Facts:
Australian actress Margo Robbie started her career in the Australian soap "Neighbours". About a cul-de-sac/street with 5 houses and the intertwined lives of the people who lived in it.
The show started in the mid-eighties and is still going strong today. It's been syndicated all over the world (like the UK and some European countries). A lot of big names from Australia have appeared on this show. A few of those names are Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce.
At the same time Margo was playing Donna Freedman, an actress by the name of Ashleigh Brewer had the role of Kate Ramsay. In 2014, after 5 years on Neighbours, she got a part on the American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful" playing Ivy Forrester.
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The following is pure fiction:
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Margo was kind of at a loss, she had just caught her long-time boyfriend Tom cheating on her. After walking in on him and some redhead having sex in their London apartment, she ran out of the building and wandered around the streets of London for a few hours. How could he have done that to her?
After a while (probably hours, she had lost track of time) she found herself sitting on a park bench with mascara ruining down her face from all of the crying she had done, when her phone rang. At first she figured it was Tom trying to grovel back in to her life, but then she realised that he hadn't even noticed her walking in on him and the redhead. In shock she had quietly turned around and left the building.
When she looked at her phone, the caller id showed that it was her agent that was calling her. She answered the call and tried to act normal. Her agent (Mandy) however knew her pretty well and after a few minutes asked her what was going on. She then poured her heart out to Mandy.
"What an asshole! I can't believe he did that. I've got just the thing for you to get your mind of things. Universal studios wants you to audition for a role in a new movie of theirs, I'm pretty sure that they have already promised it to someone else and just want to audition a few other actresses for show. Now normally I wouldn't even tell you about this, but if you do this audition it means they have to fly you out to LA and I think you can use the break."
Marge thought about it for a few seconds and then said: "You're right, that is just what I need. Get me on the next flight out of here."
Mandy told her she would arrange the ticket and for a car to pick her up and bring her to the airport. Margo happened to have her passport in her purse and figured she could buy some clothes when she got there. Right now she did not want to deal with going back to her house and seeing Tom.
Four hours later she was seated in first-class on a nonstop (redeye) flight from London to LA. All the emotions from the day had caught up with her and soon she fell asleep.
"Miss, we are about to land in about 15 minutes, will you please put your seat back in the upright position and fasten your seatbelt?"
She was woken by the stewardess just before their arrival in LA. Having slept the entire flight, she felt a lot better.
Being a movie star is not always easy (paparazzi tend to follow your around), but it sure helped when trying to clear customs. She did not have to pick up a suitcase, so she went straight towards the exit. Mandy had texted her where to find the limo driver that the studio had arranged for her and soon she was on her way to Studio City for her audition.
Mandy had been right about the fact that the director already had decided who he wanted to play in this movie. The studio executives wanted to audition a few other ladies, but word on the grapevine was that the director would refuse to make this movie without the actress of his choice. Margo knew how the system worked out here in Hollywood and played along, glad to be far away from Tom.
As she was driven around the studio lot in a golf cart, she spotted a billboard for "The bold and the beautiful" which was also shot somewhere in this massive studio complex. She remembered that Ashleigh now worked on this show. They hadn't been BFFS whilst working on Neighbours, but they got along well.
After the audition was over she asked the man who drove the golf cart if he knew where they filmed "The bold and the beautiful". He did and 10 minutes later he dropped her off at lot 26.
The guard at the front desk of the building recognised her immediately. He was wondering why an A-list movie star would show up here at TV studio. "Miss Robbie what brings you to these parts of Studio City?"
"I had an audition earlier today and realised that an old colleague from me works on your show, so I decided to stop by and say hello."
"You mean Miss Brewer? I know she is also Australian, but I had no idea you did a movie together."
Margo laughed and replied "I used to be a soapy back home. Me and Ashleigh where on the same show for a few years."
"Cool. I think they just finished shooting for the day, so you'll probably find her in her dressing room. It's down the hall, on the far right."