Bill, a handsome action movie star

Bill Browne was an asshole. No-one had any doubts about it. But being an asshole is not an obstacle to making a career in Hollywood, quite the opposite. Especially since Bill had all the other qualities necessary for a movie star. He was tall, handsome, charismatic and good enough at acting to star in action movies. His good looks, talent and popularity caused the producers to be fully forgiving of the flaws of his character, but that in turn made his character even more unbearable.

Browne’s worst trait might have been his treatment of women. Thanks to his muscular posture, strong masculine facial features, deep low-pitched voice and charming (when he wanted to) personality he could seduce any woman almost effortlessly. But the prince charming approach did not last long, eventually he showed his true colours. Bill was rude, self-centred, patronising and objectified everyone who had no power over him. His three ex-wifes learnt about that the hard way. But eventually they managed to recover emotionally and formed an alliance, hell-bent on . Their fourth and crucial ally was Jessica, Browne’s agent whose emotional state was also suffering from the actor’s treatment.

Jessica’s participation was so important because, despite Bill’s mistreatment, she actually had influence on him and he trusted her with career choices. She was a superb agent and it was her involvement that turned the actor into a superstar in a short time. But gratefulness was not on Browne’s traits list.

Jessica’s role in the plot was to persuade Bill to participate in the Who Wanna Be a Bimbo quiz show. The producers of the quiz were easy to convince. They were willing to pay Browne a handsome sum to take part in their show, because they knew that a celebrity of such status would spike up their already ridiculous viewership even higher. Persuading Bill was a bit more difficult. He might not have been the sharpest tool in the shack, but he was not stupid either; he watched the show and understood the kind of risk that came with the participation. Jessica lied to him that the quiz would be rigged and that they would select seven categories and questions within them, so Bill could prepare perfectly. As an actor he had a decent memory, so memorising a bunch of answers would not be a problem. The ex-wifes bribed two employees of the quiz to confirm that information. The fixed seven categories were supposed to be: The Oscars, Flags of American, Olympic Games, American Presidents, Recognise Cars, World War Two Leaders, Superbowl. The other five to make the dozen would be random. Bill signed the contract.