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Slings & Arrows - Kate - G - 142 words


They wanted her for Juliet. One run, just one single run as a last-minute Ophelia and they wanted her for Juliet. Frank had had to whack her on the back when Geoffrey had given her the news.

And then Jack had given her his news. A shoot in Hawaii. A relationship, a career. He wanted her to give up Juliet for-- for what? For real money. For her face in a feature film. For him.

And Kate had jumped into that airport-bound limo, blithely waving goodbye to Juliet. And Viola and Desdemona and Helena and Rosaline.

Now Kate sits in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles, waiting for her agent to call. She remembers reading Romeo And Juliet for the first time and being disappointed at how immature, how girlish, Juliet had been. And she realizes she has no room to complain.