Speaking Parts (1989)

Egyptian-Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s drama Speaking Parts (1989) stars Michael McManus as Lance, a struggling young actor who pays the bills by working as a hotel-room cleaner and male prostitute. Meanwhile, a laundry worker (Arsinée Khanjian) at the hotel where he works develops an obsession with him and incessantly watches movies where he appears as an extra. Finally a screenwriter (Gabrielle Rose) discovers Lance and casts him as her dead brother in an upcoming movie. Ms. Rose also shows off her left petal for a video camera, and that will make you thorny!