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ACTORS ONLY NEED APPLY

ACTORS ONLY NEED APPLY
By Lisa R Malone

GENRE: Comedy
LOGLINE:

When a Los Angeles Celebrity Life Coach acquires four new high profile clients all named Chris, she guides them to enrich their lives as she battles her own loneliness and unfulfillment. 

SYNOPSIS:

In a world where true love seems to be extinct, a Los Angeles Celebrity Life Coach, Liza Rose believes it’s alive and well. As her personality shines, her ordinary features disguise who she truly is. She is a woman with a beautiful soul, a brilliant mind, and has passion for matters of the heart. These attributes are rare to find all in one human being, but she owns them all. Ideas of falling in love, finding happiness, and living a purposeful life is what Liza wants more than anything. While her insight appreciates the beauty in the world, and is moved by the pain in the world, she strives to help people change the world.

As Liza sleeps, her wildly captivating imagination has “fairy tale like” dreams about what she envisions her love life to be like. Liza stands in the lobby of an office building waiting for the elevator doors to open. The doors open and a vision of perfection stand before her making her heart beat faster. Chris Evans, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, and Chris Hemsworth already on the elevator step back to make room for Liza to enter. The elevator gets stuck on the way up to the top floor. They play cards to pass the time, strip poker in which Liza has won every hand and they guys are down to their last article of clothing. At the moment they remove their last piece of clothing, Liza wakes up.

Liza works for a company called “Take Two Agency.” During their weekly Friday morning meeting Liza’s boss hands her new client files. These clients are Chris Evans, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, and Chris Hemsworth. She agrees and assures him that she can handle all four of them at the same time.

Liza doesn’t date much and keeps herself busy purposely to avoid the painstaking task. When she does date, they usually end in a disaster on her part. She recently had dinner with Gilbert Godfrey, Dwayne Johnson, and Seth Macfarlane.

Liza cherishes her friends more than anything else in the world. Sebastian, who is her nearest and dearest friend, as well as Ava, Jude, and James. They meet at Liza’s house once a week for what they call “Therapy with Friends.” They meet and discuss topics selected from a fish bowl, topics include problematic behaviors, shared beliefs, love, relationship concerns and what makes us happy.

Liza and her boss conduct video interviews with all four new clients as they answer questions related to their lives, and what they feel they need to be happy and content.

Liza and her friends enjoy taking weekend driving trips together to places like Hearst Castle. Their relationships with one another are so endearing even though they all have such different personalities.

Probably because of conversations held on their weekend away spawns another vivid dream about Liza’s new clients. Liza is in the labor and delivery room as the doctor asks her where her husband is. Breathing through contractions she states she doesn’t have a husband, she only has a sperm donor. Dramatic soap opera music plays as Evans, Pine, Pratt and Hemsworth walk into the room with scrubs on.

One morning while enjoying some breakfast at an outside cafe, Chris Pine exits the cafe with coffee and paper in hand and sits a few tables away from Liza. Liza is on the phone with her friend Ava discussing why she has trouble finding the right guy. Chris overhears the conversation which he feels is comical and he asks Liza if she would like to join him at his table. They have a fun and flirty conversation.

Liza attends her friend Sebastian’s birthday party who just happens to also be friends with Chris Evans. Evans doesn’t recognize Liza at first, but then walks over to say hello. Evans questions Sebastian what they do when they meet every Friday night. The next morning Liza enters her office to find she had a delivery of roses. Chris Evans had sent them to her. That night Liza calls Evans from home to thank him for the flowers. He asks her out on a date in which she offers to choose the where and when.

The next “Therapy with Friends” gathering they talk about how beneficial meditation is. Also that being present in life keeps you centered.

Liza has a spa appointment and while in line to check in she runs into Chris Pratt. Liza needs his help because she booked a spa day for two and her friend got sick. Pratt steps in and they get to know each other a bit more. During their massage the masseuse mistakes them as a couple and Pratt has a field day being flirty with Liza.

While at a movie with friends, Liza runs into another client, Chris Hemsworth at a movie theater. She sees he’s by himself so she asks him to join her group. After the movie Hemsworth suggests they grab a bite to eat. They have a heartfelt conversation about relationships as Hemsworth lays on the charm.

Evans and Sebastian are out having lunch together and have a conversation about Liza. Evans is curious about Liza and their Friday night get togethers and is interested in joining.

Liza is at home having dinner with her son Jacob. He confides in his mom that he’s feeling left out at school because he’s different from everyone else. Liza reminds Jacob how special he is and that he is the best thing that has ever happened to her. The next morning Liza and Sebastian go for a walk on the beach and discuss the conversation she had just had with Jacob the night before. Liza is worried that as Jacob gets older, life will be harder with him not having a father in his life. Sebastian offers to talk to him, which Liza thinks is a great idea. Back at Liza’s house, they make lunch and Sebastian asks if it would be alright for Chris Evans to join their Friday group. Liza gives approval for Evans to join.

Back at Liza’s office, she meets with her associates to go over her suggested plans for her clients. Liza’s boss is pleased with her work and reminds her of his dinner party coming up. She tells him that she’s asked a few people to bring as a date, but they haven’t gotten back if they are available to go with her. The night of her boss’s dinner party Liza shows up at his door with Evan, Pine, Pratt, and Hemsworth standing behind her. It turns out they were all available and she couldn’t turn any of them away. During dinner Robert, Liza’s boss, invites everyone to volunteer for a charity date auction, in which they all graciously accept.

