SYNOPSIS
Preparing to play a serial killer for a new television drama series. Two friends accidentally become killers themselves. Hiding the body of their strangled friend inside an Ottoman, moments before party guest show up. Using the death as an inspiration and motivation to fully embrace the character actor Matthew Cambell will be portraying in front of the cameras.
Battling with his own insecurities Matthew takes it out on his friends. Andrew fell victim to it. With building tension between him and his roommate Frank who became an accessory to the murder of Andrew. Frank’s feelings for Matthew became serious after an intimate summer they had together a year prior. Matthew’s feelings are focused on Andrew’s girlfriend Liz, which rejected his advances in the past. Caroline, a bubbly partier that likes to mix things up along with the wild card Janet are invited to the party as well for Matthew to gloat about his success. But things do not go as planned for Matthew, Frank is getting drunker and threatening to expose Matthew. Feeling rejected by Liz all the while avoiding answering her questions about Andrew, and Janet not amused. Matthew not being able to take the pressure implodes and comes to terms who he truly is.
Credits
Aidan Davari Shane Cervantes Sage Ryan
Laura Napoli Cara Kluver Drew Hellenthal
meth·od act·ing
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noun
noun: method acting
A technique of acting in which an actor aspires to
complete emotional identification with a part, based on the system evolved by Stanislavsky and brought into prominence in the US in the 1930s. Method acting was developed in institutions such as the Actors' Studio in New York City, notably by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, and is particularly associated with actors such as Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman.