

Like for me, I was--

Okay, so I was walking across the lawn,

and suddenly I saw--

Do you know there's bunnies out there?

And you know that the first time that I really

think that I found Michelle,

I was like, "This bunny, it feels like, soft."

And for me, when I start to feel soft

when I see something soft, it just gets longer and--

-[Jackson] Mm-hmm. -More available.

-There it is. -W-- w--

-[chuckling] -There it is.

-Louisville, that's right. -Little like Louisville.

Yeah, that's right.

It's weird that it just hides somewhere inside of you,

waiting for, to be recognized.

Uh, what if Mike and Michelle get reacquainted...

when Mike is in a bar on his own,

doing shots, morose, ruminating, miserable?

Uh, he looks over and sees that this nice song

is coming from this wonderful creature

that is Michelle.

Um. Oh, hey.

Hmm, getting inspired?

Hmm, a little thing occurred to me.

-Look. -[Andrea] A little free flow.

[Nigel] Can't have that anymore.

[chuckles]

How are you?

Good. How are you?

[Nigel] I'm good.

You sleep?

Yeah, sort of.

I don't know what um, yeah.

Well, maybe we can do a little brainstorming later.

-I've got some ideas, too. -Hmm, mm.

I don't kn-- yeah, I might-- I might make a move later.

-I might make a move home. -[birds chirping]

I'm so happy you're here.

Yeah, I am as well.

In a different world, I would love to stay, but uh--

-[chuckles] -But what about in this world,

that you just stay a little longer?

Mm. We have a cup of tea.

-All right. -We have a little chat.

I have some ideas, too.

We see where it goes,

and then make your decision after that.

How about that?

Well, once all the trains have stopped.

-Yeah. -Hm.

-[chuckles] -Uh, ah!

[chuckles]

I wasn't born yesterday, you know?

[chuckles]

[door creaks]

Wait, s-- so you're writing?

Yeah.

Oh, how-- hang on.

Come here.

What is it that you're trying to write?

The sequel.

This sequel?

Yeah, this sequel.

But Nigel's writing the sequel.

[Jackson] I don't think so.

That's what he's here for, Jackson.

What do you mean, I don't think so?

He hasn't done a-- a drop of work.

[Andrea] Yes, he has. I just spoke to him this morning.

He's got an idea. He's got ideas.

Well, I have ideas.

I was out there in nature today,

and I have so many ideas.

[humming]

[sheep bleating]

[chews pen]

You're not a writer. You're an actor.

-I have a ton of ideas. -[Andrea] What are your ideas?

Well, uh, I mean, I don't have my notes,

but uh--

Okay, for example, it's-- it's-- it's--

it's 10 or 9 years later.

Um, and uh, so Mike and um, uh, uh--

-Michelle. -Michelle, Michelle.

Mike and Michelle, they, uh...

[♪♪♪]

[sheep bleating in background]

[sighs]

[chuckles]

And so this is kind of like them coming together again.

I-- I'm not gonna tell you all this,

because you're just gonna tell Nigel

and let him write it. That's not--

[Andrea] I'm not gonna tell Nigel. What--

That you haven't even given me an idea.

They just meet again.

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

[humming]

[sheep bleating]

What are you doing?

I am writing.

Yeah.

[Ashleigh] What are you writing?

-[inhales] -[paper crinkles]

Working on ideas for the sequel.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

-[Ashleigh] Nice! -Yeah. Yeah.

I-- I think you shine when you're on screen,

but I think your ideas are welcome, of course,

but Nigel is the writer.

You and Nigel have like a nice little connection,

but I uh, I don't think he's that good of a writer.

[Andrea] What? He--

I don't think he's that good of a writer.

[Andrea] The movie was a success!

And you think that's because of that script?

I'm-- I'm trying to figure out

with-- with Mike and Michelle really what's happened.

I'm just really trying to piece together

what's happened between where we left them

-and where we meet them now. -[Ashleigh] True.

And sort of what's gonna happen now.

We brought that to life.

We gave that everything that it had

as like, the soul of the film, understanding these characters.

We created it.

Like, for example, when we shot the scene

where Michelle comes in and out from the rain,

which is a little cliché in my opinion,

she's like, "I'm wet", and Mike goes, "Oh, yeah?"

You be Michelle, I'll be Mike, and let's like, do that scene.

Door opens, Michelle comes in, she's dripping wet,

and Mike goes, "Hey."

-A little cliché-- -Yeah, and she says, "I'm wet."

[Jackson] And Mike goes, "Oh, yeah? Is it raining?"

Yeah.

[Jackson] "How much?"

Enough to make me wet.

That-- that was-- Those were his words.

-It's beautiful. -[Jackson] That's not--

-It was great. -[Jackson] That's not--

-We had to work with him. -People loved it.

[Jackson] Do you understand?

Yeah, and you worked it beautifully,

because that's what you do.

You make magic out of words.

[Jackson] I appreciate that.

But he writes the words, and you make the magic.

I just seem to become very, very stupid

when I'm around Jackson, not Mike.

-It's a very strong feeling-- -[Nigel] Hmm.

And I don't think it's right.

I'm not really that dumb.

I see it in you, too, right now.

Something's making us stupid.

Okay, I don't know what you mean.

It's raining.

[sheep bleating]

You don't have curly hair, right?

-Me? -Yeah.

-No. -Hmm.

I like green.

[birds chirping]

[Ashley] What are you doing under a tree with him?

-What the fuck are you doing? -What the fuck am I doing?

I was having a moment with him. What the fuck?

Well, what moment are you meant to be having

with him? Get in there.

What are you doing?

See, I come out here, and I see you, yeah?

[Ashleigh] Yeah.

Cozy, cozy, trying to catch up with him

over here under a lovely tree, and I know what you're doing.

