A Film Queen

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Milly took a deep breath. “Just listen to me. You’re older than me, so you can just call me Milly”

Joy pressed her lips together and, after a long pause, finally said, “Alright, I’ll call you Milly then.”

“Good.” Milly replied, “As long as you don’t call me Ms. Burnett.”

As they reached the filming location, they could hear Alan’s angry voice booming from a distance, shaking the walls.

“What? We’re about to start filming, and now you suddenly say he won’t do it? What was he doing before. this

Next to him stood a slender man with glasses, bent over and apologising profusely, cautiously explaining. “Mr. Hawkins, please don’t be angry. We really liked the script. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t have signed the contract. But… well, Oliver suddenly fell ill. He’s been vomiting and having severe diarrhea. We didn’t want one person to delay the entire crew, so we had to make a tough decision. Don’t worry, we’ll pay all the penalties.”

Alan’s eyebrows knitted into a tight frown, clearly not buying the excuse. “Vomiting and diarrhea? I saw him half an hour ago, and he was full of energy. I’d love to know what illness can cause such a drastic change in such a short time.”

Robin was at a loss for words. But since he’d already committed to the lie, he couldn’t back out now.

Robin’s mind raced. What illness could cause vomiting and diarrhea?

Food poisoning? Water contamination? It couldn’t be a mental illness, right?

Being an agent was so exhausting. He wished he could just go scavenge for junk instead.

Seeing Robin hesitating, trembling, and unable to speak, Alan had a good guess of what was going on. He snorted coldly. “Just say it. What’s really happening with him?”

Robin bit his lip and sighed lightly. “Mr. Hawkins, the truth is… About the actress you chose to partner with Oliver, he thinks she’s not suitable.”

was

faults and gossip. If he acts with someone who has no skills, it could harm his

this, Alan almost doubted himself. His gaze towards Robin was full

during the audition was so terrible that if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand, he might not have survived to see the

the role and even publicly stated on Twitter that Oliver was the inspiration for the character, Alan wouldn’t have chosen

list for the movie had been released, and all the costumes and character designs had been finalised, he

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to start. The media had arrived for the

even a terminal illness. He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go, bring him to me

at a

go, he was just afraid

a deep breath and

her and instantly swallowed his harsh words. However, his

Milly nodded.

knew how difficult it was to replace an actor at the last minute after all the preparations had been made, especially when the situation was

Oliver…

name sounded familiar. It seemed like she

point. “Mr. Hawkins, I heard your conversation just now. I’m a new actress, so it’s normal for there to be some

and had high emotional intelligence. His impression of her improved significantly. “Mr. Hawkins, I think this

Oliver to take on this role, as it could greatly help with his transition. If Milly could persuade

and

the Tates. She had two billion dollars of

tight knot, and his tone revealed his irritation. “No, I don’t want you to

Milly was puzzled.

a coquettish voice suddenly interrupted, breaking

between them.

about Oliver? I can help. After all, I’ve worked with Oliver before, and we