Actors.
Known for having a difficult time finding "The One."
It's no secret to the "normal folk" that most of the humans who have been placed under the spotlight and given the responsibilities of creating a format for the people with less talent or less opportunities to be great have always had a reputation for entering into short-lived, unsatisfying, and unsuccessful relationships. Some people don't understand why this is. Others guess. But a lot know the truth and of that lot...98.5 percent are these celebrities themselves. They know exactly why they can't find the ability to establish a true relationship with true love. And it's obvious to that other 1.5 percent who are NOT celebrities but still have a clue as to what's going on.
It's because of the lives they lead.
As actors, you're forced to work with an excessive amount of people for a short amount of time before, as some say, "moving onto the next one." In this case, however, that means moving onto the next group of strangers who become your new colleagues and will soon leave you and you will soon leave them to work with others. It's exhausting, meeting so many people within a year or so and having to leave them JUST when you've begun to grow close to them.
See, those people who GUESS that they know the truth about Hollywood relationships believe celebrities have issues finding true love because they're actors and performers and they live for dramatics. As this IS true, in some cases, it is also false. Some "regular people" also believe it's due to being confused with fiction and reality why actors believe they have "found the one." Sure, sure! With some celebrities this can be the case and they're just seeking attention or are so broken they don't know what they want.
But in most cases, the outcome of a celebrity relationship has been tampered with because the two lovebirds are forced to leave each other's presence before anything better can come out of a small beginning.
Not only are some celebrity relationships in jeopardy because of these factors, but "normal folk" issues are a problem as well. Such as the couple facing hardships or financial problems. (Yes, celebrities have money issues, too.)
But as any potential "regular" couple's story may go...the problems could also stem from the interests of one of the two, or in cases that involve the interests of the same sex...Confusion.
This is what happened between Kristen Carroll Wiig and Kathryn "Kate" McKinnon Berthold.
They had great potential most would say. Their coworkers saw it on the set while, one summer, they filmed a remake of the 1984 classic, "Ghostbusters." But most importantly, their fans noticed as well. The one thing that makes Wiig and McKinnon's story so much more crazy is that the fans never knew that they were right all along.
Something happened that Summer. Something that one could only hope had gone differently.
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"CUT!" Director Paul Feig ordered from his chair behind the sample screen. "Awesome job." He took off his headphones and stood from the stool, setting them down on it and walking around the four large cameras surrounding the cast he proudly chose for the film. He smiled to the four women before looking at his watch, seeing that it was almost two in the morning, and he yawned. When he clapped his hands together in one motion, he turned to face the crew, yelling out to everyone. "That's a wrap for tonight, guys! Thank you, everybody! Remember to check your schedules for tomorrow's shoot and be here an hour to an hour and a half early. Goodnight!" Most of the surrounding persons present responded with a quick 'goodnight' or a 'see you tomorrow' and they all continued their clean up duties before heading out to their hotels.
"Phew! I am ready for a good night's sleep!" Ms. Leslie Jones announced to her three cast-mates and Mr. Feig.
"Me...too!" Melissa McCarthy replied, taking off her character's glasses and rubbing an eye. "Wanna head to props so we can get outta here?" She asked her longtime friend, Kristen Wiig, and the other two.
Kristen sighed. "Yeah." It came out as an exhausted whisper as she reached up to scratch an area of her head where her wig had been bothering her the whole last take.
"Hey, Paul?" Kate McKinnon asked quietly as Leslie and Melissa started for the exit. "Were my takes okay this time? Or was I a little too Olya? Minus the accent?"
"No, no. Kate. You were wonderful. I'm really loving the person Holtzmann is becoming." Paul put a reassuring hand on Kathryn's back. "Just keep doing what you're doing. It's what makes it wonderful." They had begun to walk toward the exit, right behind Kristen who was following Melissa and Leslie. Kate nervously nodded, looking down at the floor while taking her yellow-lensed glasses off her forehead and continuing to the door while Paul gave her one last comforting smile before watching them leave while he stayed back to help clean up a few things.
"You shouldn't keep selling yourself short." Kristen spoke, in front of the blonde. They were some of the first few words Wiig had spoken to Kate out of character since they had begun to shoot this movie. They had met quite a few times before this year. Once at a tiny, less popularized award show. Maybe two or three times on the set of another film called 'Masterminds.' And even though they worked for a season together on 'Saturday Night Live,' they hardly had time to speak unless it was in a sketch or at table readings where they practiced. But for some reason, this was the first time Kristen ever initiated the conversation.
