Cold Open, A Tale of Modern Hollywood // Chapter 8. The Headshot

Cantara Christopher
25 min readJul 1, 2022

[AUTHOR’S NOTE: THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHAPTER, THE ONE THAT MAKES ME LAUGH OUT LOUD. GIRLS, IF YOU EVER WANTED REAL REVENGE ON A REAL HOLLYWOOD WORM THROUGH YOUR FICTIONAL WORK, TAKE HEART.]

Teddy’s adventure began a little less than three hours before his desperate call to Nina. He had stopped by his apartment just long enough to throw on his lucky brown…

Cantara Christopher

Memoirist. Musicologist. Retired movie actress. I write about US+UK movies / books / music / radio+tv / culture. https://patreon.com/cantarachristopher