My Breakthrough Movie
An aspiring actress makes the most of a sexy role
******************
My friend Michelle was my confidant. "So, how's the filming of the new movie going?" she asked, her voice bubbling with cheer as it always does. She doesn't realize how annoying that can be, at least at times.
"It's fine," I said.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing. I said it's fine," I reiterated.
"Jess, you were looking forward to making this movie since forever! It's your dream! Twenty years old and making a major motion picture with a big studio, and you're the star! And all you can say is, 'It's fine?' What's wrong? Speak to me. I'm Michelle, remember?"
"Okay, it's not totally fine," I said. "For one thing, it's an endurance contest. Every scene is shot at least three times, with three different cameras. It's been going on for over half a year, and I'm in most of the scenes. Do you know how many wardrobe changes I go through in one day?"
"Well, it's almost over, anyway. How many scenes are left?" Michelle asked.
"That's the problem. Only the nude scenes, and worse, the sex scenes are left. They're marketing it to appeal to horny men, and I'm the object of desire. Well, my body is," I said.
"I'm sure it's your character that you play, plus your ridiculously pretty face that really matters, not just a little skin," Michelle said. She always sees the bright side. It's just who she is, and why I love her.
"Yeah, maybe," I replied.
"How bad are the sex scenes? Do you have to show your tits?" Michelle nervously asked.
I couldn't help it. I laughed. "Michelle, there's full nudity in the scenes. We're talking full frontals. As if that isn't enough, we also give full backsides, naked profiles, breasts and nipples, even my pussy, although that's supposed to be fleeting. It's the whole shebang, and it gets worse."
"Worse? How can it get worse?" Michelle asked.
"I make love with the Ryan character, and we're to have simulated sex. Then I'm kind of raped by the Chris character, and again, more simulated sex. I'm nude throughout those scenes, with three cameras on me, camera crews, the directors, and for some reason all the wardrobe and make-up people, the grips, the whole kit and caboodle while I prance around nude, my girls jiggling as they're wont to do," I replied.
"Wow," was all Michelle said in reply.
"Plus, what the fuck is 'simulated sex?' I need a coach or something, but I'm too embarrassed to ask. The guy who plays Ryan and I are going to rehearse at my place tonight. I'm so embarrassed. So humiliated!"
"I'm sure it will be fine," Michelle said, without any conviction. "You've had sex before, right?"
"Remember Keith?" I replied.
"Oh, really? Keith? Really? Of all people, you let Keith..."
"Yeah, I did. He took my cherry. Next up were Steve, and Mike. There. Now you have my total sexual experience," I said. "Three men, and none of them that talented in the bedroom, truth be told."
"Three guys? Not bad for a twenty-year-old. Of course, with your movie star looks, I'm sure you could have had lots more..." Michelle said, clearly not knowing what to say.
"Keith was a premature guy, if you know what I mean. All Steve wanted was blowjobs. All Mike wanted to do was to play with my boobs. I've never had even a somewhat decent lover, and now I have to act as if I know what I'm doing," I said. Tears were welling in my eyes.
"Sex is natural. You'll do fine. I'm sure Ryan will be a big help," Michelle said.
"I'm not so sure. I really don't have a clue how to simulate sex. His name is Philip, by the way. Ryan is the name of the character he plays. I should call him Ryan though, so I don't slip up during filming. The director has a short fuse. By the way, what's your sexual experience? There's Rick, I guess," I said.
"Yeah, there's always Rick. He's nice, and I love him, but he's boring. Can you keep a secret?" Michelle asked, conspiratorially.
"Of course. Spill, girlfriend," I said.
Michelle told me all about her hot new lover. She was learning new positions, doggie, cowgirl, over the end of her overstuffed arm chair, even light bondage! She was in sexual heaven.
"What about Rick?" I asked.
"It was his idea! He likes to watch. Creepy, right?" Michelle replied.
"It takes all kinds. The world is a big place. Have fun, and remember, safe sex is the best sex," I said.
"Simulated sex sounds pretty safe," Michelle said.
"Pretty weird, too," I added.
"I've got a corner on weird, right now," Michelle said, and we both giggled.
************
Michelle and I go way back. We became friends in middle school and the next year we were best friends forever. Michelle knew how I had always wanted to be an actress. I did my academics, too, and got good grades, and reasonably high marks on the college exams (the SATs). I was chubby in middle school, and swamped with pimples and the like, and I got my period late. Once my period came, however, my complexion cleared up, my chub gradually disappeared, and my breasts grew. I evolved from a middle school nothing to a high school lovely.
I took up gymnastics, and then became a pom-pom girl, kicking my legs up high, and doing the splits. Luckily, I had nice legs, because they were always on display. Boys dated me, but only Keith, Steve, and Mike got anywhere with me, and they only managed it after I turned eighteen, My parents were adamant about that, and within one week of turning eighteen, I was on birth control pills. The second half of my senior year in high school, it was as if it were open season on me.
I gave Keith my virginity, although he barely got it due to his problem with premature ejaculation, and when Keith was toast I perfected the blowjob with Steve. After Steve it was Mike. He was obsessed with my boobs (they were large for high school girls), and more into fucking my boobs than my pussy. None of the three guys were candidates to be life partners, or anything like that. Live and learn, right? Hey, it was only high school romances, anyway.
I tried out for every play I could. I could not sing, but I took extra, non-singing parts in musicals, just to be on stage. I became a reasonably good thespian, and when the local professional acting troupe needed someone for the part of a young teenybopper woman, I auditioned, and I often got the part.
I think I became a pretty good actress, even before I entered college and majored in theater. Michelle was always there for me, cheering me on, and in return I was there for her when she trained for and eventually ran some half marathons, and, finally, actual marathons. Her dream was to run in the Boston marathon, but that didn't happen until her senior year. I went to all of her marathons, unless I had to be onstage somewhere else, and I cheered her on. She always finished, each time improving her time.
When Michelle and I entered college, both now eighteen and a half, we each became a little casual about sex, dating different guys to see what clicked. As I said, I had found Keith, Steve, and Mike in high school, but none of them were really for me. Michelle found Rick, and he turned out to be too weird by half. Throughout it all, though, we remained best friends, and we shared secrets as best girlfriends do.
My goal to become a movie starlet was ambitiously unrealistic, I knew that, and I also knew I'd have to show some skin, and at some point, sex might become involved. It's just the way things are, even with #MeToo now a part of our culture. Behavior, nevertheless, changes slowly. Still, I never had to put out to get a role, and I'm grateful for that.
In all honesty, I would have, you know. I would have fucked or sucked anyone to get a good role in a play or a movie. It's simply good luck I didn't have to!
***************
I'd had one sexual experience I'd never told Michelle. I never told anyone, actually. The experience was just for me. It was in college, my freshman year, after I had turned eighteen. I was applying for the drama school, and I had been assigned a junior who was supposed to show me around, and explain the program.
To my surprise, the junior was a guy. He showed me around, he flattered me about my looks, and he basically seduced me with his eyes. Even though he was a student, he had an office. It didn't have a door that closed, but he didn't seem to care. He took me in his arms and kissed me, without warning, just like that.
Okay, to be fair, we had been flirting a little, and while his kissing me surprised me (I hadn't seen it coming), it didn't upset me. Indeed, his kisses were welcome. They were more than welcome.
I had kissed my fair share of guys in high school; being classically pretty, one can expect that. So, I thought I knew how to kiss, but I was wrong. Sean taught me how to kiss, right there, in his office. I was turned on, but this was inappropriate, and I pulled away from him.
"What's wrong?" Sean asked.