I'm sorry, but just I was 16,

and I was watching this film, and I knew we had a connection.

He was looking at me through the screen,

and I was looking at him, and something just happened.

Oh.

And he didn't know he was in love with me,

but now he's finding out.

So, I'm sorry,

but if right now you've come here

just to ruin this moment for me, I'm gonna come for you.

Are we clear?

'Cause you're my friend, and I love you,

and you're a great person.

Okay?

Okay, it's kind of mixed signals there.

I'm not gonna lie, it's a bit--

But yeah.

-How can you love somebody-- -[Nigel] Hmm.

If you haven't been with them?

[Nigel] Who?

-Fine, Mike and Michelle-- -Okay, yeah.

And Nigel--

Yep.

-And Andrea. -Yeah.

-Yeah? -If we don't get intimate--

-Yeah. -We're children.

We're stu-- we're like, struck by love,

like hopeful and unaware,

and like we-- we don't actually know each other.

We...

are crazy and obsessed

over people that we have not been with.

[chuckles]

So, what are we obsessed with?

The dream of them?

Mm-hmm.

And I think there maybe is a door between our dreams...

and actually love...

which has to involve another person...

and right now I'm not sure if it does

involve those other people as much as we think it does.

[inhales]

I see you.

[Andrea] Yeah, what do you see?

You.

You think you've got it all figured out.

You think you know exactly what you're doing,

but you have no idea, just like the rest of us...

and I love you...

but I don't know if I can keep going.

-You talking to me? -[Jackson] See, that's so good.

Was that your character or was that--

That was Mike!

Cl-- you heard the accent, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, that was-- That was really good.

[Jackson] That felt real, right?

Yeah.

[birds chirping]

[cow moos]

[sheep bleating]

-[Andrea] Hi. -[Ashley] How are ya?

Yeah, yeah, good.

I'm gonna go get some tea.

-All right. Yeah. -I'll leave.

-I'll see you in a bit. -[Andrea] Yeah.

-Are you all right? -Oh, yeah, yeah, no, it's fine,

just relationship stuff, you know?

[Ashley] Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, and it's when also I was working on the--

the sequel and trying to get in the creative flow.

Yeah.

[Ashley] You are gonna like this.

I've whipped it out for you, look.

If you come here, look,

I've got this map that I've got for here.

So, now you can see it.

[Jackson] What have you got there?

This, this is where you found your head space in Kisses.

So, I just thought, here, yeah,

Mike went there to get his head space,

so why doesn't Jackson go up there

to get his fucking head space?

That's good.

I love the idea.

Well, I love you.

Uh, well, I'm gonna tell everybody.

There you go.

You get me.

-[Ashley] Yeah. -You get me.

-I'm going to the mountain. -Do what you must do.

-Hey. -[Jackson] That's it.

Hey, man.

-[Jackson] Hey. -You all right?

-Hey. -[Jackson] To the mountains.

Like for a walk?

Yeah, for a walk to like get the juices flowing,

clear our heads a bit, be in the mountains.

Mike, Michelle, meadow,

we're gonna bring it all right back.

We're going to the fucking mountain.

[Nigel] Who's playing meadow?

We're going to the fucking mountain.

[Jackson] Going to the fucking mountain, that's right.

Well, I suppose--

-[Jackson] You suppose? -That's good.

If we gotta get all the way up there.

You should go, defo.

Come on, let's get our coats.

[Nigel] I won't come, but you should definitely go. I'll--

What do you mean you won't come?

You know what?

Come, don't come.

Maybe you wanna hike, maybe you don't.

[Nigel] Jess.

-Jess. -Oh my God.

Okay.

Um, yes, I don't massively wanna come

up the mountain.

No, no, no, Nigel, you can't stay here.

[Nigel] Hmm.

We need you up there.

[chuckles]

What do you mean?

We have a chance here to recapture

that lightning in a bottle that we had--

-[Nigel] Hmm. -On the first film.

And I can-- I can almost see it,

and I think getting up there on the mountain

is the answer. You wrote it.

You wrote it in-- in the first film.

Mike has to climb the mountain--

-[Nigel] Hmm. -To find the answer.

[Nigel] Yes.

So now it's time to live it.

[sheep bleating]

This will be fun, you guys.

-What is that? -It's the map!

[birds chirping]

Think this is it, guys.

Look at that!

-Where are you going? -Oh, where you going?

Up to the spot.

-Well-- -Jackson, where are you going?

I don't think we should go there, honey.

Well, we have to go to the same spot--

That we were before.

But why there when the-- this is completely empty?

We're trying to capture the lightning in the bottle.

We need the exact same spot.

Guys, if we're gonna do it, let's do it.

It's like up, up over this ridge.

I don't-- I don't know exactly,

but I know-- I know like, the feeling of it, you know?

Just be logical for a sec, honey.

[Jackson] Are you seriously not coming up here?

No, because there's a flat bit there, just there.

[Jackson] But it's not the same!

Right there, right there it's flat.

Literally flat right in front of us.

[Jackson] But it's not the same!

It looks like that.

[Andrea] It's all overgrown, honey.

It's much easier down here.

[Jackson] Over here somewhere,

like I don't know why we don't just actually do it, you know?

Do you wanna go up there?

-Up there? -Or there.

Well, I...

Good idea, Nigel!

[Jessica] We're coming!

[Jackson] You're right!

[Nigel] Thanks.

[thump]

Flat.

-[Andrea] It's perfect. -It's just--

Yeah, it's just easiest.

-[Andrea] Yeah. -Yeah.

This is great.

[Jackson] You're such a spoiled bastard, man.

-See? -Yeah.

We were so close to like, the actual--

I mean, this is-- this is fine, it's nice,

but like we were so close to the actual spot.

[Jessica] That's where we did the scene.

[Jackson] Up just above that little ridge.

