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First Light
War / Historical Fiction
146 minutes

The casting call is in One.

They spend months in the district. Months of pouring over all the headshots, reviewing the tapes, flying promising young actors out to Saturn City. Months of getting chewed out by the director because those disticters can't act for shit.

It's a medium budget film. A war film. About how the Capitol triumphed over the dissenting during the rebellion. Like clockwork, some studio makes one of these every few years. But this one is supposedly grittier. It's supposed to be darker. More realistic. The horrors of war. The necessary evil that allowed order to be established, that paved the path for the unification of Panem.

Well, they need someone from District One to play a Capitolite.

Specifically, they need someone from District One to play a Capitolite because they need a kid for this role, a little girl, between the ages eight to ten. And a Capitol citizen has the right to child entertainment laws, which means the maximum number of working hours is capped at a headache-inducing six. God. What a scheduling nightmare.

But a kid from One?

Yeah.

Three months in, the casting associate's worn out. The casting associate wants to go home. He's been seeing auditions for about six days a week. The caliber isn't very Capitolite, and the director has a bit of a temper. Shit, they all have a bit of a temper.

But three months in, dreary Tuesday, the girl that'll eventually get casted shows up.

Third coffee of the day. He's got the beginning of a tension headache. One of the assistants brings the little tablet with the next candidate queued up. He stops rubbing his temples to take a peek.

What the hell is this.

There is no resume, no agent. A no name nobody with a mediocre face. He's about to yell them all for wasting resources, but the door swings open.

Truth is, the associate really doesn't think much of her. She's wearing shoes that are too small and a dress that's swallowing her up. She has eyes that are too big for her face and limbs that are too big for body. And she's this brooding thing in the room. Something very untrained, unpolished, a little ugly as does the cold read. He sits up a bit in his chair. He leans forward and rests his chin on a fist to watch. She's suddenly crying.

During the audition, she cries.

A kid that can cry on command is a million dollar trick.

First Light gets middling reviews. But the girl gets the attention of a couple of critics. She appears in the third act as an orphan that the protagonist stumbles across. A soldier on the frontline. Had a daughter her age. He decides to take her to safety across the war-torn Capitol. This is during the last few harrowing hours before victory. It's very moving, it's a little haunting, the two of them walking through the tall tombstones that used to be buildings.

She's convincing as a traumatized child. A highlight of the film. That's what Top Critic Roman Bray from the Cinema Seen writes. Three stars.

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Post by lucius branwen / 10 — fox on Nov 15, 2024 16:09:58 GMT -5

Cass is about nine when her mom remarries.

And her mom looks like a cupcake in the dress, but Cass nods and smiles and says she looks very bridal.

She learned that “very bridal” was supposed to be a compliment from all the magazines she'd read in the dressing rooms of different boutiques. Very bridal, you look like a bride. You look like how you should be.

Too bad she's marrying a loser.

Chett wears a lot of polos. He has two cars in his driveway and a big old mcMansion that they moved into. He very pointedly suggested that maybe Cass should take the room all the way in the back of the house. Tween girls need privacy. It's out of the way from everything else. It's perfect for her.

Maybe they started off rocky when they had dinner all together for the first time, and she broke his family heirloom of a salad bowl. He had to say it was okay, all that mattered was that she was alright, except he said it all in a very strained voice, and his face was turning red from holding onto that smile.

But Chett is reliable. That's what her mom says. He's not like all the other shitty boyfriends. He's not like her dad, who when they got married, rode around on a stupidly loud motorcycle and played in a no-name rock band and drank beer for breakfast. They were kids, nineteen years old.

But at least he was cool. He probably still is cool. Hasn't visited since Cass was around six, but that's because he's really very busy with that rock band of his. He still sends her cards on every holiday.

Chett and her mom get married. Fairytale ceremony. White-picket fence dream.

Things go south very fast.

Not between Chett and her mom.

Between Cass and the both of them.

Because suddenly, he's making all these comments about her. Suddenly, her mom's siding with him on everything. Three months into this new little family, they're arguing about something or the other at the dinner table, and he spits out quit being such a bitch, Cassandra, and her mom doesn't say anything. Sits in silence, pretends she didn't hear it.

