Today's Blind Items - Drug Replacement

For the past decade this actress has been working her way up the list. As a teen she landed a couple of big projects but when they ended it would take her a year or two to get back in the game. That year or two would mean when she got her next chance, it would be at the same level as her previous role. She was always the sequel lead. The first movie would be a hit and when no one would sign up for the sequel, she would be brought in for the low budget reboot. Our actress has struggled with drugs her entire career. From that first mid-teen role she was the first in line at parties and has had several nose reconstructions because of coke damage. A few years ago everyone thought her career was completely dead. She had barely made it through filming of a movie that required no talent. I mean you could do anything in this thing and no one would care. It was part of the appeal of the movie. Even with that, her drug use and her sleeping with a couple of married men on the production really put a halt to any good projects. Basically she was reduced to guest roles on crap shows or a couple of lines in a television movie. Fast forward a couple of years and she went through rehab and apologized to the producers of that movie that had caused her downfall. It was sincere and the producers brought her back for a sequel. With that green light, she began getting calls and then landed what was the break of a lifetime. This was going to bring her all the way to A list. Television, but still A list. Multiple chances for spinoffs and movies and just a big career. I don't know if the pressure of the role or the huge publicity surrounding the show caused her relapse, but relapse she has. She managed to film the pilot, but since then has been a drug addled mess. Her last few red carpet appearances have been awful. The producers of the show and the network have already delayed the show once and now are being forced to decide whether they can trust our actress to get back on her feet. There is a replacement on standby. That replacement was a long shot before, but with our actress refusing to go to rehab and getting worse every day, she is about to be replaced and there will be no coming back for any kind of career if it happens.