Hollywood, city of a thousand lies and a million truths.
Here anything could happen and often did, as was the case
recently at a major motion picture studio…

Auditions were being held for Heartstrings, a planned
rehash of the 70’s classic Love Story. This time around
the script called for a Columbia music student from a
prominent family to fall for an eccentric, self-made but
socially troubled man in law school at NYU. The man would
suffer debilitating paralysis from a car accident, but
would battle back to a somewhat normal life thanks to the
love and support of his soul mate.

Amongst showbiz insiders the project was all the rage;
rumor had it whoever got the lead actress role would be
almost guaranteed an Academy Award nomination. Also,
considering the success of romance epics like Titanic,
plus the success of remakes and covers throughout
entertainment media, this was projected to be a box
office megahit as well.

The line of actresses hoping for a shot at the lead part
twisted and turned throughout the studio. Not that most
of them would have a chance in hell of being considered.
Normally in a project with such high expectations the
producers would order a script to be custom-made for
someone with major star value.

However, in this case the director demanded auditions to
test the chemistry between the star actor and actress,
arguing it was crucial that whoever the two were needed
to have a captivating, almost addictive screen presence
for this to work as planned. As such, most of those
auditioning were given dummy scripts and were eliminated
from consideration right away.

In a sense this was really a talent search for the next
big thing to be tested in some smaller role. The true
audition was for a few real stars that would seriously be
considered for the role. One of them, waiting near the
back of the line, in a light purple sundress to
complement her bronzed skin and blonde locks, was Sarah
Michelle Gellar.

Sarah had been dreaming about this opportunity for weeks.
She was something of a film buff and absolutely adored
classic romances. After Simply Irresistible bombed she
just had to give it another shot. Even as popular as
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was, she felt this was her
breakout opportunity to become a major player on the
Hollywood scene. Plus, most of the shooting was scheduled
to take place in New York City, Sarah’s hometown……FULL STORY