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Questions for the Press Junket

INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
A press junket. A-list talent sits across from an interviewer in a generic hotel suite. The lighting is soft. The interviewer smiles warmly.
INTERVIEWER
Your career has had so many twists and turns — did you ever imagine you'd be sitting across from a University of Arkansas graduate?
INTERVIEWER
Has fame changed you, or does your face just do that now?
INTERVIEWER
You and your castmate are known to have some steamy tension — which one of you plans to file suit first?
INTERVIEWER
Is it hard staying so fit, and is that why you've let yourself go?
INTERVIEWER
Any uninformed positions you'd like to declare?
INTERVIEWER
Any uninformed positions you'd like to retract?
INTERVIEWER
Which of your co-stars do you think could get away with murder? Specifically, the murder of Sylvia Lister on August 18th, a night for which they have no alibi?
TALENT
(shifts uncomfortably)
INTERVIEWER
You've overcome so much, and accomplished so little. What's that like?
INTERVIEWER
What was it like working with this director for the first time? Annoying?
INTERVIEWER
Do you think you'll ever do something helpful, or is it mostly just going to be this?
INTERVIEWER
Is there something freeing about mediocrity?
INTERVIEWER
Is it hard being compared to your more successful co-stars, or are you used to it by now?
INTERVIEWER
Did you have dreams growing up or was this always the plan?
TALENT
(long pause, opens their mouth to respond)
INTERVIEWER
What's it like having to hear your voice in your head all the time without being able to mute it like the rest of us?
INTERVIEWER
What's next for you, and do you think maybe it's time to stop?
INTERVIEWER
I've noticed you don't hang around people from Pakistan very much, why is that?
INTERVIEWER
Where do you find inspiration, and have you considered looking elsewhere?
INTERVIEWER
(smiling warmly)
Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans you have left?
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