The next “Therapy with Friends” topic is about fear and vulnerability. It is the first meeting with their new member Chris Evans.

Late one night, Sebastian calls Liza and is very intoxicated and needs a place to stay. The cab pulls up and Sebastian is passed out cold in the back seat. Liza gets Sabastian out of the cab and he falls on top of her in the bushes. Not knowing what to do Liza calls Evans for help. He arrives and helps her carry Sebastian into the house. They put him to bed and hang out together all night. Liza tells Evans the story of her son Jacob and how she came to adopt him. In the morning Liza and Evans go into the bedroom to wake up Sebastian by crawling into bed with him. Liza stretches the truth leading Sebastian to believe that there was some intimacy between them during his drunken stupor.

Liza’s next dream parallels the night she spent with Evans. Liza is “slumbering beauty” as all four Chris’s, dressed in prince costumes, each attempt to wake her up.

The big fundraising auction day has arrived. Liza is nervous and has never been in the limelight as the guys have. They assure her that she’ll be great and probably bring in the most money for a date. The guys are auctioned off first as the women and Liza go last. The Chris’s are now sitting in the audience and they each make a substantial bid for Liza, however, just as Evans bid of $500,000.00 is almost sold, a man from the back raises his paddle for a $1 million bid. As the entire room gasps and turns around to see who made the bid, Seth Macfarlane stands up.

Back at the office, Liza has finished all four proposals. She sets up her plans for each client outside the office. Liza and Pratt spend the night on a camping trip. She presents to him a plan to create a wilderness retreat that will support, educate and advocate for those suffering with mental illnesses. Liza presents Hemsworth’s action plan with a day at the beach with the idea of supporting an organization that gives those with disabilities an opportunity to go to the beach and surf. Pine meets Liza at a bookstore in Los Angeles. She has created a plan for him to write a children's book and donate his time going to a local Children’s Hospital for story time. Liza meets Evans at the Science Center to present her plan to create a college scholarship fund in his name for kids with high GPA’s graduating high school but can’t afford to pay for college.

The next “Therapy with Friends” topic is Real Love. They discuss what it stands for and that it can mean different things to different people.

Jacob and Sebastian splash around in Liza’s pool as she watches from a lounge chair. Liza invites Sebastian to stay for dinner since Jacob loves when he’s around. Jacob insists his mom join them in the pool, but she injured her neck while trying to learn to surf. Sebastian said he’ll massage her neck for her if she gets in the water. Sebastian assures her that he’ll be gentle and they speak to each other in Romanian.

While playing tennis with a few friends, Liza has a mini meltdown of sorts as she feels frustrated about her life. James has ball marks on his face to prove that Liza has some pent up aggression and they discuss her dating concerns. Liza’s friends feel that her expectations are unrealistic as far as what she’s looking for..

Late on a Sunday evening, Sebastian is playing video games with Jacob as Liza cleans up the dinner dishes. Once Jacob goes to bed Liza accidentally breaks a glass and all her worries spill out in front of Sebastian. Liza is feeling bad about herself and Sebastian attempts to set her straight.

The final “Therapy with Friends” meeting’s topic is “Secrets”.

Liza and Evans have gotten close and start dating. While at dinner Liza gets a phone call and finds out that Sebastian was in a car accident and is in serious condition. Liza and Evans immediately leave for the hospital. Later in the evening, Liza and Evans are the only one’s left at the hospital. Evans watches Liza and Sebastian from the hallway and realizes that they have a connection like no other.

Liza finally arrives home very late from the hospital. Just as she sits down on the couch there is a knock at the door. The ambulance driver hands her Sebastian's personal belongings which they took out before his car was towed. Items included a jacket, his wallet, and a backpack. Liza goes into the bedroom to unpack Sebastian’s bag and finds a beat up looking envelope with her name on it. She sits on the bed and opens it. The letter was from Sebastian from a year ago when they met. He explained that on that day, he was in a very bad place and was contemplating suicide. He states that he also fell in love with her and never thought about suicide again. Liza confronts Sebastian. He admitted that he never told her because he didn’t want to scare her away. She saved his life that day, and he felt that he needed her more than she needed him.

Once Sebastian is back home, Evans pays him a visit and they talk in private.

A few weeks later, Liza calls Sebastian who has just gotten out of the shower and asks if he would like some company. He says sure, and that he was just going to relax and watch a movie. A short while later Sebastian lets Liza in, she sets down her purse and walks up to him. He asks if everything is okay and she replies that he was wrong. Liza tells him that he was wrong about the fact that he thought he needed her, more than she needed him. Liza professes that she wakes up every morning and he’s just there, in her heart, and nothing else matters. Liza and Sebastian are crazy about each other and it took his car accident for them to search their true feelings for one another.

Three months later Liza and Sebastian are sitting in the front row at an outdoor concert. Next to them are Evans, Pine, Pratt, and Hemsworth. Liza’s “voice over” explains that happiness comes from inside of us. It’s having a deep sense of serenity and fulfillment and to do whatever it takes to find it.

A photo slideshow shows how Liza, Sebastian and their friends support the worthy causes she has created for her clients. They are all present supporting Evans with his scholarship program, being in the great outdoors supporting Pratt, helping with those with disabilities on the beach supporting Hemsworth, and storytime at the children’s hospital supporting Pine.

Final scene, slow motion from behind we see Liza, Evans, Pine, Pratt, and Hemsworth walking arm in arm down a hospital corridor.

Nathaniel Baker

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