[Nigel] So up a massive hill.

You literally wrote, "Up a massive hill."

Jackson, we all wanted to be here.

-[Nigel] Yeah. -That was way too high up.

-[Nigel] Too high, yeah. -It's all been overgrown.

-[Nigel] That's right. -This is nice and flat.

Let's just let it be.

You didn't know where it was, also, to be fair.

[birds chirping]

[poles clink]

Uh, I think there's an instruction booklet in there

if you need it.

Uh, okay.

I should be all right.

I just know that it was--

When we did it, it was so close to the forest.

Yeah, it was. It was up there, for sure.

I think everything's just overgrown a little bit.

Yeah, 'cause we disappeared into the darkness.

Oh, that scene was so beautiful.

I can um, help you if you need it.

-I got it. -I'll give you a hand.

Once I've done this one, I'll uh--

-I'll come and-- -I-- I got it.

-It's good. It's fine. -I'll--

-Do yours if you want, but um-- -No, it's good.

I've just got to do mine first.

How did I get this part?

[Andrea] What do you mean? You were--

Why-- why did you choose me for it?

[Andrea] You are Michelle.

You embody her.

You brought her to life.

[chuckles]

You made it clear that you were the only choice.

Nobody else passed on it?

Yeah, they did, but that doesn't matter.

You were the one.

You were Michelle.

I mean, if it was a competition, like I'd be winning,

but it's not, so it's all good.

[Nigel] Why would you be winning?

'Cause I'm further along.

[Nigel] Hmm.

[Jackson] Why is your tent in two parts?

What?

[Jackson] Your tent. Like, look--

You see how this is looking over here?

Yeah, but where's your silver bit?

[Jackson] Silver bit's-- You keep it tidy.

-That's the rain fly. -I know.

[Jessica] I guess I just--

I really had major imposter syndrome

back then.

-I-- I'm still working on it. -That's good.

Well, listen, you should be proud of your work.

-Nigel, do you need help? -Huh?

-Do you need help? -No, thanks.

Is it supposed to be a circle tent?

No.

-Do you need help? -Are there instructions?

[Jackson] No, we don't-- I don't need 'em.

Of course, they're men. They don't look at instructions.

I would think that Nigel would look at the instructions.

I think it's good if you do the pole early,

'cause then you can just pop that in the middle, you know?

For the vulnerability you gave and--

[Jessica] 'Cause I think instead of--

[Andrea] Yeah.

[Jessica] Having to talk about it or say things like,

"I'm proud", in some sort of a repetitive way

where sometimes I get stuck on the words,

I need to just absorb--

-Yeah. -[Jessica] It.

-Yeah. Yeah? -[Jessica] With--

[Jessica] With you, it feels very nice.

I'm so glad.

[Andrea] Do you need help, Jackson?

No, no, no.

You guys just keep uh, chilling.

You can agree that like, for example,

America makes better tents, better cinema.

I'll-- I'll give you this: American make good cinema.

-It's good cinema. -What about '90s?

Oh, Se7en .

Se7en's great.

Se7en's great.

It is great, innit?

-Yeah. -Um, GoodFellas , 1990.

Yeah.

Pulp Fiction.

Wow.

-Ghostbusters ! -[Nigel] You like it?

[Jackson] Yeah, it's incredible.

-Yeah. -Who is it--

Who plays the uh, the woman in the tower,

when they go to the tower? That's, um--

-Sigourney Weaver. -Sigourney Weaver, yeah.

-You guys. -Thank you.

Oh, she's incredible in this.

Thank you. Yeah, no, she's amazing.

Yeah.

But um, yeah, I mean, she's one of the best.

Yeah, it's like-- I mean, for me,

I think when I saw that movie, too, it was like,

-it felt dated in a way-- -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

'Cause by the time like, I was watching--

-No worries. -Yeah.

And I guess it was.

Effects in 25 years will always look dated.

-[Jackson] Yeah. -[Nigel] Is the story there?

-[Jackson] Yeah. Yeah. -[Nigel] You know?

Is this a story that will hold up, you know?

-No, it's cool. -Mm.

I don't think you put this in the middle first.

You know, it, it probably takes two for each tent,

so it'll be great, and there's--

It'll be-- it'll be a great starter.

I mean, I was like 8 or 9

when that came out and it's still--

-Oh, wow! I'm jealous. -It's amazing.

Well, Raiders, Raiders I was about--

-Yeah. -Like 8 or 9.

-Guys? -[Nigel] Obviously,

if there's amazing American films, I would know.

-Wanna come-- -[Jackson] Yeah.

-Do this as a little teamwork? -[Nigel] This is--

-Little team exercise? -[Jackson] Yeah, hang on.

-Hang on. -[Nigel] But this is not a test.

'Cause I-- I don't blame you for it,

but I think American people don't know

that many British films.

Do you know what I'm saying?

Yeah. Oh, excuse me.

You all right, sug?

-Yeah, that'd be great. -[Nigel] Hey.

-Hi, thanks. -[Nigel] Hey.

Wow.

Um, I think we should look at the instructions.

What do you think?

Well, let's see what that looks like.

Now, if I hold it in place--

-Yeah. -Then you can go hammer it.

Wait, is that-- is that a line?

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish--

[Andrea] Oh, stop it.

And I'm h-- I'm giving you something.

I don't need to fish more than this.

I go to the market.

The beautiful thing of that scene was your improv,

the lines that you created, that you wrote.

-[takes deep breath] -[scribbles]

Hmm.

[takes deep breath]

[fire crackling in background]

-[unzips tent] -[Jessica] Hey.

-Hey. -[Jessica] Can I come in?

Yeah, come in. Of course.

-You all right? -Oh, it's...

-working on stuff. -What's up?

You know, it's just so stupid. It's absolutely stupid.

