The announcement came as a shock, the director who had just heard that Damien actually showed up for the script reading, held his breath, afraid if he let it out time would pass.
President Lucas stepped in, "Damien, what do you mean you won't? Didn't you come here to-"
Damien cut him off. "I can agree that you have done some good with this little production house you've built, Lucas. But we both know that you're just a spoilt kid, who ran his father's business to the ground." He folded his arms, and shook his head dismissively from side to side.
"The female lead is a joke, her manager is an idiot and even the public is upset. If I were to take this role, my career would plummet." He said.
Brooke tried to intervene but Matthew cut her off. "Career?" He laughed, "Like I said, I've never even heard of you, you're just a small fish in a big pond. What career?"
