Trust Me

Did you ever think...

in some deep-down place that you were really something else?

And if you could just strip away that filthy, dead shell

you'd been walking around in,

you'd be reborn

as something new?

Something more beautiful than anything you'd ever imagined?

Hey, buddy.

Well, of course you're nervous 'cause... Sorry, Daryl... it's a really big deal.

Listen to me, no. Phillip, no. Stop. You stop right there.

Hold on. Hold on one second. I'm sorry. I got a client freaking out.

- These came for you. - Oh, thanks. Thanks so much.

You look really, really...

- Hey, Ben. What's up, man? - Hey.

- Hey, did you get some flowers? - Oh, God, yes. Howard, thank you so much.

Please. I saw that you had some tulips in your window once

and then they were on sale at Trader Joe's.

Oh, you know, I...

I... I didn't get them into water soon enough.

No, totally, totally, I'm sure... it's weird, though, they looked still...

You know what it is? Plants hate me.

- They just... - I doubt that.

They do. You should probably... there's a bottom button.

- I can see your... - Okay. Thank you for that.

- Your... - Thanks. You got my back.

- Yeah. - You got my back. All right.

Just say it with me. "Congratulations, Phillip.

You got the part."

Well, it only works if you really do it.

That wasn't really doing it. No, it wasn't. You know it wasn't.

I know when you really are doing it

and it's only when you really do it that it works.

This is your time to shine.

Oh, God, you homicidal son of a...

No, not you. I'm here. I'm parking. Yes, I am.

Picture yourself resting on a cool, sandy beach.

I'm not lying. I'm here. Big breath in and exhale out.

Good. Hold that door.

You think I don't know how you feel? A third callback for "Boatniks," I'm 10.

My mom had to give me an airplane bottle of schnapps

just to get my hands to stop shaking.

But this is different. You know why?

'Cause I was good, but you're special.

- I am? - Hell, yes, you are, because...

Come on.

Hell, yes, you are.

And when you go in there and do what we rehearsed,

they're going to see that.

I heard Lindsay Lohan's little brother is doing the part.

What? Who told you that?

You know the twins who go to my school, Rory and Cory?

- Yeah. - Rory's manager told him.

No, they offered it to him, but they couldn't make a deal.

So now one of the main roles in this motion picture is wide open.

And I'm going to tell you something...

it's yours.

- It is? - I can feel it.

- You can? - Yes.

Phillip Trilby?

- Yes? - You're up, honey.

You got this. My man.

Kick some ass, baby. We really need this one, okay?

It's yours.

Hi, Phillip. I'm Meg Waldron. Thanks for coming in.

- We all loved your work in "Cooties." - So good, right?

- Thanks. - Let's do this thing.

- This is empty. - Oh, okay. Yeah.

Hey. Courtney, how you been?

Hey, Shawna. You look great. Are you still working with that guy?

The... what's his name?

- What's going on in here? - An audition.

Sorry. Just sounded so real.

- Who's your agent? - Get out.

Okay. Sorry.

She is really good.

Are you saying he got the part?

Well, there's still a few things to work out, but Nigel loved him.

Yeah!

So, Janice, what are you and Phillip doing for the next few months?

Well, I mean, we've got school, but, you know, screw it, right?

There's that one thing over at Nickelodeon.

But, you know,

it's nothing we couldn't get out of, you know, for the right situation.

Hey, pal, why don't you get your game thing for a few minutes

- so Meg and I can talk business? - Good job, Phillip.

- We'll be there in one second. - Great job.

Can I ask you, when would you need him to start?

Can you give us a sec? And then... so just...

I was just... all right.

- This is so exciting. - Yeah. He seems like a great kid.

The best. I wish he was mine.

- We done? - Yup.

Okay, break of a lifetime. Big, fat role opposite whoever we get.

I'm authorized to go 80 grand. Take it or leave it.

But if we can close it right now, I'll throw in 25K when it hits 100.

That's just over scale to do fifth lead in a $30 million picture.

Listen, Howard, I understand you want to glue yourself tight to your young Phil

and his tasty little MILF over there, but he's got no quote. He's nobody.

Oh, haven't you heard? He just got the new Nigel Skank picture.