It's the--

do you remember that part where it was something like,

"Someday, we'll have a night

where these mornings don't come"?

-Something like that. -No.

Uh, "One day we'll have a night without a morning."

"One day we'll have a night without a morning!"

Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.

-And it was-- -Yeah.

-And in one version-- -Mm-hmm.

'Cause it repeated,

it meant without a morning where we have to leave.

Yes.

And then another one was about mortality.

Yes.

He's trying to take credit for coming up with that.

Is he?

[sighs]

It really bothers me.

Why?

[Jessica] I'm made to want things.

It's my talent.

I'm a-- I can want,

and there's something about him that's--

Hmm.

[Jessica] So goddamn magnetic, and charming...

and just right there for the taking.

And yet, the thoughts in his head--

-Jess, stop. Stop. -[Jessica] I don't want.

I get that you fancy Jackson.

Of course, I get that.

He's an attractive, charismatic, famous man.

This, all this, is too much.

This is doing you harm.

[sighs]

So fucking annoying.

It's great being up here again.

Yeah.

[sighs]

Brings back all the memories, doesn't it?

[chuckles]

Mm-hmm.

My God, you were so sexy directing.

-[chuckles] -Holy shit.

I loved the way you looked at me.

There was no other way.

[chuckles]

It was inevitable.

Mm.

Your beautiful eyes.

Like a little puppy dog, just taking it all in.

[chuckles]

I didn't know what to do with myself.

Yeah.

I mean, I knew what I wanted to do, but it was--

-I was trying-- -[chuckling]

I was trying to keep it professional, but--

-Yeah. -That did not fucking last.

You did not do that.

-[chuckles] -No, I didn't.

[chuckles]

You're such a good person.

Mm.

I don't feel that way.

That's stupid.

[chuckles]

Don't be stupid.

I've loved you the best way I can.

Yeah.

I know.

[sheep bleating]

[birds chirping]

[water flowing]

[birds chirping]

[paper crinkling]

[Ashley] You are cordially invited

to the 10th Anniversary

Delete The kisses.

That's it.

Right, okay.

[paper crinkling]

[chews]

I guess we need to suss out where Mike and Michelle are

-since we've left them. -[Andrea] Yeah.

Have they been sort of in each other's orbit?

Uh, do we wanna hold that and suspend it,

or do we-- do we want to give the audience

that thing of um, "Oh, yeah, they're gonna fuck--"

-We need the fire. -[Nigel] Yeah, yeah.

We need the fire, because it's been pent up.

-We all know, as audiences-- -[Nigel] I know.

That it's been there this whole time--

And that they-- they were meant to be together--

And they just didn't see it.

Well, the fact that they're two fish out of water--

[Andrea] Yeah, exactly.

Is very helpful for that, because--

It's as if they look at each other

for the first time as these new, evolved people.

[Nigel] Uh.

[Andrea] And they realize that it's--

Mm.

It's us, you know?

-[Nigel] Mm-hmm. -It's-- it's--

-[Nigel] Us. -Always been us.

[birds chirping]

Can I kiss you, please?

I would love that, I just don't--

My head's not--

Oh, man.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I'm sorry that I asked. I'm sorry.

You're married.

I shouldn't have fucking asked. That was stupid.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-[Ashleigh] Oh! -[thumping]

[Ashleigh] Oh, no.

-Hi. -That's a little weird.

-Oh. -[Ashleigh] It's me.

-Oh, hey. -[Ashleigh] Yeah.

Hi.

-[Ashleigh] Crazy, right? -That's very crazy.

[Ashleigh] Yeah, in a good way.

Pretty fucking crazy.

You have great eyes.

Huh.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

[Jackson] You, too.

-Thank you. -[Jackson] Uh.

Uh.

Let's do a scene.

Um, what do you mean?

You know, like um, just you're Mike,

I'm Michelle, and we do a scene together.

-I don't know if that's the-- -It's like amazing, right?

I don't know if it's amazing.

-I think it's a little-- -[Ashleigh] It is.

It's a little weird.

Uh, I-- I think you've got a whole--

[Ashleigh] I think it's a great idea, right?

[Jackson] Thing going on right now that's pretty--

[Ashleigh] No.

No, I would love to kiss you, but I think it's the wrong--

No, you know what--

-Thing to do. -That was-- that was mad.

-[chuckles] -Like that was insane.

-This is weird. -I mean, we're having a great

-connection right now, right? -I don't think--

This is-- this is-- this is uh,

this is getting really fucking weird.

You know, you do realize I haven't really--

I haven't really wanted to kiss you for 10 years,

-and so-- No, not at all. -You haven't?

Well, now you're just giving me

s backhanded compliment.

Yeah, all right.

-I-- I really-- I-- I love you. -Okay.

[birds chirping]

-What is-- -I know, I know.

Oh, it's the best kiss ever.

Mm.

Oh.

[exhaling]

[Ashleigh] Oh.

[Ashleigh exhaling]

[Jackson] Andrea.

-No. -[Jackson] Andrea.

[Ashleigh] Look, I mean, I-- I-- I get that it's complicated--

-[Jackson] it's not complicated. -[Ashleigh] But don't worry,

-I'm not like-- -It's not complicated.

I'm not the jealous type, so it's just--

-It's fine. -I understand that you need--

Like, if you have the need to go talk to her right now,

it's fine. I-- I'll wait for you.

-I'm just-- -Uh, okay, just--

-Oh. Just-- -Please.

No, but seriously, it's just-- it was great, right?

-No, it was fucking weird. -And it was-- it was great.

-It was fucking weird. -It was--

No, it was fucking weird.

Weird in a, you know, like, passionate way, right?

No, not-- no, not at all.

-It's just-- -Not at all.

Look, I-- I-- I gotta, I gotta fuck--

C-- could you-- could you fuck off, please?

