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Okay, so Franklin, you are a movie producer, which means you know scripts.

What's the opening scene of this story, of your story?

That's honestly a really tough question, because it really depends.

Look, I think it depends.

There's an opening version that's me as a young black nerd, realizing that being on a

mat, he isn't going to do much for his social life, and spending Friday and Saturday nights

by himself in empty movie theaters, watching literally everything that came out from the

major studios.

That's a good one.

Yeah, that one works.

And then, you know, in the movie version, we cross-fade, grown-up version of the nerdy movie

kid.

It's 2004.

He's in Hollywood now.

He's early 20s.

He's trying to get a foot in the movie industry.

Franklin Leonard had worked one low-level job, then a slightly better low-level job.

And now, he'd made it to the final round of interviews for an even better low-level job,

but this time, at Leonardo DiCaprio's production company.

Leo had just made the aviator.

He was as big as ever.

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