Claudia Ryan gazed over the sound stage looking in vain for Aldo Marchetti. "Christ, Joan," Claudia questioned her chief assistant, Joan Walker, "didnt you tell Harry to make sure that Aldo would be an extra during this shoot!?!" Joan staring at the nearly empty sound stage herself replied quickly, "Of course I did, I practically made Harry sign a blood oath that he would have Aldo here for the entire shoot, I have no idea where he is!" "Goddam it," spat Claudia, "get Harry on the fucking phone and find out for me, Im not gonna do one scene until hes here, got it!?!" Joan nodded her head and made a beeline for the phone back in Claudia Ryans trailer, and while it was only eight in the morning Claudia had already given her a splitting headache! "Do this, do that," she thought grimly, "why cant the old bat do something on her own for a change, youd think her leg was broken by the way she acted!" Joan dialed Harrys number, and in a few moments he was on the phone. "Well," he greeted her warmly, "what can I do for you today, Joan, is the boss acting up again!?!" As executive producer, Harry Berson made just about every major decision connected with the movie, including the hiring of Aldo Marchetti as a personal favor to Claudia Ryan. "Jesus, Harry," Joan said getting right to the point, "Marchettis nowhere to be seen, and Claudias throwing a hissy fit, says she wont do a scene until he shows!!!" Calm down, babe," Harry replied smoothly, "Marchetti isnt needed until scene number four, so he wont be showing up until later this afternoon, no problem, he just wont be there this morning!" Joan knew that Claudia would be upset over this new bit of news, but thought that if she was assured Aldo would be there later that day she would hopefully do her opening scenes. "Okay, Harry," Joan sighed, "Ill try getting her to go ahead, but there are no guarantees!" "You tell Claudia that Marchetti wont show until scene four is ready to shoot, so the longer she procrastinates, the longe... Læs hele novellen