Just fuck off. All right, that's enough.

That's like, uh, you're fucking crazy.

Fuck off.

[birds chirping]

[water flowing]

I think taking it down should be easier

than putting it up was.

Uh, yeah, I hope so.

Yeah, all right, done.

Well, shit, my bag's still in there.

Oh.

[birds chirping]

We're not gonna let this pitch fall to the wayside, are we?

We're gonna really do something with it.

[inhales]

But it's not like we're gonna do a pitch

and then suddenly get paid.

It's um, it's still gonna be a long process, isn't it?

You need to believe in the process.

Okay.

And I think it's all gonna be better--

Okay.

-Because of all of this. -Yes.

Yeah. Do you--

You're gonna be better because of it.

[sighs]

[♪♪♪]

[knob rattles]

[knocking]

Hello?

Yeah, I like that. Party rings, party rings.

Jelly, jelly, jelly, jelly, jelly, jelly.

They like that, especially Jackson.

He's like hell of a boy.

[Ashley gasps]

-Hey. -Hey.

[patting]

You all right?

-Yeah. -Yeah?

[exhaling] Got the invitation.

-Got the invitation? Yep. -Yeah.

'Cause it didn't happen on the anniversary thing,

I thought I'd do one for you.

So, um, it's a little bit lower scale, but--

Great.

-[water flowing in background] -[birds chirping]

[Ashley] I'll have the same as what he's having.

-All right. -[munches]

[Ashley] It's getting there, lovely.

[gulps]

[Ashley] There we are. Shit.

-[flips cards] -[Ashley gasping]

Hey, hello.

[Andrea] Hey.

-Oh, no. -You all right?

It must be the pub that's just right

at the bottom of the hill.

-[Ashley gasping] -[speaks foreign language]

[Ashley] Yes!

We get each other.

-[speaks foreign language] -[Ashley] Yeah, close enough.

[bell dings]

You're an amazing person.

[bell dings]

[Ashley] This is the best time I've ever had.

[chuckles]

Can I give you a hug?

[Andrea] Yeah.

Yeah.

Ugh, not the best day.

No, I know. I'm sorry.

-[Andrea sniffles] -[bell dings]

Nigel is an insecure motherfucker

who is really a narcissist

and can't really write that good.

Yeah, and...

We got locked out of the bunkhouse.

Just come to get the key.

Oh, yeah, so I put a sign up for you to come.

Surprise.

Yeah, I-- I'm just not in the mood for--

Hey, can I-- uh, can I talk-- can I talk to you

for just a minute?

[sniffles]

Look, um, I don't know what you like think you saw.

It wasn't my fault. Like, I wasn't going--

I wasn't trying to fucking do anything.

Like, you know, it was--

[Andrea] Are you fucking serious?

It wasn't your fault? You were kissing another woman.

[scoffs] God, you're so fucking melodramatic.

-[Andrea] I'm not. I walked-- -Holy shit.

[Andrea] Into you kissing another woman.

Andrea, holy shit.

I give you so much freedom

and that is what you choose to do?

[Jackson] You're being a fucking drama queen--

-[Andrea] I'm not. -All the fucking time!

[Andrea] I am stating the obvious.

What would you do if you walked around the corner--

You're always just creating drama all the time!

-[Andrea] I'm not! -[Jackson] Fuck off.

[Andrea] You don't feel like there's an apology--

-[Jackson] Fuck off. -[Andrea] Fuck off?

-Fuck off. -I'm sorry.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck off.

-Fuck off. -Okay.

[Jackson] I'm finally fucking free.

That's how this is gonna end?

You're finally fucking free?

[chuckles]

-[Nigel] You all right? -Yeah.

-Fuck off. -[Jackson] Goodbye!

[door creaks open]

I'll leave you to it. I'll just, um...

[keys jingle]

I'm happy to just, you know, let you in,

and you can have a little sleep or something,

you know?

Like it if you just stayed with me.

[keys jingle]

-You sure? -Yeah.

Of course, yeah.

[unlocks door]

Hmm.

-[door shuts] -She was our director.

She directed you to be with her.

You did it. Very--

So you think, you-- you think that-- that-- that--

that-- that-- that she like, took advantage of that dynamic?

I mean, she probably did take advantage of the dynamic,

but you probably were begging for it,

but you just weren't ready for it,

and you just never could live up to it.

And then you succumbed to it,

and then you didn't become what you needed to be

-as a man-- -Mm.

'Cause you were always smaller, you were always less than.

[crickets chirping]

I'm really sorry, mate. It's, um...

[inhales]

I mean, it was fucking--

If it wasn't awful, which it is....

there is a world where it would almost be funny.

It was so ridiculous.

-[chuckles] -It was so fucking ridiculous.

After my stupid, clumsy attempt to-- to pitch you a little uh,

I was doing my own little pitch, you then quite rightly say no,

and then three seconds later, say you will, so--

-[chuckles] -I'm s-- yeah, I'm sorry.

-It's a fucking-- -I know it's not funny.

I just don't know-- I don't know

if I'm more angry uh, of uh,

Andrea's, all-- all the things that she stopped me

from really going after

or if I'm more fucking angry at myself

for allowing myself to follow Andrea's uh, plan that's not--

[Jessica] You should definitely be mad at yourself.

[clears throat] Yeah.

[Jessica] I mean, because you like, signed up for it.

Um, but you were also--

[indistinct speech] What do you signed up for? I s--

I mean, but she was in charge.

She was always in charge. I mean, it--

-She was in charge. -Frankly, too much for you.

She was a woman.

Had you known it and been okay with it or?

Yeah, I had been.

I think there was something inside me that just knew...

[sniffles, exhales]

...he was too young.

Yeah.

It's complicated, because I've--

Look, I've cheated.

