ZACH’S DEATH AS IT will be revealed on screen takes six hours of shooting. The shot isn’t complex, thanks to the news studio setting. But they need that much time to get all the coverage on Liam, Natalie, and Raphael. Victor is almost sure the main take he’s going to use is Liam’s second one. His shock is honest on the first take, but in the second, the way he ticks over from confusion, to horror, to despairing personal control and the well-practiced cadences of TV news is exactly what Victor wants.
Liam isn’t — can’t be — always a detail-oriented actor, but when he is, he’s perfection. It’s also one hell of a counterbalance to the chaos of the material with Alex. In the editing room, Victor knows he will wonder why he ever yelled at Liam for sleeping with Alex. In the end, public spectac
