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doesn’t mention the Melrose Star bathroom sex, it confirms that his agent told no one except my assistant. Stark can be a dick, but I doubt he’d jeopardize Mona’s career. His jackass act was performed solely for my benefit, which irritates me no end.
    I grin. “Well, I don’t have Stark’s head for you, but I might have the next best thing.”
    “I’m listening.”
    Now I’m the one who leans forward. “I know Trident has been wanting to reboot The Phantom Peril for a while. Where do you stand with that?” The first attempt at the superhero story set during World War II tanked badly at the box office a decade ago, and there have been rumblings lately that Trident was trying to reboot it.
    “We have a script and a director attached, but we’re still casting. Haven’t found the right leads yet. I need someone who won’t fuck it up like Aaron Wolfe did.”
    Wolfe was woefully miscast in the first film, and it ended up ruining his career. He was handsome enough, but didn’t have the hard edge the character requires, and the fanboys never forgave him for screwing up their beloved comic.
    “What if I could solve all of your casting problems for Phantom while simultaneously letting you knock Stark down a peg?” Jackie can’t possibly turn down an offer like that, and she doesn’t.
    “I’m still listening.”
    I lay my cards on the table. “You go with Savannah Welsh as the girlfriend, and I can guarantee you Cheyenne will come on board as Lady Bannister.” Lady Bannister is a role that will likely get precious little screen time, but needs a big name to lend it some weight. I can get Cheyenne to do it for the right price, and Savannah is one of my clients as well.
    “What about my lead?” Jackie asks.
    “T.J. Holland. We both know Texas Flood is going to skyrocket his career. Phantom can ride that rocket.”
    Jackie looks confused. “Holland isn’t your guy. He’s at MAU with Stark.”
    “I can steal him with a promise of a lead in a superhero film,” I say. “T.J. would be a perfect Phantom.”
    “I definitely see him as a tortured badass hero. And Stark would be furious.”
    “Exactly. And if Holland jumping ship to do Phantom isn’t enough, what if at the same time Variety just happened to run a story that paints Stark as a misogynistic throwback who doesn’t want to see equal pay for actresses?”
    Jackie raises an eyebrow. I know that Variety’s editor-in-chief, Samuel English, is a longtime ally of hers, and getting such a story published would be a simple matter as long as it’s bolstered by enough facts. Even if Stark knows Jackie’s behind it, his reputation will take a hit. His refusal to budge on Cheyenne’s Texas Flood salary is going to come back and haunt him.
    I pour it on thick. “That double whammy could be enough to make him cave on Cheyenne’s demand, at least partially.”
    “It’s an intriguing idea, I’ll grant you that,” Jackie says. “Let me marinate on it for a day or two.”
    “Would you need him to audition first?” Though T.J. is pretty well established, it’s not uncommon to get some test footage on a project of this magnitude.
    She thinks for a second. “No need. I’m familiar enough with his work. I think he’d be great.” I dodged a bullet there. Arranging for an audition without involving Stark would be difficult, as well as unethical since he’s still an MAU client at this point.
    “The sooner the better,” I say. “The only thing Holland has scheduled after Texas Flood is a small role in that untitled David Lynch feature, but that could change any minute.”
    The top of my head is tingling as I walk back out to my car. Mason Stark is going to regret fucking with me.
    My phone rings before I’m even off the Trident lot. It’s Jackie Hightower.
    “Hi, Jackie.”
    “I changed my mind,” she says. “I’m ready now. You get Holland to agree to representation by CT and I’ll give him Phantom . Tell him you and I discussed the film and