Kismet: Will You Still Love Me

“We need to relaunch you” Gia, my manager for 3 years told me while I’m having my make up done. I will be attending a gala so I looked at her through the mirror instead. “And how do you suppose we do that?” I questioned. “Well, I attended a media conference and someone approached me and wanted to cast you on a reality show,” I frowned. I never do tv, for the lack of better term, I don’t go well with the politics behind it. And besides, people on tv are curious on who’s who and not exactly what you bring to the table. And we agreed not to throw me to the sharks, or better yet, not just yet until I have the leverage to name my terms. “Sweetheart, listen, this isn’t on tv. And they are planning on getting new and upcoming artist instead of mainstream actors, actress or singer. It’s on a streaming platform, and they don’t need your sob backstory or whatever those s**t that they sell on tv” she continued. At least she still holds our agreement to a tee. “Okay, I’m curious. Tell me the premise on our way,” I said as I stood up and we walked out. “Alright, Nina, please hear me out, before you say yes or no,” I nodded at her. “It’s a dating show, and it would make you accessible to the younger audience. I know you like the art that goes into acting, but you’re young and you need to feel young and you need to date. So if I can’t get you out on a real date, well, at least lets get you to feel like how it is to be on a date, maybe you’ll change your mind after it. It will only be 4 dates, and it would depend on how you feel about it and how the audience reacts. And it’s candid so you can tell your feelings about it honestly. And just in case that it goes well but if you want to stop after the fourth date, then that would be it.” Most of the time, she feels like an older sister than a manager, unless were talking about work. So I value her opinion and she does mine. She has been guiding me since I started and been amazing at that. Of course, the conversation insinuated that I am not mainstream, but I wasn’t struggling either and that is thanks to her. She made sure that I have work albeit not popular ones. Most of the time, I play a side character on mainstream movies and supporting roles on mid size budget film. So I wasn’t entirely unknown, but not exactly out there. I love what I do and slowly working my way. I owe it to Gia. I needed something new, and this is new to me. And it might be the break that I needed. To be honest, I wasn’t in a hurry. But Gia, on the other hand has been struggling since she only started seeing small success since she managed me. I was there for the craft. I don’t exactly have to work for the entertainment industry, but that’s something that I never shared to most people, hence, I don’t do a lot of tv where you’re sob backstory is the focus. I feel uncomfortable talking about my private life. Maybe this will be different. I hope it will be different for both our sakes.