When the name Edie Lara was called, the screenwriter sitting next to Stuart clearly saw his hand move a bit on the table. Edie was just getting lost in her mind, and she didn't expect it would be her turn so soon.
She was so nervous when her turn came that she thought she might blow her lines. She calmly said to herself, "I can do this; here it goes!" She handed over her belongings to Rhoda and walked over to the high stage.
Not until the moment when she was walking did she realize that she was going to audition in front of Stuart. Although she was his wife in name only, she never had any sense of reality. She would be lying if she said that she wouldn't be nervous to audition in front of him.
