The Movie Star (16 Apr. 2012)

Rebecca Duvall has finally made it to rehearsals. Many in the company are in awe of working on a project with such a big star. But Rebecca turns out to be less than the perfect leading lady... See full summary »

Director:

Tricia Brock

Writers:

Theresa Rebeck (creator), Julie Rottenberg,

Stars:

Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Debra Messing	...	Julia Houston
Jack Davenport	...	Derek Wills
Katharine McPhee	...	Karen Cartwright
Christian Borle	...	Tom Levitt
Megan Hilty	...	Ivy Lynn
Raza Jaffrey	...	Dev Sundaram
Brian d'Arcy James	...	Frank Houston
Jaime Cepero	...	Ellis Boyd
Anjelica Huston	...	Eileen Rand
Uma Thurman	...	Rebecca Duvall
Leslie Odom Jr.	...	Sam Strickland
Thorsten Kaye	...	Nick Felder
Emory Cohen	...	Leo Houston
Sean Dugan	...	Randall Jones
Betsy Aidem	...	Guidance Counselor

Storyline

Rebecca Duvall has finally made it to rehearsals. Many in the company are in awe of working on a project with such a big star. But Rebecca turns out to be less than the perfect leading lady for this project: she isn't a strong singer, and her many demands include having more book and less song in the production. The creative team have to decide how to deal with Rebecca, which may work to Ivy's benefit. Ivy is hoping that Rebecca crashes and burns so that she can work her way back into the lead role. This situation brings her together with Karen in an interesting meeting point. Meanwhile, some relationships are flourishing while others are floundering. Karen and Dev seem to be drifting apart as Dev deals with not getting the press secretary job, which he has yet to tell Karen. He seems to feel more comfortable talking to R.J. about his problems. With a little help from Julia, Tom and Sam embark on the start of their relationship. It ends up being a little different than what Tom had ...

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Madwoman in the Attic, DreamWorks Television, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Connections

References Saturday Night Live (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Let Me Be Your Star"
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Performed by Uma Thurman

User Reviews

This 1.11 is **** All the Way

The Uma Thurman character immediately proves that she has no voice for the part of Marilyn whatsoever. To compensate for this, she begins to make demands on the company. Mainly, she wants the script to be written which will be more dramatic so that she can do less singing. By the end of the episode, her voice seemed better so we'll see. Nonetheless, she is appearing to be quite an irritating character.

It finally dawned on me who Anjelica Huston looks like in this series. She looks like a younger version of Dame Judith Anderson, and with that Egyptian style lady-like hairdo, she would have fit right in with Anderson in 1956's "The Ten Commandments."

We see how our lyricist's son is being adversely affected by his mother's affair when his school work begins to suffer.

Ivy and Karen seem to be drawn into a relationship to combat the Thurman character.

You know that Derrick knows that a mistake has been made in the casting of Thurman as Marilyn in "Bombshell." It will probably take a bombshell to get her out of the production.