Out of the blue she called. Even though she had changed her phone number, as soon as I heard her say hello, I knew who it was. Her voice is etched in my memory. Too many late night calls when she was in trouble and needed something. Too many late night calls where she was wasted and needed a ride or just to talk. She had been watching the news coverage of the Malibu fires and told me that Surfer Boy's house was one of the ones that was destroyed.
We got to talking about the days when all of that happened. So much has changed in her life the past decade or so. She is a completely different person and considers that a different life. She is making tentative steps to mount a comeback, but I don't really give it much of a chance. I think she likes who she is right now better than making movies or television again.
While we are on the phone talking about Malibu she told me a story that happened when she was at her peak. She was set to audition for this network show that was pretty much a hit and had been on the for a few years by the time they brought her on board. Apparently the last "her" was kicked off because the married lead actor was tired of hooking up with "her," so they needed a new one. So, Vixen thought the audition was going to be at a studio or up north where they had production offices. Nope. She had to go to the rental house in Malibu where the actor was staying. He was A list. Previously he had been A+ list. All of you know him. She walked in and he was the only one there and said something to the effect of if you want the part you have to have sex with me. If you don't, then bye. She needed the part. It was a main role on a network hit. So, she had sex with him. She had to have sex with him the entire season. When the season wrapped she got her contract picked up. The actor told her he was picking it up because she had been just what he needed but that she needed to bring a whole new game for the next season. During the summer, he never called or met her. Then, like clockwork, the first day the cast got back together for a table read of the first episode he told her to come to his place right after and the sex picked up again right where they had left off. When her second season on the show ended, she was fired. They were hiring a new "her," because she had started to become boring and predictable in bed.
She said she had hit casting couches before, but this was just a time where she really felt like a piece of trash to be thrown away. She tried to warn off the next "her," but that "her," did the same thing for the season she was on the show too.
