Call My Agent 1.2 - Needy

Call My Agent - Needy

Genre : Drama / Comedy / Satire
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer : Dominic Wilkins
Cast: Lesley Manville, Caroline Dhavernas, Rainn Wilson, Brian d'Arcy James, Gilles Marini, Chris Colfer, Bill Nighy and Barbara Palvin

Plot: Miranda Jones (Lesley Manville) struggles to turn off her alarm clock and she has to go out of her enormous bed to stop it. François (Gilles Marini), her French chauffeur, is already waiting for her outside. From the looks on her face, you can see that she cried. She puts makeup on her face and when she’s outside, she asks Gilles how she looks and he says she looks beautiful. She kisses him on the cheek and they leave for the agency.

Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) are already hard at work when  Robert (Rainn Wilson), or Bob, for short, arrives. They tell him that he is late, also indicating that Miranda is late. He tells them to keep it down, his has a terrible headache.  Robert says it’s not his fault, his kids were hard to endure this morning, they gave him a headache and he was late because of them. He asks her who they are meeting with today and she says he’s not ready to deal with her, especially after the rough morning he had. She’s needy, contemptuous; a real diva. She gets on your nerves so easily. At the same time, Miranda arrives and she orders Wilson to go get her a coffee and a muffin at the store, she’ll text him which flavors she wants. She doesn’t even acknowledge them and she closes her door. As Wilson passes behind them putting his jacket on, Bob asks Andrea is she was the diva she was just talking about.

Andrea and Bob meet with their liaison agent Desmond (Chris Colfer), the man who links their client with them and assure that they do their job properly. Bob reminds him that he’s the kind of guy you don’t like to see and Desmond says it’s great to see Bob too. Andrea asks Desmond if the director is on set, but Desmond says he’s not and won’t return until the star comes out of her trailer. Bob wonders why Andrea wants to meet the director so bad and he wonders if this is one of her artsy film she likes so much. She says it’s the set of a horror erotic thriller, so maybe he’d want to see it. Bob asks what’s wrong with the star and she says she doesn’t like to be told what to do. She’s a supermodel, so she’s used to act that way. Andrea wants to meet with her and they follow Desmond to the trailer.

When Wilson comes back from running the errands for Miranda, he’s surprised to see a delivering truck next to the door and delivery men moving stuff inside. He enters inside and gives his bag to Miranda. He asks her what’s happening and she says the place looked like death, so she bought new furniture. Wilson doesn’t need to worry, everything will be put in the same place as before, but they’ll have better desks, chairs and computers, but Wilson is worried. He asks Miranda to come with him and he sits on the floor, turning on his old laptop. He shows Miranda the agency’s bank account, they don’t have enough money for all this, things aren’t as good as she seems to think they are. She says she doesn’t care about that, because she couldn’t imagine working in a place like this, it looked horrible, but now she will be able to do it, because she likes how it looks. Wilson lets out that she never does any work and he does all his job and Miranda hears him. She suggests that he teaches her how to do her job, so she asks what’s supposed to be on her schedule today. Wilson gets nervous and he remembers, there was a meeting, in the office, with their financial backer, to get an extension on their loan. Wilson says it will be hard to convince him they need more time to pay back when he comes in here. Miranda doesn’t understand why, but when she sees Wilson looking around, she understands. They’ll ask to meet elsewhere and Miranda will try to charm him, but Wilson is not convinced, as opposed to Miranda, who’s fully confident.

Bob and Andrea meet with star and model Barbara Palvin (Barbara Palvin), who refuses to come out of her trailer, because she doesn’t think people around here think she’s a real actress and they just “use” her for her looks. She asked for an acting coach and they refused, they have to keep the budget tight. Desmond looks at her disapprovingly. He adds that she also asked for her private chauffeur, for a bigger trailer and for costumes that would showcase her looks more. Barbara breaks down and she says that she can’t help it, she’s a diva and she knows it. She knows she can act needy at times, but at the same time she really wants to break out as an actress, a serious actress. Andrea leans forward and she whispers that they will give her a little performance bonus in her contract, so she can make more money and buy all sort of things with it. She will also try really hard to book her another role, a serious role. Barbara looks at her confused and she nods approvingly. She tells Desmond that she’s ready to come out now and to please, make Bob leave the trailer, she doesn’t like his vibe. Andrea looks at her disapprovingly and she finally understands and says she’s sorry, but he’s so… not good looking. She apologizes again and she says she really can’t help it, as Bob leaves the trailer, hurt. Outside, he asks Andrea what she told Barbara and she says she’ll give her a bonus, they agency is floating with money anyway.

Miranda is putting lipstick in the bathroom and when she leaves the room to leave with Wilson to the restaurant where they set the meeting, she’s surprised to see him, looking nervous. They look outside and their financial backer, Mark (Bill Nighy) arrives and he sees all the delivery men installing the new furniture. He says they aren’t so desperate for money after all and he leaves, leaving Miranda and Wilson in shock. At the same time, Andrea and Bob arrive and see Mark leaving. They enter and see their colleagues, asking what happened, as Wilson sits on the floor, devastated.