Doll & Em

- Hi, Em. - Hi.

Oh, my gosh. How are you?

- Hey. - Nice to see you too.

This is Jane, our publicist.

- Oh, hi. - Yes, I'm the publicist.

- Oh, great, very nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.

Oh, well, I'm... I'm up for anything.

Whatever you... Whatever you need.

- Bonjour. - Bonjour.

Francois Desdemond.

This is my wife, Aurelia.

Aurelia? I'm Emily. Nice to meet you.

Perhaps I can send you something to your agent?

- That would be great. - Right

Yes. Absolutely. Yeah.

- Nice to see you again. - Lovely to see you.

How you doing? Everything good?

- Everything's great. - All right.

Good to see you again. This is my wife, Jean.

- Hi, Margo. Casting. - Oh, yes, of course.

This is Tallulah.

- Hi, Tallulah. - Nice to meet you.

- And you. And you. - Finally.

So how's it been going?

Oh, it's great. We're so happy.

Oh, well, we'll have to... Have to hang at some point.

- Definitely. I would love that. - Okay.

Thank you.

Look at that. Whoo!

Hot diggity!

And in those days the king's word was law.

- So nice to meet you. - I know.

- I've been dying to meet you. - I know. Me, you, too.

- Look at this spread. - It's unreal.

I can't get over it.

Oh, L.A.

Is your family here with you?

- No, sadly. - No?

No, they're back in New York.

It must be so hard.

It is. It's really hard,

but, you know, it's good.

I'm... I'm just trying to focus on the movie at the moment.

Of course, but it's so exciting.

- It is so exciting. - I mean, it's your movie, Emily.

I know.

I'm crazy about the script. Aren't you?

I am, yeah.

Your character?

She's like the Empress Wu Zetian or Queen Victoria

or, like, a... The Godfather as a woman.

I mean, it's awesome.

I mean it's so rare to find a part like this.

Such a strong, complex female character.

Treasure it.

Okay.

Well, it's always darkest just before...

Doll.

I'm sorry about my friend, Brian.

- Are you two all right in here? - Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

I don't know why she didn't bring a babysitter. What happened?

It doesn't matter. It looks terrifying in there.

I'd rather be in here. It's fine.

I don't want to be in there either.

It's miserable. I wish I was in here with you.

I know, exactly. I know.

We're gonna be good, aren't we, Brian?

We're gonna have fun.

Everybody, hello, welcome.

Um, please don't be alarmed.

I'm really not going to take very much time saying anything.

I just want to say that I think when we look back on what we are all here

doing together in years to come,

I think we're going to be so, so proud.

That's it. That's all I wanted to say.

Without further ado,

I'm going to turn you over to our own

young Coppola, Mike.

It's not really Coppola, it's just kind of my own thing.

Um...

It's so rare to get a chance to work on something

that you're so passionate about.

I feel so connected to...

You're going to have to speak louder, Mike.

I... I feel so connected to this story,

starting with my grandma, Patty. She was a very,

very powerful woman.

Um...

Okay, now, she never wrenched people's teeth out of their head

Or inherited a ruthless crime syndicate, but she...

- Go, Emily! - She was the heart of the family.

- Oh, God. Thank you. - So let's raise a glass to Emily.

- To Emily. - Our modern-day Joan of Arc.

- Cheers. - Emily. Hear, hear.

And... and... and

to the leading lady of my life...

You own me, Susan.

Oh, I hope everyone heard that.

And, um, lastly...

Look, I know you're not a strong woman, but, Edgar,

I owe you everything. We all do.

Yeah, Edgar!

I haven't really found my feet with Mike yet.

Not sure he likes me.

Oh, God.

Isn't that such a relief at our age?

So much simpler.

You know they don't want to fuck you anymore,

so you can just be the woman you always wanted to be.

Finally.

Okay, so, the cushions are gonna be, like, rocks

or tiny islands or lily pads that can take your weight.

Can they be sharks?

Yes, good idea.

You're Emily's assistant, right?

- Yeah. - I'm Edgar's.

- Dolly, nice to meet you. - Hi.

Well, I mean, I'm not really Emily's assistant. I'm her best friend.

I'm just here to help her while she does this film.

Just an excuse to hang out, really.

But she's paying you, right?

Yeah, sure.

Okay, ready?

Out of my way, I'm gonna land...

I'm gonna ride the biggest shark here.

That was amazing. Did you see that?

Are you okay?

I don't know where he's hurt himself, quite frankly.

- What happened to him? - Oh, love.

Oh, sweetie. Are you okay?

What the hell happened?

Well, we were just playing on the sofa

- and I think your grandson fell off. - Son.

Wha... what happened, Doll? What did you do?

Well, we were just jumping off the sofa.

It was fun... Into the sea.

But there are sharks.

Yeah, but that's not quite fair, Brian,

because you put all the cushions out and you wanted them to be sharks.

But I was drowning.

Oh, this woman would never let you drown, sweetheart.

Well, it was a game.

- Even in a game. - Susan, I'm so, so sorry.

I...

Dolly is too. Aren't you, Doll?

- You're sorry. - Yeah, no, I'm sorry, Brian.

That's it? I mean, tell him that you would never let

anything bad happen to him, right?

Go on, Doll.

I would never let anything bad happen to you, Brian.

Don't patronize him.

I promise, I would never let anything happen to you, Brian.

"And I would never let you drown."

Yeah, but how could I if...

Dolly!

And I would... I would obviously never let you drown.

"Or be eaten by sharks."

See? It's okay now.

God, what a nightmare. I'm so sorry.

I saw some water wings earlier if you want to make believe again,

safely, with me.

Oh.

Can I just say, I...

Idolize you.

You are my total inspiration for this role.

I can't believe I'm... I'm here with you.

Oh, no, no. But where are the water wings? Are they nearby?

I'll go... I'll go get them. Yeah, I'll go grab them.

- And you're all right, Brian? - We're gonna get the water wings.

You in there?

- Doll? - What?

Look, it's okay. It's no big deal. I promise.

No big deal?

Susan Sarandon just shout-eat me, Em!

I know, I know. It was awful,

but who cares, really?

- Should we just go home? - Yes.

Okay, I'll say goodbye and I'll meet you outside, okay?

- Okay? - Yes.

Thank you so much. It was such a great party.

I loved it.

Oh, yeah, I've... I've just got a big day tomorrow.

I'm meeting you outside. I heard, I was just gathering mysel...

Oh, good. I can me... I can certainly meet you outside.

That's all right.

Don't... hello.

Did you think I was someone else?

- Yeah, sorry about that. - Oh, it's okay,

but you're not leaving? Don't leave.

Well, I was gonna... I was supposed to leave.

Who would want that?

Aren't parties weird? Really?

I...

- I know that's such a cliche. - Why do you say?

But what I mean is that I always find even at my own parties

that all my best friends

become sort of acquaintances

and all my acquaintances become people

I've never met before in my life.