I've cheated, but I've cheated,

but we've also had like open, like an open thing, and times.

-I j-- -[Jessica] Everybody knows that.

I know like three people that she slept with.

That she slept with?

[Jessica] Yeah, she's--

You guys talk about having an open relationship, right?

Yeah, but we-- yeah.

Huh.

Oh, Nigel, there's so many things

leading up to that.

I think, I think that we've both known

for a while now that this is coming to an end.

Really?

-Really? -Yes.

-That bad? Ugh. -Yes.

I think it's been on a downward slope,

-and I think-- -Okay.

Last night we had a beautiful moment.

And it seemed like...

[exhaling]

...like a new-- a new beginning, a new like, like,

figuring things out.

So seeing it today was just extra--

[Nigel] Mm.

Um, it's not something that I see, and visually--

[Nigel] Yeah, yeah, mm-hmm.

Watching it happen in front of me

the-- everything just exploded.

Boom, trouble again.

I-- I wake up, and she's fucking off with Nigel,

and somehow I'm the guy to blame?

I'm the fucking bad guy right now?

[Andrea] It's time for me to just accept what I've known

-for a long time. -Mm, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry for you.

You must be very hurt.

I'm sorry.

I'm just glad you're here.

Are you?

You know, I really wanted to kiss you up there.

[Nigel inhales]

Did you?

Okay.

I wasted 10 years of my goddamn life.

Well, why would you waste your time?

You had every opportunity in the world at your disposals,

and you didn't-- you didn't-- you didn't make any moves,

-you know? -What do you mean?

You didn't make a single fucking move

with everything that happened afterward.

I was too ugh,

prissy or something to just take control

of my own situat--

I was just watching opportunities fly by, you know?

But why were you-- why are you watching them fly by

and not taking them and grabbing them?

I don't know why.

There's sometimes-- there's just a part of you

that like doesn't just go.

Jesus, you are so super pretty.

So are you.

-[Jessica] I guess-- -[Jackson] It could be unlocked.

It's like, in the middle of nowhere.

People leave shit unlocked all the time.

[door opens]

[Jackson] Oh, fuck!

[Jessica] People in the country never lock their shit.

[Jackson] Oh, Jesus.

This is just cute.

Okay, hang on, hang on, hang on.

-Okay, what? -W-- wait.

-No, no, no, look, this is-- -What?

Look where we are.

Can we just--

We're in a fucking sitting room.

-Okay, okay, okay. -We're in an area...

[sighs]

I don't know who the fuck's gonna come in.

[chuckles]

You stay that side of the wall and if someone comes in,

we're just having a glass of wine.

[exhales]

[birds chirping]

[water flowing]

[sheep bleating]

[takes a deep breath]

[sheep bleating]

Could be a version that's like a-- like a--

like a heightened psychological thriller take on it.

Mike sees these two people.

They're not really there, like he sees them.

Um, but they each-- each represents like

a-- a part of his consciousness that only he can see,

and then when Michelle meets him again,

she's so desperate to be with him

that she indulges him in his delusions,

even though she cannot see them.

That could-- that could work.

Cracked it.

Mike is completely alone, he's lost everyone,

and he's crazy.

That's shit.

Turns out writing's fucking hard.

I bring it to life on the screen.

[birds chirping]

I'm Jackson Roberts, and I'm an actor.

[♪♪♪]

[clears throat]

Right.

Right.

[exhales]

So, uh, act one,

arriving at the farm uh,

and the fallout of revelations.

Act two, going up the mountain, um,

and a coming together.

Act three, uh, seeing the light clearly, um,

resolved by literally walking down the hill

as the sun comes up.

-Yeah, I like that. -[phone beeps]

[rubs hands]

[Nigel] Morning. Hey.

You all right?

Uh, good.

[Nigel] I'm gonna come down. One sec.

Yeah, I just wanted to say I've-- I've been working

-on the pitch idea-- -[Jackson] Okay.

And uh, I think I've got it into a pretty good shape.

So, if we are gonna do that later,

-I'd like us to be cool. -Yeah.

-[Nigel] Good. -Yeah.

Yeah, no, we're-- we're-- we're good.

[Nigel] Okay.

-Appreciate it. Good. -[Jackson] Mm-hmm.

-Cool. -[Jackson] Yeah.

I'm actually quite excited about this.

-[Jackson] Yeah? -Yeah, I think so.

Yeah, it's not-- it's not bad.

-That's exciting. -[Nigel] Yeah.

I'm very excited.

[Nigel] Hmm.

I want everyone's input,

'cause I'm gonna need, obviously,

you and Jess to be um, out there doing the dance.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nigel] So I'm gonna wanna hear it as well, so.

-Yeah, I've-- I've-- I've-- -[Nigel clears throat]

I've come to a realization that I'm a much,

uh, much better actor, so.

-Than? -Writer.

That's probably true.

[Jackson] Yeah.

-[Nigel] Okay. -So...

[Nigel sniffs]

You know, it reminds me of this uh,

this great John Lennon quote...

"We're not all writers."

[birds chirping]

Well, no, you are-- You are the front man.

That's why I really need you to sort of be on board

and fucking doing your thing today,

doing the dance, bringing the show.

Appreciate that.

You're welcome. It's true. It's true.

-[Jessica] Oh! -Uh, hell--

-Whoa, hello. -Hello, boys.

[Nigel] What have you been doing?

Just getting some wood for, I don't know, maybe a fire.

-[Nigel] Okay, cool. -[Jessica] It's cold.

-[Nigel] It is cold. -[Andrea] Hi.

-Hey, morning. -[Jackson] Hey.

Morning.

You all right?

-Yeah, you? -Very good.

I was just explaining to the folks

that I've got a pretty good sort of um,

pre-pitch.

-Oh, really? -If--

Yeah, if you'd like to go through it.

