Chapter 24: My name is Ivy Hale

The woman happened to be a friend to a reporter, so she texted him the audition location and who she saw. At first, she was doubted; how would an actress who had been blacklisted by three different agencies have the nerve to attend an audition, especially after being involved in a recent scandal that was still circulating all over...

For the woman to prove it was true, she took a selfie making her back face Ivy's direction, capturing herself and a glimpse of Ivy's side view. Ivy might have put on a slight disguise, but it wasn't enough to conceal her distinctive features as her overall features are easily recognized. Her dimples were clearly visible on her face even when she wasn't smiling. Just the movement of her lips was enough to summon the indent.

Number 41 was called; it was the girl's turn to audition. Ivy could only wish her good luck on her arrogance; she should prove it out there and not to her face...

When the girl entered the audition room, she was told to act out a scene; she quickly adjusted her emotion and the next thing, she froze.

The director was taken aback at first, then he waited in anticipation, but nothing happened; she was still stuck in a trance.

"Did time stop?"

"No, it didn't; she got stage fright," the assistant director responded as he understood her situation.

The director could only sigh. "NEXT!" The girl snapped out of her daze and walked out of the room with her head low.

According to Ivy's calculation, she spent roughly five minutes in the audition. As she saw her coming out with a gloomy expression, she shook her head in disappointment; she was certain she didn't perform well. She was the one who tried to lecture someone about the character, and she couldn't use her understanding of Daisy to pass the audition. 'What a shame for arrogance,' Ivy scoffed.

"Number 42." She took off her black glasses when she stepped into the audition room and put them inside her purse.

Standing facing the judges, she struck a pose that personates Daisy, the character from the story. It wasn't fancy; she just stood with her head held high, with one of her feet in front of the other and a strong gaze that carried a sense of pride. She was already acting without a line...

When the director saw this, he quickly looked at her information submitted, his eyes caught her experience and skills listed on her résumé, but he brushed it off. After all, résumés can sometimes be exaggerated, especially by freshers who want to make a perfect impression of themselves on paper to get attention. They decided on an open cast call to find new talent. He lifted his head to see what she got. Unknowingly to him, he was about to see a once-famous actress act on an open cast call...

She was handed a script by one of the assistants.

"Flip to page 25 and act out the scene."

When Ivy saw the scene, she returned the script to the assistant, hesitated, and then took it back.

'What was she trying to prove?' He thought. It was not like she was given the entire script beforehand.

Ivy did this for a reason. She didn't come there to try her luck; she was there to get the role. In her eyes, it was a simple scene she could pull off without holding the script; after all, it wasn't the first time she was auditioning for a related role. It was a scene where Daisy thought she was chosen as the bride for the son of a wealthy family, where she ridiculed her stepsister.

She began by walking forward and then stopped, tilting her head with a smirk on her face. "It seems you were shoved to the corner." She smacked her lips and changed to a serious expression, ready to unleash her inner thoughts which she knew would hurt the sister. "You don't deserve him," bringing her face closer. "I do. And I can't wait to walk down that aisle and say those two words."

The assistant director and senior director exchanged looks before turning to Ivy.

"Open page 45 and act out that scene." He wanted to observe more of her acting to see how far she could go to portray the character.

Ivy took the script, flipped the pages, then took a deep breath and changed her facial expression as she sat in the chair.

With a bold face and slight trembling, she spoke. "Wha... what do you want, huh? Why did you come here?" She paused. "Please, sis, help me, I... I... didn't kill him, I swear. Believe me, someone set me up."

This was the scene where Daisy dropped her arrogance, resorting to the only thing she could do to get out of prison - begging her sister for help, explaining her innocence.

"The role is yours; you are Daisy," the director declared, impressed with her acting.

"But shouldn't we decide after we complete the audition?" the assistant director asked, surprised.

"There is no need; we've found Daisy." The assistant director could only nod in agreement. It was actually the first time he saw his partner so impressed.

"We will notify you when filming begins."

Ivy smiled; it was so much better than she expected. "Thank you; I won't disappoint."

"Such talent, but I wonder where I have seen her before," the director thought, as he didn't notice another candidate had entered the room.

"Eh... eh." The assistant director tapped the director as his eyes widened at the sight in front of him. "Director Scott, look."

The director snapped out of his thoughts. "Flip to page... Wait, I don't understand. Didn't you audition just now?"

"No, I just got here," Candidate 43 replied.

The director looked back at the list of candidates for the audition and the information provided. "How is this...?" He was speechless, looked at the candidate again, and turned to the producer. He was about to ask him if he was seeing it too before he responded. "I can see it too." Now that he was certain his eyes were not failing him, he stared at the woman in front of them. "What the... how can the name and the... wait, what is your name?"

"My name is Ivy Hale."

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