The Actor’s Journey

A girl wrestles with her emotions as she tries to confess her feelings to a guy, finally building up the courage to ask if he shares the same. Her anticipation grows as she awaits his answer.

In Antwone Fisher, this pivotal scene marks the moment Antwone[tte] finally meets her mother for the first time and, filled with years of pain, bravely asks, “Why didn’t you come for me?” She then progresses to this powerful moment of confrontation and emotional closure.

From Promising Young Woman, Cassie goes to bars and pretends to be extremely drunk as part of her plan to expose predatory men. By pretending to be vulnerable, she tests how these men will react—whether they will try to take advantage of her incapacitated state. Unfortunately for him, Neil has been designated as the test subject.