-Mm-hmm. -[Nigel] Yeah?

-We sort of lead it-- -Yeah.

Andrea, um,

and we hand over to the pretty people

who can actually do it.

I think that's gonna be the sort of thing

that clinching it, not just talking about it,

-but actually seeing-- -[Jessica] Yeah, I love it.

A bit more of that magic, huh, yeah?

-[Jessica] I love it. -I think they will love that.

-Yeah, good. -Um, I uh--

-[Nigel] You're welcome. -I just--

Can I have a minute with you and we'll get back to this?

-[Nigel] Of course. -Yeah.

-[Nigel] Yeah? -Yeah, of course.

-[Nigel] Yeah, of course. -Yeah.

Okay.

Cheers. Uh...

[opens door]

[sniffs]

[shuts door]

[exhales]

Um...

look, I want to apologize.

Um, if you were in my situation,

you would've told you to fuck off.

I-- I literally--

That woman jumped at me, leaped on top of me.

I'm not gonna be physical.

Like, what am I supposed to do?

This is-- this is your apology?

[Jackson] You stormed right off and ran down the fucking--

What is-- What's the problem?

Are you not attracted to me anymore?

It's not about attraction, Jackson.

I mean, you're-- y-- you're gorgeous.

Like, your eyes, that smile, that...

That-- you're out of--

I mean, when we're walking down the street,

people don't go, "Oh, look at that old lady and that guy."

Like, they don't fucking think that for a second.

They're like, "Oof!"

Why would you say that?

[Jackson] 'Cause I thought maybe you were worried about that.

I was. I'm-- I am now.

You know, this is just like in Don't Delete the Kisses,

right before they make up.

Remember that scene?

Oh my God.

[Jackson] Saying all the shit they don't mean to each other.

"I hate you.

I hate you."

This isn't a scene, Jackson.

[Jackson] No, I know, but--

You can't-- you can't write life.

'Cause you don't listen.

[Andrea] I'm listening!

I'm listening to every word you're saying,

and it is bullshit.

This is like based on nothing.

You're not-- you don't listen to me.

You don't trust me.

You know what? I'm done.

-[Andrea] You're done? -Mm-hmm.

Oh, wow.

[scoffs]

[Andrea] Fine.

-Fine? -[Andrea] Fine.

You're not even gonna fight for me?

[Andrea] Nope.

Wow.

Hey.

Come here.

W--

Ooh, wow!

Okay.

There's no set here at all.

I d-- I've spoken with three people

and told them the same thing.

All there is is a hole in the floor.

What's the hole in the floor about?

Yeah, I'll hold.

[Ronnie] Well, can you put me through

to the person I need to speak to, please?

-Right there, that's him. -[Andrea] This guy again.

-Ronnie Riskin. -[Andrea] Hello?

[Ronnie] Sorry, two seconds. Can you hold?

Um, there's nothing here.

So, we-- we start in two weeks,

so you need to start getting the signs and every--

What are you doing here?

We're-- we're just here to see Jerry.

-Can you just-- -Jerry's not here.

He's casting War of the Words.

No, no, Ronnie, Ronnie, you told us four days ago,

when you fucked everything up, that he was gonna be here.

So, you better become a fucking genie

and produce him for us right now

or I will hurt you.

[phone buttons beeping]

[ringing dial tone]

[ding]

-[Andrea] Oh. -[Jackson] Oh.

[Andrea gasps]

Oh, hi.

Oh.

Hello, you're on mute.

Jerry, it's Ronnie Riskin.

Oh, you're on mute, sir.

-Hello? -[Jerry] There.

-There, can you hear me? -[Ronnie] Loud and clear, sir.

-Yeah, where do I look? -At my face.

Oh, I can see you. It's a weird angle, but yeah.

Hey, Ronnie, how are you?

[Ronnie] Yeah, good. Yeah, good, sir.

How are you?

[Jerry] Couple of emails on that.

Hi, Jerry.

-[Jerry] That's-- -Hi, Jerry.

-Hi. - Oh.

[Andrea] Hi, Andrea.

We bumped into each other, uh,

just a few weeks back on the lot in the cafeteria.

-We bumped into each other. -[Jerry] Yeah.

we crossed paths in the commissary.

-[Jerry chuckling] -[Andrea] That's right.

That's right.

It was great running into you

and I think I mentioned to you then

that it's the uh, 10-year anniversary

of our film, Don't Delete the Kisses.

Um, and we've uh-- we're all here together.

-Uh, Jackson and Jessica. -[Jerry] Oh, hey.

-Jackson. -[Jerry] Hey, man.

[Jackson] Great to see you again, man.

[Jerry] Hey, Jackson. How you doing, man?

-And Jessica Riley. -[Jerry] What?

Riley. Jessica Riley.

-Oh. Oh, yeah, hi. -Hi.

[Andrea] Yeah, and this is uh, our writer, Nigel.

He wrote this wonderful movie.

-Nigel. - Who's that?

Nigel Thomas. I-- I wrote the-- I wrote the film.

So do you-- Are you still a writer?

[Nigel] Yep, absolutely, yeah.

[Andrea] Still a wonderful writer.

-Still busy. -[Andrea] Yeah.

Busy as-- as ever, and-- and now we--

we're so lucky to have him here

because we were thinking of bringing the crew together

and creating a sequel.

Since the first one did so well.

[Nigel] What we have so far

is Mike and Michelle, say, let's say 10 years later,

10 years after our last film, uh, was out.

Now they're older.

-But to make sure we're not old. -[Andrea] Older now.

-[Nigel] Older. -[Andrea] Not old.

-10 years older. -[Andrea] Just older.

A woman in her 40s is sort of like a good midway point.

We play it, skew her a little younger,

-and-- and yeah, that's-- -[Nigel] Yeah.