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Order & Law
Drama / 12 seasons

S12 E7 · Paradox

Detective Meyer returns to an old cold case involving the murder of a family up in Northern District Twelve. Soon, she realizes the neighbour's daughter might be a key witness in uncovering the truth.

District Six Med
Drama / 4 seasons

S4 E15 · Liar Liar

Dr. Gonzales and his team investigate the mysterious illness of a middle school student. The doctors wrestle with the confounding symptoms, just as more students from the school begin to fall sick.

Stuck in the Middle
Sitcom / 3 seasons

S3 E1 · The New School ID

Moira starts her first day in high school and is determined to change her image, while Lorcan and his friends fight over the attention of a new girl. Jamie thinks about possible careers after graduation. Meanwhile, Julia tries to adjust to her new job as store manager, and Marcus attempts to finally get the team to the Exy championships this year.

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During the year after First Light, her filmography is mostly television work, episodic appearances here and there.

She plays a precocious little genius that helps the detective solve a cold case during an episode of the long-running procedural drama, Order & Law. In District Six Med, she's an ailing tween with a mysterious illness, the case of the week for the cast of doctors to pick over. She makes a guest appearance on a sitcom as the short-lived schoolyard crush of the youngest son.

Cass is thirteen years old. She's been jetting off to set, accompanied by an agent and a manager that ACE Kids hired to look after her. She goes home to One after a couple of months in the Capitol, between Order & Law and District Six Med, and that's when she finds out her mom is pregnant.

Surprise. She's getting a baby brother.

A week later, she lands the younger version of blockbuster superhero, Piranha. Her brother is born while she's in District Four filming.

It's funny how unrecognizable home is after just a year. New pictures on the mantle, a nursery for the baby. She returns again, and her mom is someone that makes casseroles now. Hosts barbecues now.

Cass picks through the ground mystery meat at dinner, staring at Chett, baby Paul, her mom.

Whatever happened to the waitress who wanted to be a famous singer, who took her kid out of school to go to the performing arts theatre when they had discount tickets and let Cass hang out in the staff room of the nightclub she worked at. They used to live in an apartment overlooking the bright billboards, and now they're in a soulless cul-de-sac.

What happened to her.

How come she never made Cass a casserole when she was a little kid.

The character breakdowns flatten out into the same traits after a few auditions. She films two other movies that year, same studio that makes a bunch of tween shows. A coming of age comedy-drama which does okay at the box office, and a mystery movie for kids. She's a detective. With a talking cat.

It's good that she gets to be with other children. It's good that she's getting a lot of auditions. She could do family-friendly TV until she ages out.

Cass doesn't want to be a detective with a talking cat.

When Cassandra finally gets her big break into a serious role as a main role on a horror movie, the agency tells her family that they're going to need her in the Capitol for a whole year. It's a big budget film with A-listers. It's a big deal. Her mom could accompany her, but she doesn't have to, in fact, don't even worry about it. Cass will be taken care of, just have to do the paperwork here and sign the film contract here. Here's the pen. She's going to be the star.

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Piranha: Mistress of the Ocean
Action / Adventure
121 minutes

When marine biologist Marissa Li gets bitten by a strange specimen of fish found in the Scylla Corp laboratory, she gains extraordinary sea powers. Her search for answers lead her to uncover the truth behind the sinister experiments on the shores of District Four and the mystery of her past.

Project Nessie
Family / Comedy
106 minutes

Nessie decides that eighth grade will be different from her disappointing seventh. She makes a plan of ten things she hopes to accomplish before she enters high school, including beating her long-time nemesis at the science fair and changing her look. And number one on the list? Being asked to the Spring dance by the very cutest boy in school.

Get a Clue!
Family / Mystery
113 minutes

After moving to a small town in District Six, Orla McPhee discovers that she lives next to the most haunted house on this side of Panem. This budding amateur detective meets a magical cat in the local graveyard who guides her on her mission to free the vengeful spirit of a murdered ghost.

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Post by lucius branwen / 10 — fox on Nov 23, 2024 14:46:22 GMT -5

Hello.

Chett. Where's mom.

Fuck, Cassandra. You know how late it is–

Where's mom.

Good job. Fantastic. You woke up Paul–

Give mom the phone.

She has to put Paul back to sleep now–

I need her. Put her on the fucking phone–

My God, always so selfish, the world doesn't revolve around you.