Kate was a huge fan of Kristen's before she herself had even made it big on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show,' so whenever they met and DID have a short chance for small conversation, McKinnon was the one who began the interaction with her small crush. It was always just a celebrity crush, nothing major, and she never actually expected to meet the natural brunette before 2012. Then when her dream came true, she spoke with her as many chances as she could. It was also quite hard due to the fact that Kathryn had been a bit shy and conservative, especially when meeting new people.
Another challenge? Kristen was also extremely timid, if not moreso than McKinnon. Both played eccentric and quite boisterous characters on stage and in front of a camera, but in real life...they were as socially awkward and terrified as any nerdy fangirl was.
"You're really good." Wiig continued when she slowed down, letting Kate catch up to her as they resumed walking to the door. "It is SO hard to keep a straight face while you're ad-libbing." A sweet and gentle giggle escaped the taller woman's throat and Kate only glanced at her, already knowing she was probably making that adorable face when she laughed.
"That's so nice of you. Thank you." Kate had no idea what to say when someone-ANYONE, complimented her. And now it was Kristen Wiig who was. What was she supposed to say?
"Ugh! I can't wait to get this wig off!" Kristen said while fidgeting with it once again.
They finally reached the door and Kate beat Kristen to the handle, holding the door open for the lady. As Wiig walked through and smiled down at the nervous blonde, Kate replied with something she never thought had a reason. "I miss Nino." After letting Kris through, she followed and let the door shut behind them.
Looking up at the stars, the 42 year old actress asked, "Who's Nino?"
"Nino's my son."
"Oh! Your cat!" Kristen looked back to the woman beside her. She chuckled. "I remember now. You used to gush about him all the time at table readings in Studio 8H."
"Um. Wow!" Kate whispered in a strange tone. "I can't believe I actually talk about him THAT much that you even remembered him as my son." Though Kathryn let out a loud laugh, deep down she felt like she should be even quieter and refrain from scaring the other actress with her weirdness.
"Well, I used to refer to my dog as my daughter, so..." Another adorable giggle. "...There's another thing we have in common."
They were almost to the prop and costume trailer when Berthold put her shaky fingers through her own hair, furrowing her eyebrows in slight confusion. "'ANOTHER' thing?" She asked, biting the inside of her cheek afterwards.
"Yeah." Kristen knew she was getting a little better at the whole speaking to people thing, thanks to interviews and meeting new people, but for some reason, she just wasn't completely there yet. "We're both comedians. We're both kick ass Ghostbusters. We're both kind of shy, I've noticed." She looked to her side, seeing Kate gulp while the blonde stared at her own feet as they walked. She now realized mentioning Kate's shyness to her was only making her more shy in this moment. Used to using humor as a defense mechanism or some sort of comfort thing, Wiig added. "We're both hot." She flipped the fake hair on her head, followed by a bit of laughter hoping Kathryn would catch onto it as a joke.
Trying not to seem so obvious in her nervous state, Kate responded in the only way she knew how. She stepped in front of Kristen, walking backwards as she spoke. "Now THAT...is VERY true." She [unintentionally] seductively pushed her fingers through the disheveled, wavy hair that flopped in front of her face and she stopped walking just for a second before 'dropping it like it's hot' directly in front of the taller woman. When she stood up again, she awkwardly turned back around, realizing they finally made it to the trailer. Ascending the steps, with her back to Kristen she closed her eyes for a moment, kicking herself for being such a dork, but hoping Wiig wouldn't think anything of it, being a bit quirky herself.
The butterflies Kathryn once held in Kristen's presence during the taping of 'Saturday Night Live' had found their way back into her life and she entered the trailer, leaving the door open behind her and almost immediately attempted to start a conversation with Leslie in order to forget about what just happened.
Little did the 31 year old comedian know that Ms. Wiig had a smirk plastered on her face the moment Kate did her little drop back there and said smirk never left. That is...it didn't leave until she felt a strange tingling in her chest while she replayed it in her mind upon entering the trailer as well. Kristen had felt that tingling before...but this was new, as it was with a woman and the realness of it began to frighten her, though a part of her liked it.