But we don't have to play her younger.

I-- I think it's universal, because--

-A universal age. -Because love is universal--

-[Andrea] Yeah. -And because anyone--

And Jessica's just like independent now

and she's maybe like, eating a lot of pasta,

eating her way through Europe.

That's where the Eat Pray Love comes into it.

[Jessica] Yeah, she's--

Now you're singing a tune I know.

-[Jackson] Yeah. -[Nigel] Yeah.

So-- so-- so Mike is married to an Italian woman,

let's say, for sake of argument.

If I-- if I also could just say that, you know,

for me, getting to play Mike is the honour of my career.

Um, and-- and the fact that you would even consider,

uh, making a sequel

and giving me another chance to-- to-- to reprise my role--

They have a happy marriage.

Mike has gotten over his uh, his--

There's never been a pair like Mike and Michelle before.

Uh, I mean, a lot changes over 10 years.

Mm.

-Who are Mike and Michelle now? -Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Yeah, so where we are is

they meet up accidentally in Tuscany--

Maybe this is a chance for me to get that momentum coming in.

Maybe it's my cycle, you know? And-- and don't get me wrong,

I was-- I was attached to a lot of projects,

and you know, they didn't really ever

get off the ground or get made into anything,

um, which you know, that's-- that's okay.

Like, it's-- it's hard.

It's very hard.

And we're in Tuscany, we thought.

You know, what a beautiful visual

to bring us to a romantic country.

Um, as we progress,

let's just keep in mind other locations.

Arkansas, for example, has really good tax incentives.

-Arkansas could be great. -Absolutely.

-Tuscany and Arkansas are-- -[Nigel] Anything is up for--

[Andrea] Interchangeable.

[Nigel] Yeah, anything is open to negotiation, I guess.

But-- but generally and genuinely,

Michelle is over this. Michelle is absolutely--

You know, she's long past having loving feelings for Mike,

-so-- -[Jessica] She's matured.

-Yeah, she's matured. -Follow-- follow my lead.

[Andrea] Oh, oh, did you want to see a little, um--

-[Jackson] Yeah. -A little scene?

-[Jackson] Little scene. -Would you like a little scene?

Yeah?

Okay, so I'm gonna need to concentrate on the accent

-for a second. Okay. -[Andrea] It's all right, uh--

You fucking tell me what to do.

Don't you fucking tell me.

I fucking love you.

By some uh, by a twist of fate, uh,

they have to go on a road trip together.

Coincidences are really, um,

they're i-- in, considered a thing now

in the movies.

-Uh-- -[Jackson] I just gotta--

I haven't-- I-- I wanna get the accent just right for you,

-so you can see. -Ah, cool Jackson.

[Jackson] Can you see us?

-Cool. -You have a sec? Shh.

-[Jerry] What? -[Jessica] Very soft.

-Okay, you ready, Jerry? -[Jerry] Yeah. Incredible, go.

How do we-- how are we gonna get out of here?

Well, I mean, it is all downhill.

We could just pop her in neutral and roll her down.

You talking about the car or us?

-[chuckles] -Wait, I'm sor--

how did you-- what are you doing here?

I'm selling artefacts.

You're selling artefacts. Wow, you-- yeah.

[Jessica] You married an Italian.

Sure, sure did, but gosh, it is just--

I mean, that makes sense.

You're-- you're feeling it, right? Right.

What's really great about that

is that Nigel uses what we create together,

and then that kind of can inspire his script, and--

But the idea of the car crash was his.

-That was, yeah. -And then we fed off that.

[Jerry] Great.

The end of the movie is they're on-- on a beach,

on a beautiful Italian beach.

They look to each other,

and they start to go toward each other,

and just as the--

we think their lips are gonna start to touch,

blackout.

Can you just run it down for me one more time?

Maybe just the story beats,

not that they necessarily have to stay.

Hold on, hold on.

[Jerry] Oh.

-Intense. -You see?

It's all-- it's all still there,

and we really, uh, would just love the chance to get to--

to really bring this to life

and uh, share this with audiences, uh,

around the world really.

So, yeah.

Um, I'm really feeling this.

I love the way you have the real-life people,

-right there. -[Andrea] Yeah. Yeah.

[Andrea] That's how committed we are.

[Jerry] And you say lines to each other

that really make sense.

It's like pulling back part of the curtain

to see the process.

This really checks a lot of boxes for us.

Mm-hmm.

[Jerry] It-- it's got some romance.

It's got people who aren't too old.

It can take place in Italy and/or Arkansas.

We can talk about cast, and location,

and budget, and setting

and script, and whether we need a writer,

but today, this--

Gotta tell you guys, this is really fun for me.

I rarely get to do this.

I'm gonna say this is a green-lit picture

-right here in the room. -[Nigel] Wow!

[Andrea] What?

-Really? -It's a go.

-[Nigel] Whoa! -[Andrea] Woo!

-[Andrea laughing] -[Jackson] Wow.

[Andrea] Thank you so much, Jerry.

-Here we go. Here we go. -Who knows?

Here we go.

I'll call you.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

[plants rustling]

♪ Let's love

♪ Let's love

[sighs]

[Andrea] It's about our relationship

and it falling apart.

You can't write life.

Me saying that we're over, we're done,

this is it, this is the end, that's real.

I would love to kiss you.

You're my person.

I should've known it all along.

[chuckles]

And they just realize that it's us, you know?

It's-- it's always been us.

[♪♪♪]

Mm.

You know what I think we should do?

Mm-hmm.

I think we should get naked--

Mm-hmm.

And run in that sea.

-Come on! Come on. -Let me take--

-Come on. -Ow.

Get the socks off. [laughs]

-[indistinct speech] -Yes!

Keep up, keep up.

I'm going. Get your socks off.

-[laughs] -[indistinct speech]

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]