"I think he slept with the director, frankly, there was just no other reason for him to be there," Ari said with a shrug. "Well, what's done is done, and I've not seen him in anything since, so I suppose he's fallen out of favor. This year should be better." Her lips curved up in a smile. "Bad luck to talk as though I've already got the role, but I'm certainly going to give it my best effort. The pay, I hear, is quite lucrative, and unlike certain historical dramas that shall remain nameless, I will probably not be required to go onstage mostly naked."