Movie had potential but ruined by lead actress

I don't think she was an unknown actress. It's a pity they don't say who it is because the way they told the story she must be a spoiled little brat.

"We had even had a name TV actress approach us, wanting to play the lead.

With this popular actress signed, she persuaded us to cast her friend in the male lead. He was on a YA show that I had never watched, but it seemed like he could act and he had a sizable social media following. He seemed like the dark, handsome, mysterious type that we needed for the role. As producers, we thought we had hit the jackpot.

You’ve read all the stories about legendary bands and their riders—some legit, some not (that green M&M story is true, and brilliant for safety purposes). One thing our female lead required in her contract was a feminine energy drink. Our producer Nic Izzi very smartly negotiated a sponsorship deal with the company that makes said drink, but the product wouldn’t arrive until the third day of production. So Shane and I had to run to our local store to buy a case of the drink ourselves. Indie producers wear many hats, including being a modern-day Gunga Din bringing feminine energy drinks to their leads.

That’s where we were, in a grocery store with a cart full of feminine energy drinks, when we got the call. Our lead actress had abruptly dropped out. To this day we don’t know why. I dropped to a knee in Aisle 9 and tried not to throw up, because I thought we were completely fucked.

Then we found out there was more fucking to come, because when she dropped out, her YA show friend dropped out too. Lesson: Don’t trust the word of an actor you don’t know too well. And maybe don’t also hire that person’s friends."