In 1971, Monte Hellman cast young unknown Laurie Bird in Two Lane Blacktop, thrusting the orphaned teenager into a Hollywood milieu of opportunists and phonies she wasn't emotionally prepared for. The year before, fellow nonactor Mark Frechette was cast in Michaelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, and his minor fame and naivete made him the perfect target for cultists looking for a meal ticket. This week, Doug Woychechowsky joins us to talk about why the story of two young aspiring actors who met a tragic fate would make a great movie about the movie world.