Just give her the phone, Chett.

She doesn't want to talk to you right now.

What?

She said she doesn't want to talk to you right now. It's the middle of the night. It's two in the morning. You woke up the whole house. Try a reasonable hour. Goodnight.

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Angel of the Winter
Horror
115 minutes

Geer, L M.D
Saturn City Medical Center

Date: November 10
Patient Name: Cassandra Yi
Age: 14

RX: Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 10mg
Sig: Take 1 tab po bid
Disp: 60 tabs
Rf: 2

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Geer, L M.D
Saturn City Medical Center

Date: December 5
Patient Name: Cassandra Yi
Age: 14

RX: Diazepam 2mg
Sig: Take 1 tab po q6-12hr
Disp: 30 tabs
Rf: 1

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Sometimes the kids need some extra help. The schedule can be grueling when they need to film everything in a specific season. Thin time frame. They need to get the shot.

Angel of the Winter. Imagine the horror's breeding in your own home. Imagine it lives downstairs. Imagine it wears the face of innocence.

The director wanted this to be organic. The sets to be as untouched in post-production as possible. The best horror is always a little familiar. A little too real. Like a person could touch the grime of it through the screen, stain their fingertips. So the shoot is in District Seven, while the snow is still fresh and pure in the northern woods.

This is what needs to be done to get the picture on the screen. Sometimes the kids need a bit of extra help to get there. It's in the contract. You're working. Take the pills. You're not a baby any more. This is what you wanted. To be taken seriously. You can't act like a prima donna. There's a hundred other kids who could replace you.

Angel of the Winter is haunting. Unforgettable. The film builds like an obsession. Critic's Pick on the Panem Times. She gets to do an interview at Studio1. Vasil Cerny calls her a promising young actress. It was worth it in the end, the difficulty of the shoot. The suffering proves her dedication.

Cassandra is still fifteen when the movie finally comes out. Rated R, she's still not old enough to watch it.

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The transition from child actor to actor is difficult. Often, a kid can lose their star power before adulthood. Often, a kid is just that. A kid. Always. Someone who won't ever grow up in the eyes of the industry, the public. But time does its work. And if a person isn't a child or an adult, then what are they in the end?

Cassandra is sixteen years old when she's suggested to audition for a new film by her management.

This is the movie that makes people want to know her. That puts her in the press. When she goes back to be interviewed by Vasil Cerny at Studio1, he says God, you grew up so gorgeous. Look at you. How old are you, he asks. Still seventeen? When's your birthday? Wow. Wow, I bet there's a lot of people in the audience in love with you right now. I wouldn't want to be your dad, trying to chase off the boys. How was working on that set? Everyone was nice? Let's play a clip. There we go, from the new movie everyone. Was that your first kiss? What a surprise. You're not like that in real life? You're seventeen, aren't you?

This is the movie that makes her recognizable on the street. The one that has people stop and ask for pictures. The one where people very quickly stop asking and just start taking. This is the movie that has her selling products, face on advertisements, on magazines, the feature of a new lip gloss line, another high-end clothing brand, promo girl for a dark honey perfume. Everyone can see her, and therefore everyone knows her, and so everyone is entitled to her because this is the movie that makes her more than a person. This is the movie that is supposed to make her an object of desire. This is supposed to make her beautiful. This is what growing up means.

This is the movie that begins a stratospheric rise, and so will the people wait for the eventual plummet.

Happy eighteenth birthday, Cassandra.

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Mad Honey
Romance / Thriller
129 minutes

There's a hundred other girls who could play this role. She isn't what they had in mind. A certain look they wanted. A specific beauty. There's a hundred other girls they could cast, waiting right outside those doors. Why should they pick her. Why her. Why don't you show us. How much you want it. What you would do for it. Go on.

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Her father shows up.

As a teeny tiny article on the internet. Leonidas Yi. Musician in District One. His workplace is listed right there in the print. Cass hasn't seen him since she was about six years old. He hasn't called since she was ten.

That rock band fell apart apparently, but he's still making music, he now plays at the local bar in a town north of where she grew up in the big city.

It's a very movie-perfect reunion. Ignore the seedy looking backdrop and the patrons getting drunk on a Tuesday night. Ignore the sticky floor and sweet-rot smell of too much spilled alcohol. He picks her up even though she's too old for that, says Cass, my girl, my baby. I missed you.

