The Nomination, Explained

Is there any way,” we were once asked by a studio executive after he had read our latest script, “that you could show the main character doing something incredibly heroic and totally saving the day in a simple one-page scene we can slap on the top?” We shook our heads.

“C’mon, guys,” the exec said, “a simple one-pager. Boom, he does something heroic, everybody loves the guy, boom, back into the story.”