Four For Friday - Real Life Horror
You are working a lot. Movies and television offers are flying in. You have an actress girlfriend you are planning on marrying. You even get her a ring and ask and she says yes. Things are going great for at that time, an A-/B+ list actor. The girlfriend was at the same level.
One tiny issue. Your house is bugged. You are followed everywhere. You get people at your door wanting a few minutes of your time every few hours, including the middle of the night. There is nothing the actor can do. The actress doesn't understand and has also noticed the same group of people has started following her. They don't do anything else, but they follow her.
It becomes maddening that the actor boyfriend doesn't do anything about it. The actress goes to her A list actor ex who makes a few calls and the next thing you know, the people at least are not following the actress when she is alone.
This goes on for months and months. Finally, the boyfriend gives in to the demands of the people and breaks up with the actress. The actress doesn't understand. She is ticked though and throws away the engagement ring. The actor says the hell with it and tells the actress he is willing to give them all up for love. He buys a new ring and things are great for about a month. That is the amount of time, the actor tried to stay on vacation with the actress and not tell anyone where he was.
When they returned to civilization, everything stepped up in intensity. They were everywhere and were knocking more frequently. They went back to following the actress. It was too much for both and the couple split.
Defeated and alone, the actor went to ask for forgiveness. He was told what he needed to do. He needed to marry someone who was suitable and to breed more children who would also be suitable. He did as he was told and became a little robot. The thing is, they also told him what projects he could work on because they didn't want him to go astray. Gone were the big budget movies he landed and then had to back out of. Think his agent was happy? The actor has been limited to a couple of indie movies because they had suitable co-stars and directors. His career has gone to hell, but he is definitely back in the fold which is all they care about.
One tiny issue. Your house is bugged. You are followed everywhere. You get people at your door wanting a few minutes of your time every few hours, including the middle of the night. There is nothing the actor can do. The actress doesn't understand and has also noticed the same group of people has started following her. They don't do anything else, but they follow her.
It becomes maddening that the actor boyfriend doesn't do anything about it. The actress goes to her A list actor ex who makes a few calls and the next thing you know, the people at least are not following the actress when she is alone.
This goes on for months and months. Finally, the boyfriend gives in to the demands of the people and breaks up with the actress. The actress doesn't understand. She is ticked though and throws away the engagement ring. The actor says the hell with it and tells the actress he is willing to give them all up for love. He buys a new ring and things are great for about a month. That is the amount of time, the actor tried to stay on vacation with the actress and not tell anyone where he was.
When they returned to civilization, everything stepped up in intensity. They were everywhere and were knocking more frequently. They went back to following the actress. It was too much for both and the couple split.
Defeated and alone, the actor went to ask for forgiveness. He was told what he needed to do. He needed to marry someone who was suitable and to breed more children who would also be suitable. He did as he was told and became a little robot. The thing is, they also told him what projects he could work on because they didn't want him to go astray. Gone were the big budget movies he landed and then had to back out of. Think his agent was happy? The actor has been limited to a couple of indie movies because they had suitable co-stars and directors. His career has gone to hell, but he is definitely back in the fold which is all they care about.
