Because that’s the deal, poor screenwriter Greg ( Nelson Franklin) won’t get financing without her as his star.Īnd who gets to break that news to Greg at a diner dinner meeting Heather refuses to attend? The same person who gets to screen Devin’s threatening phone calls, the same “assistant” who must deal with the studio that won’t be getting its needed re-shoots, the “assistant” who is more of a manager/father-confessor and BFF for hire - poor, organized Jill.
“There’s no MOVIE without you,” Jill protests. She’s ready to back out of one she’s committed to make. She doesn’t want to do re-shoots on a movie she finished. She’s avoiding the famous boyfriend, Devin ( Reeve Carney) she just kicked out of their mansion. Jill looks like a celebrity assistant, just pretty enough to have maybe entertained “The Dream” herself, just frumpy enough and self-less enough to be better suited to make somebody else’s dream work out. Jill ( Lola Kirke of “Mozart in the Jungle”) is her trusted assistant. Heather, played by Zoe Kravitz (“Big Little Lies”), is the star. Make them sign an NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement). Want somebody you can rely on, trust and confide in? Put them on the payroll.
Every public appearance is fraught, every social exchange has you questioning motives. The chilling isolation of stardom is the stark take-away from “Gemini,” a smart and knowing film noir set in LaLaland.
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