She had not treated this as a serious problem at the time—even if this was the first time she failed and had been rejected. But after that, everything spiraled out of her control and was beyond what she could imagine would happen.

She sought out her boss and asked him to save her, but she only got more social calls than before.

The payoff for the social calls was better resources for other actresses in the agency.

She demanded an explanation from her boss, and he told her frankly, "You’ve bee