Get Shorty

Previously on Get Shorty...

I just need to get some sleep.

Oh, Miles isn't coming?

He definitely wants to be here.

It's his fucking job.

-(CAMERAS FLASHING) What's wrong with him?

I told you he's acting weird.

'Cause he's high.

You know, stay with him until the red carpet. Keep an eye on him.

Help!

-Somebody, help me! -(GUNSHOT)

It was an accident.

I never want to see you again.

Don't do that, Tia, please.

This was a business partner from ours.

This was a lover.

We just want to make sure that you're being looked after.

So this button here,

is a recording device.

Can I trust you?

Yeah.

Things you've lost, gone forever.

Everything else,

all you have to do is claim it.

Did Ginny check out this morning?

Do you know her last name?

Yeah, I'm calling about a novel you published.

Wylderness.

I'd like to know if the film rights are available.

I'm a producer.

I have been apologizing to you

since the day we met.

But that's done.

And if you want to go to war over our kid,

I will make it uglier than you can fucking imagine.

Tonight, new details on the tragic death

of Max Kisbye.

As Showbiz Daily starts right now.

Welcome to Showbiz Daily.

I'm Benny Cortez.

And I am Brooklyn McGowan Hughes.

Did his demanding role in the upcoming period romance,

The Admiral's Mistress,

lead to Max Kisbye's desolate final days,

and the self-inflicted gunshot wound

that ended his life?

We turned to Showbiz Daily's own Dr. Pearl for the answer.

The details of Max Kisbye's recent past

paint the picture of a man in conflict.

We know from tabloid reports

he was just of rehab.

But then Kisbye jumps right into the shoes

of a dark, brooding character, "this is Kisbye,"

head down hours before taking his own life.

Something has taken a toll on him.

That something could be his portrayal of Admiral Felton.

In a Showbiz Daily exclusive,

Kisbye's Admiral Mistress's co-star David Oumou.

spoke to me and Benny about the tragedy,

and what it was like for David being thrust into the spotlight.

Is it possible that his role in The Admiral's Mistress

caused him to relapse and that in turn led to suicide?

David's heartbreaking answer in a moment.

But first, as speculation over Kisbye's death grows,

anticipation for The Admiral's Mistress

grows along with it.

And the actor's curtain call is teed up to be a hit in theaters,

thanks to millions of highly emotional Max Kisbye fans.

Check it again. What the fuck you looking at?

Yago. All right, man, just check the list.

Check it again.

Sir, if you're not on the list, I can't let you in.

Miles Daly and Louis Darnell.

Yo Miles, please tell this puto with the list to let me in.

I got this.

What do you mean you got this?

Miles, just tell him. Come on, man.

-Don't make a scene. -Just a minute,

-I talk to her mama. -Fucked up.

-Ed, come on, it's me. -Some other time.

Do this for me, Ed.

Come on, man. It's fucking me, Ed.

Ed.

-This the buyer? -(SIGHS)

-Answer. -We probably

shouldn't do business here, right. This man's funeral.

Hey. Rick Moreweather.

Sammy. Sammy, yeah.

Well, I would. But I still got offers coming in here.

-Hey. -(WHISPERS) I got a buyer.

-Okay, good. -Uh...

Well, is that your best offer?

Condolences, Amara.

And congratulations, since it sounds like we're gonna sell the movie.

You don't come to premiere.

I was in a terrible car wreck, Amara.

Maybe Louis mentioned it.

That's why I'm so banged up.

You seem okay.

Kind of you to say.

Look, I realize these circumstances aren't ideal,

but it looks like we're gonna recoup your investment.

Which is good.

I'm gonna grab some coffee. You want anything?

All right, then.

I want cucumber.

Ah, how's that even a sandwich?

So, I got reservations at four different places for tonight,

-so that you can pick your cuisine. -Um...

-That's fun. -Um...

And I'm fine with whatever, though.

I'm more interested in dessert.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm just...

We're... We're still taking bids. So just...

Yeah, give us your best number.

Okay, look forward to it. Bye-bye.

Mr. Moreweather.

Oh, hey, David. David, how you doing?

I wanted to apologize.

At the hotel you said not to leave Max alone.

Oh, no, no. No, no. Don't take this on.

I didn't realize how serious it was

What are you gonna do? We...

We're gonna salute his memory now.

That's all. And also,

his last appearance on screen

is gonna find a distributor.

So, wherever Max Kisbye is,

I'm sure he's gonna be happy about that.

Yeah.

So you'd, um...

He never said anything to you about owning a gun?

No, not at all.

-Yeah. -I didn't know about his drug problem either.

Yeah. Yeah.

Did you think it was kind of weird

the way it all went down?

-Definitely weird. Yeah. -Yeah.

You didn't sense like he was

being pressured by anyone, or

threatened maybe by someone?

Hey! Hey!

David, you remember, Louis, our writer?

Yeah, lovely to see you.

-Yeah. -So you have a theory about Kisbye?

I would love to hear that.

What were you saying? That he was pressured?

No, no. Theory is just...

No, it's hard to come to terms.

You know, he was so alive.

Now what, now he's... I don't know.

Ah. We should go sit.

On behalf of all of us,

whose lives Max touched,

today we say goodbye to an artist, a friend,

and all around great guy.

The world will long remember the youngest child of Mildred and Terrence Kisbye,

as a talented and...

Sad day.

Terrible.

It seemed like such a chirpy chop.

Not at the premiere apparently.

I heard you missed it.

I'm sure you had a reason.

Drove into a telephone pole.

Are you okay?

Your face.

-You should see the telephone pole. -Shh!

-About the other night. -We don't have to talk about it.

I was rude and unkind.

I felt bad I had to leave.

But I was rude.

You were.

I hope you can forgive me.

Wasn't a big deal.

After my accident, I ended up in this little motel.

Look what I found on the shelf.

Um... It's great, right?

-It's fucking inspiring. -(CHUCKLNG)

And it will make a brilliant movie.

Um...

I even called the publishers.

They tell me that the rights have already been optioned

by you and your boss.

Yes, which is why I was reading it.

I wasn't just reading to,

you know, read.

So are we too late?

There's a script but it hasn't been set up.

I feel passionately that this should be my next film, April.

I can see it. I can see the platform...

-Miles! -...with this piece of...

-Can you just get me into a room with your boss? -It's dead!

I'm sorry.

Look, it's been to all the studios, everyone passed.

It's too dark and weird.

Lawrence couldn't even raise money privately.

So unless you have 30 million it's not gonna happen.

And telling the world, "break it."

That's the Max Kisbye...