A/N: A little follow-up to the Rugrats/All Grown Up! series. I only own OC's if they are to be used in this story, but everyone else belongs to Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo. Read & Review!
Hollywood Studios
"Cut!" a sharp director's voice calls. We are shown a young adult male with faded purple hair that's covered up with a hat. He is also wearing a casual short-sleeved shirt with shorts and sandals. "Cut, cut, cut!" he went to the actors, a man wearing a Reptar costume and a girl wearing a formal gown. "Where's the emotion? The passion?"
"Hey, man, I'm doing my best!" the actor removed the head of his costume, looking at the director.
"Well, try harder!" the director told him firmly. "Try to make it seem like you're really mad at the world. Like the woman you love just broke your heart and ran off with your brother or something. That's what a real actor would do."
The actor then felt inspired. "Thanks, never thought of it that way."
"Just use that false anger out into your acting profession." the director told the actor.
The actor nodded, then put the head back on.
"Alright, places, please!" the director called, then got back in his chair. "Alright... Lights, camera, and ACTION!"
The actor was now roaring convincingly with the methods the director suggested for him. He even sounded like he was literally mad at the world and even startled the actress playing the damsel in distress. He was really that good. He kicked the model city and roared so loud, he sounded like he was going to eat the actress. They did a chase off-screen and the camera stopped.
"Cut!" the director called, then smiled. "Perfect! Now, that's what I'm talking about! Great job!"
"Thanks, boss." the actor said, taking the head off again.
The director smiled, then looked to the screen, realizing he was also being filmed. "Oh, hey... I guess you're here for the story of 'Where are they now?' the Rugrats edition, huh? Well, come with me, I'll show you around."
The director goes to his private room, a golden star with his name: Thomas "Tommy" Pickles. Our favorite brave leader of a group of babies is shown to have grown up to be a director.
"Oh, yeah, it's great to be a movie director," Tommy said, leaning back in his chair with his hands behind his head. "I've been directing since my Dad tried to film me riding my old dog Spike and I took a hold of the camera. It was kind of a sign, but I didn't think about it relaly until early junior high school where there was a film festival contest and I collected the videos I made of my friends. We all grew up together... Well, most of us, Dil wasn't born yet and we hadn't gone to Paris yet, so we didn't know Kimmy until Dad was called to EuroReptar Land."
"Tommy, we understand your best frind since babyhood had discovered the cure for breast cancer, how do you feel about that?"
"Great!" Tommy beamed. "I never knew Chuckie had it in him, but he's a really smart dude. Maybe not Einstein smart, but still cool. I've always been telling him a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Even before we could talk."
"Are you seeing anybody right now?"
"Actually yes, she seems kind of familiar to me somehow..." Tommy went away for a moment and came back with a glossy photograph of a beautiful curly blonde haired girl with a cowgirl hat and dressed in an orange dress. "I don't know why, but when I first met her on a Dude Ranch field trip, she seemed really familiar, but I saw her then and again in college, then we started dating. I had a rough break-up with this girl named Rachel who gave me my first kiss, but Belinda is working out a lot better. She says we're old friends, I dunno though. We're getting married next summer."
"Has she acted in any movies of yours?"
"Mostly in my Western dramas," Tommy shrugged, still smiling. "She makes a great damsel in distress."
"What is your family up to?"
"Well, I'll have to call, I promised I'd call my mother later and allow her to come over and see the sets with Dad," Tommy shrugged, being relaxed again. "I had to halt this new movie coming out for a while because I got news that my grandfather, Lou passed away from a bad heart attack... I'm really going to miss him."
"Where were you when you got the news, Tommy?"
The young adult sighed, wishing he could've been there to at least say good-bye. He did his best not to shed tears in front of the person asking these questions. "I was looking over a script with the new actors... We were just getting to a special scene, then my secretary came in with my dad crying on the other end and told me what happened to Grandpa. I never thought I'd miss him so much, even after he got remarried to Lulu when we were all babies..."
"Tommy, are you going to be okay?"
"I just need a moment..." Tommy tried to look away.
One Moment Later
"I felt so heartbroken..." Tommy muttered, continuing his words about his grandfather. "He nearly embarrassed me to death when I had to take him as chaperone to a science class field trip in junior high and Dad had to take my brother to the hospital for a check-up on his problem then. I loved my grandpa a lot and we all know he loved me too. I also still have his ashes right here," Tommy held up a container with cremated ashes. "Mom and Dad said he would want his 'best scout' to sprinkle his ashes along his favorite fishing spot."
"My condolsenses, let's change the subject. Do you see your friends as often as you did before?"
"Well, not as much," Tommy shrugged. "We're all so busy with our new lives, but once in a while, we get together like for friend reunions. I mean, Angelica can't really count cuz she's my cousin and all..."
"Do you love your cousin?"
Tommy folded his arms, glancing at the interviewer. "Next question..."
"Well, I'm not sure I have anymore... Congratulations to you and your movie making, and thank you for your time, Mr. Pickles."
"Please, Mr. Pickles was my father and grandfather," Tommy waved it off, then grew thoughtful suddenly. "Not to mention my Uncle Drew... But please, call me Tommy."
"Right, thank you for your time, Tommy and congratulations and good luck to your new movie release. I look forward to seeing it."
A/N: Sorry about killing off Grandpa Lou like that, it is a reference to his original voice actor David Doyle and his passing back in 1997 from a heart attack. His new voice actor was pretty good, but David Doyle sounds better as Grandpa to me. I hope you liked that interview with Tommy, now please read & review, and who do you think should be next in their lives as a grown-up? Let me know in your reviews! Also, I plan to make an All Grown Up fic about a field trip to the Dude Ranch if you're wondering what Tommy is talking about, and do you recognize Belinda? You have to be a true Rugrats fan to understand and know who she is.