Smash (TV Series)
Understudy (2012)
Katharine McPhee: Karen Cartwright
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Quotes
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Julia Houston : We want you to do it.
Karen Cartwright : You want...?
Julia Houston : We want you to understudy Marilyn.
Derek Wills : Are you up for that?
Karen Cartwright : Yes. Sure. Yes.
[giggles merrily]
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Karen Cartwright : [showing up at his office] Surprise!
Dev Sundaram : You're a sight for sore eyes.
Karen Cartwright : I have news.
Dev Sundaram : So do I.
[they embrace]
Dev Sundaram : Come on, you first.
Karen Cartwright : Movie star didn't show up.
Dev Sundaram : That's bad, isn't it?
Karen Cartwright : No, not this time. I got a promotion. I'm the understudy. And since there is no movie star, for now, I'm Marilyn.
[they kiss]
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Karen Cartwright : [as they walk along the main street] I'm not really doing anything. He just moves me around the stage.
Ivy Lynn : They did the same thing to Marilyn. They just expected her to be there, look gorgeous, and do whatever she was told. She hated it.
Karen Cartwright : Yeah, but I'm just an understudy. I can't actually talk back to them.
Ivy Lynn : Karen. You get to be her. For one week. Don't waste the chance.
[goes off]
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Derek Wills : I just had a call from Eileen. Rebecca's gonna be turning up sooner than we thought, she'll be at rehearsals tomorrow.
Karen Cartwright : [softly] Oh.
Derek Wills : You did some great work, Karen. The show's better off for it.
Karen Cartwright : You came over here to tell me that?
Derek Wills : Yes, I did. I, uhm,
[clears throat]
Derek Wills : I also...
[sighs]
Derek Wills : wanted to apologize.
Karen Cartwright : For what?
Derek Wills : Oh, I think you know. That night in my apartment.