Smash (TV Series)

Let's Be Bad (2012)

Jack Davenport: Derek Wills

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• Derek Wills : [after Ivy's excuses during rehearsal]  Where's Karen? Karen?

  Karen Cartwright : I'm right here.

  Derek Wills : Show her how to do this.

  Karen Cartwright : Do what?

  Derek Wills : [impatiently, in that commanding voice]  The vibrato on the note.

  Karen Cartwright : The vibrato...?

  Derek Wills : [impatiently]  'Happy Birthday', just sing 'Happy Birthday'!

  Karen Cartwright : You want me to sing...

  Derek Wills : Oh, my God, is there a problem here? What, am I not speaking English? Just stand up and sing 'Happy Birthday' as Marilyn! I've seen you do it.

  Karen Cartwright : [hesitant start, then warbles]  Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, Mr. President, happy birthday to you...

  [everybody's over-awed, except Ivy, who sees her own star fading] 

  Derek Wills : [to Ivy]  Did you hear that? Karen! Maybe you could work with Ivy on that. Set something up with Larry. Let's do it again, please

• Ivy Lynn : Hey,

  [hammering at door] 

  Ivy Lynn : I know you're in there! The doorman told me you were.

  [inside, in his lounge chair, Derek shakes head, gets up] 

  Ivy Lynn : He didn't try to stop me, he was so nice... and he treated me with respect.

  [Derek opens the door of his apartment] 

  Ivy Lynn : Do you even know what that is? Respect?

  Derek Wills : You're drunk, Ivy. What are you going on about?

  Ivy Lynn : Oh no. No, no, no. I'm not the problem. You are. You blow so hot and cold, I don't even know what day it is anymore. You are so hideous to me!

  Derek Wills : I'm probably hideous.

  [turns his back on her, walks away down hallway] 

  Ivy Lynn : You humiliate me! When you're not ignoring me! Half the time I feel that I don't even exist

  [tosses her handbag after him] 

  Ivy Lynn : for you in there.

  [stamps her foot] 

  Derek Wills : No one does.

  [advances] 

  Derek Wills : I'm not kidding. And this isn't some big romantic statement about who I am as an artist, it is just a fact.

  Ivy Lynn : [drunken giggle]  Don't give me...

  Derek Wills : Don't give you what? The truth? Isn't that what you came here for? Look, I'm building something in that rehearsal room, abd with all due respect, it would be a lot easier if everyone pretended for five minutes... not to have all of those annoying feelings, because frankly, they get in my way.

  Ivy Lynn : Theater is about feelings!

  Derek Wills : Oh, you can have feelings. They just have to be about Marilyn. I'm not kidding.

  [turns around, walks away] 

  Ivy Lynn : I know you're not.

  Derek Wills : [stops, turns around]  Are you staying?

  Ivy Lynn : [softly]  Are you asking me to stay?

  Derek Wills : [comes back]  Come on.

  [takes her face in his hands] 

  Derek Wills : Don't be mad at me.

  [kisses her]