Hollywood Glam....Lights Camera Action!

Hollywood Glam…Lights, Camera, Action! 

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman

This is your opportunity to bring your fantasies to life!. It’s all about creating your very own fantasy and setting the stage for that fantasy. In this month's fantasy, you and your man are actors starring in your own movie; one filled with drama, passion, and romance… 

The Fantasy 

A tingle of nervous anticipation sends shivers down your back as you walk the winding streets of the studio lot. Golf carts whiz by, perhaps holding studio heads with the next great movie about to happen.

You were virtually plucked from obscurity. It is a Hollywood moment every waitress, store clerk, or caterer hopes for: the moment of being discovered. For you, it happened at a small theatre on La Cienega Boulevard. A dozen actors were on the bill, each doing one-act scenes before an audience of studio executives, agents, and casting directors. It was your defining moment. That night, the director of the “next big movie” was looking for an unknown to play the leading lady.

Now, you’re actually on the studio lot. You were chosen! Your stomach has butterflies, but your mind has absolutely no doubts about your capabilities as an actor. This is what you’ve trained for your entire life!

You turn the corner. There it is…Studio A. You see the tall, lean figure of your soon to be leading man crossing the lot ahead of you- his stride long and sure, male and confident.  He’s more handsome than you ever dreamed!

You exhale deeply.  “Get a grip, girl,” you admonish yourself.  “It’s only Brad Pitt (George Clooney, Antonio Banderas, fill in your favorite Hollywood hunk du jour).  He doesn’t even see you, but you are confident in your prowess and your expertise as an actress to soon make him never forget you. You firmly square your slim shoulders and walk resolutely toward the set.

As you draw near, your mind is spinning, You, yes you, have been selected to be the leading lady in the hottest new movie of the year, “The Endless Night,” a lavish, elegantly scripted drama that captured and enchanted your active imagination the first time you read the script.

             The door to the set opens. How could it be possible! The set is dressed just as you have envisioned! Old Hollywood glamour beckons you.

Crystal chandeliers, not one, but two, sparkled brightly above the monstrous white bed, dramatically sheathed in white silk satin.  Sitting beside the bed, is a white leather chair trimmed with black in the classic Art Deco style that you so love.  A bronze of Barishnikov, your childhood idol during your years of ballet lessons, floats effortlessly in his out-stretched arms, head flung back. A plush sheepskin rug covers the floor, where you know from reading the script; you are expected to do your passionate love scene with the incredibly handsome leading man. 

Your voice catches in your throat as he approaches, but your “hello” is as smooth and sensuous as Lauren Bacall. You feel his emerald eyes sweep your long, slender limbs, firmed and supple from years of working out at the ballet barre. He draws in his breath…he obviously likes what he sees!

He tilts his head; his sensuous lips that you had seen so many times filling the silver screen, part slightly, drawing you near, in spite of yourself.  You run your fingers through your long mane of chestnut hair, teasingly. An old childhood habit you can tell that he finds alluring. His subtle reaction encourages your confidence to do this part well.

“You’re beautiful,” he states boldly.

“Thank you,” your eyes sweep the room, “I’m looking forward to working with you.”

Your leading man walks to the chilled silver bucket, and lifts out the bottle of La Grand Dame. Your epicurean eye unconsciously scans the label for the vintage, 93, a great year. Your mouth waters slightly in anticipation.

“Champagne should calm the nerves,” he says coolly. “Usually we would have had the opportunity to meet and rehearse before this, but our director wants the spontaneity to come from the unfamiliar and forbidden place. Are you okay with that?”

“I’m just fine,” you reply with confidence and a flick of your silky hair.

“Beautiful lady…I’m not so sure now that it’s you, I’m worried about…it’s me. You’re the most intriguing woman. Where does that certainty come from? ” He looks slightly taken off guard. You’ve surprised him with your poise and decorum.

“I’ve always known my destiny,” You reply with a quiet smile. Your leading man studies you, withholding words.

“Quiet on the set”, brings you back to awareness of others around you. 

“Places, everyone,” the assistant director yells.

This is just the beginning!

            “On your marks!” The first AD yells.

You look down at the floor to see you are perfectly placed on the “X”. You take a steadying breath.

The clapboard snaps. The Director calls, “Action!”

“I don't know what you want!” your leading man yells with passion! His clear green eyes penetrate yours and you can feel the flutter in your stomach. "It's driving me crazy! I love you so much!"

You respond to him with the lines you memorized, but now they are yours. “You! You are what I want! Only you!”

He looks into your smoldering eyes and pulls you close. You feel his passion and clearly mounting desire…and it’s all for you! Your breasts harden, unbidden. You push your body into his. Your lips are swollen with desire and you kiss him, hard and aggressively.

It’s almost uncontrollable. He continues to kiss you and caress you, until somewhere in the distance outside your desire, you both finally hear, “Cut…Cut…The director finally has to scream...”CUT!”

You step away from each other and laugh, embarrassed. The crew looks flushed from your heated scene.

Your leading man shivers slightly as he whispers in your ear. “You excite me, beyond words. Will you meet me after we wrap?”

You take a steadying breath. “I’m flattered, but no thank you.” You glance across the studio set and see the man you truly love, standing amongst the crew. He’s smiling a knowing smile.  He’s your man. He was the motivation for your scene, and he knows it. The arousal the leading man had felt during the scene came from you and the memories of the incredible night of love making you had experienced with your man just hours before dawn.

The actor follows your gaze and smiles regretfully.

“Lucky guy,” he says, as he walks over and extends his hand.

You smile into your lover’s eyes and know that you’ve never been more deserving of the title:  “The Sexiest Woman Alive!”

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