- 110 run a show, 30 on the bump. - 170, 50 on the bump.

170? Are you really fucking high right now?

Meg, can I talk to you for a moment?

You want to close it or not?

Meg?

- You want to close it? - Hold that thought.

Okay, fine. 110. We're very excited.

We got a deal. Hey, where you going? Meg?

- What's happening, Howard? - Just give me a second.

Okay, fine. He'll do it for scale. Just throw us something on the back end.

- Hi, Nigel. - Don't talk to him.

- Look... - Howard.

Listen, you close this right now or he's doing the Nickelodeon thing.

- Do what you've got to do. - We had an offer.

- Go home. I'll call you. - Talk to me, okay?

- I'm his fucking manager. - Please, Meg, please, what's going on?

He's back in. The Lohan kid, okay?

- No. No, he passed. - He's a name.

They pull this shit all the time.

Look, I've got something else, too, a vampire thing.

- Howard! - Calm down, take Phillip home,

and I'll try to find him something in that. But seriously, we're done.

- You lying sack of shit. - What did you call me?

You never had any intention of giving Phillip the part.

You just used him to get the Lohan kid back to the table.

That is bullshit. Nigel loved him. He wanted to hire him.

Oh, I'm sure he did until Honey Boo Boo over there...

- Sir, I'm what now? - ...called Aldo

and told him the role was walking out the door.

You pathetic bottom feeder.

If you ever want to see one of your talentless little trolls in this office again,

you will shut your mouth and walk out that door now.

Delia, call security.

Fine. I'm going. I'm taking Phillip down to SAG.

We're going to file a grievance. Right, Janice?

Janice?

Guys? Guys? Phillip. Hey, buddy.

Okay, look, I know you're disappointed,

but you did something really special in there

and nobody can ever take that away from you.

- Well, they just did. - Yeah, and you let it happen.

- No. - Get in the car.

Don't you... listen to me. Don't you see? They used Phillip to close Tommy Lohan.

Yeah. And isn't it your job to protect us from that?

- Aldo said something like this would happen. - Aldo? You talked to Aldo Stankis?

You know what? I guess it's a good time to tell you.

- Howard, you're fired. - No, we have a contract.

Not anymore we don't. Here you go.

"Termination of services"?

Listen, you were great when we first started out, but Phillip needs more now.

- He needs an Aldo Stankis. - No.

- Get in the car, Phillip. - But Aldo's Tommy's agent. Don't you see?

- He did it this way to make you dump me. - Well, guess what, Howard? It worked.

No, Janice, please, don't do this. Hey, hey.

- What about us? - Oh, please.

It was one drunk night and I wish I'd been drunker.

- Janice. - Move out of the way, Howard.

- No, don't. Please. Janice! - I'm trying to close my door!

- Get away from my car! - Janice!

Buddy, roll down the window. Roll down the window, buddy.

- Oh, my God. - Please, roll it down.

Who's going to run lines with you?

You think Aldo's going to know what to do when you have a panic attack? Do you?

- No. - Phillip, close that window now.

Get your hands off the button, Phillip.

You don't have to do this, man. You can come live with me.

No, he can't. Not without that emancipation thing from the judge he can't.

- Roll up that damn window now. - Hey, don't you love me anymore?

Hey, look at me, you little bastard!

You're going to sell me out, at least have the balls to look me in the eye!

- Get away from the car, you freak! - Janice, no!

No, Janice. Wait.

Wait.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, Howard.

Oh, Howard. That was an accident. I'm so sorry.

- We can still save this. - You are an asshole!

- Asshole. - Get in the damn car, Phillip, now!

I mean it!

No, please? Really?

Come on, seriously. Please. After four and a half years?

Please, don't do this. Come on, Janice, please. Don't...!

Hello.

Hello?

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hello?

He... hello?

Hello?

What the...

what the fuck, man?

If you ask me, you're better off.

I did this cable thing with him last year,

we played siblings who both needed one of Anne Archer's kidneys,

and he's okay,

but it never goes much deeper than the audition, you know?

And I met his sister once. She used to go out for stuff, too,

until she turned 14 and caught a bad case of the uglies.

What do you got?

It's his game thing.

Are you going to smash it and send the pieces?