Your mother's a bitch, he declares, and Cass agrees.

It's been about a year since she's gone to the house. Her room's been converted into another nursery. For Elizabeth. And at the last dinner that all had together, Chett was saying, well I don't think acting is a very respectable career honestly. I don't think it's good for this family. Are you really going to be in a movie like that.

Like what.

Like a–, a glance at the kids, –tart.

A tart, huh.

And her mom said nothing. Just bounced Elizabeth on a knee as Paul started throwing the peas.

Cass put down the fork, folded her hands very primly. A little smile.

Thank you for your input, Chett.

Shut the fuck up, Chett.

She wouldn't let me see you, her dad tells her. And I was busy too. I was trying, I was on the road with the band. I wanted to see you. I watched all your movies, baby. God. My girl is a star.

That makes Cass put something down inside of her. Something very heavy.

I wasn't a very good dad, I wasn't there, he laments, and she has to say it isn't true, even though he wasn't.

But the birthday presents. The cards. But she can still remember sitting on his knee, pudgy hands holding the strings on the fret, tryinv to play his guitar. But he said he was proud of her in that article, and maybe that's why she had to come here. But he watched all of her movies like she hoped he would one day. He hasn't changed. He gets up on the stage and says this song is for my daughter.

Little star, he calls her. I'm here for you now.

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Paradiso
Romance / Drama
140 minutes

A young traveling photographer in District Four becomes infatuated with a girl he meets during a trip to a small inland town. As he becomes closer to the subject of his fascination, their relationship becomes more turbulent.

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Her father shows up. On her doorstep, just as she's back in One after the press tour for Paradiso. It was her birthday last week, and he's a little late, but it doesn't matter. It's alright. He's here now.

He lights a cigarette in her kitchen, pacing. Long, hazy ribbons coming out of his mouth.

I'm getting this big break to play at a club on the strip. I'll be out of this dump. This is it, this time it's for real, I know it, I can feel it. But listen, listen, baby, I just need a little money to get there. I just need you to lend me a couple hundred.

But what about the last couple hundred dollars.

She feels something thunk into her stomach.

But what about her birthday.

He blinks. What.

It was her birthday. Last week. She's nineteen.

Oh. Yeah, happy birthday. We'll - we'll go celebrate another day.

It was her birthday. Did he know that. Does he know the date. She's standing very close to the kitchen knives.

Leonidas doesn't say anything, pulls in another long drag of the cig. He's gesturing a little wildly, the smoke following his hand.

Ripred. What are you quizzing me for.

He should know it, shouldn't he. What about the birthday presents. And the cards. And the article.

Unless it wasn't him who sent those. Unless he only wanted to be the rockstar dad that gave her all her artistic talents. How much did he make doing that interview.

Because he hasn't changed. Still the same fucking loser. Still the same asshole who knocked up a girl and then ditched her after a couple of years because a wife and kid was just a chore that was holding him back from accomplishing his big, great nothing.

There's a call to the downstairs lobby about a disturbance on the floor. A lot of screaming in the late evening. The neighbours have to complain to the front, and when the security get to the unit, she's a little hysterical, she's trying to bat him with half a guitar, the neck already snapped down the middle in serrated edges. All she does is laugh when he's clutching his brand new concussion, blood running from his temple, spitting fuck, you're such a bitch.

You shouldn't have children if you're going to leave them, she says. You shouldn't have children if you're going to abandon them.

She hurls the pieces of a guitar at his feet.

You shouldn't have children if you're going to fucking abandon them. They're going to be searching for you for the rest of their lives. Everywhere. In everything.

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Post by lucius branwen / 10 — fox on Nov 29, 2024 15:27:19 GMT -5

When Cass was seven years old, while lying belly-down on the one bedroom apartment, while her mom and the latest boyfriend screamed at each other out in the living room, she scrawled into her diary,

1. I am going to be famous
2. I am going to make a fuckload of money
3. I am going to have a horse

And an addendum, as it got more heated outside, something very glass-sounding shattering against the walls. As she crawled underneath the bed and laid there for a long time until the door slammed and then slammed again:

I am never going to need anyone ever.

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