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LIGHT. Camera. Action…
Words I’d said before as a film director. Words that were going through
my head now as an honoree for the prestigious Top 30 Under 30 List by
VIP Magazine.
I wasn’t ready for the lights, the cameras, or the action. But as I looked
out the window of the limo, which was crawling through the heavy Los
Angeles traffic, I realized I needed to get ready fast. I could see the bright
spotlights surrounding the entrance to the Excelsior Hotel in Hollywood,
where the red carpet was set up, and photographers were waiting to snap
photos of me and the other twenty-nine rising stars.
I couldn’t believe I’d made the list.
Me, Emily Hollister, had become someone important. It seemed
impossible to believe.
I’d been born into nothing and lived a very rough and ragged life. But at
twenty-eight years old, I’d scratched and scraped my way into a senior
producer/director role at Holly Roads Productions, where a freak accident
had led to me directing what had turned out to be the movie of the year. The
sequence of events that had brought me to this moment was nothing I could
have imagined.
I should be feeling cocky and excited to celebrate, but my palms were
sweating and I was fighting back an urge to jump out of the limo and run
away into the dark of the night. I’d always felt more comfortable in the
shadows, but I also knew how to put on a mask, be who people thought I
should be, which was what I would do tonight.
“Emily?”
I turned away from the window to meet the questioning eyes of
Francine Montgomery, the vice president of Holly Roads Productions, and
my mentor. Francine was an attractive blonde in her early fifties, who had
been working in Hollywood for thirty years. She’d started the production
company ten years ago with her partner, David Valenti, and a significant
investment from wealthy entertainment lawyer, Curtis Nolan, who also was
one of her ex-husbands.
“What’s wrong, Emily?” Francine asked, her sharp, penetrating gaze
always making me think she saw a little too much.
“Nothing.” I forced a smile onto my face. “Just nervous. I’m not used to
being the one in front of the cameras.”
“You’ll do fine. You’re young, beautiful, and smart. And you just
directed a blockbuster movie that brought in more money on opening day
than any other film in the past year. There’s already talk of Oscar
nominations, for the film and for you.”
“That seems impossible to believe. I can’t see the Academy giving me
the nomination when I only ended up directing because Mitchell was
injured, and we were in a remote location. There was no time to get anyone
else to the other side of the world to take over. They’re going to take all that
into account.”
“Maybe. Maybe not. It’s probably a long shot,” she conceded. “You’re
young and you’re female, so those are also two strikes against you, but your
work was brilliant, and that may sway some voting members.”
Despite her words, I wouldn’t let myself even consider the possibility of
getting an Oscar nomination.
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