He watched the man living the life that he was meant to live.
They had met in drama school, and he lost out on roles in school plays to him. He was Rosencratz to his Hamlet. Howard Wagner to his Willy Loman.
They crossed paths at auditions and he watched from the wings as his old friend moved into television, graduated to film.
The film star saw his old friend at auditions, asked after his family, envied his simple life.
When he stopped showing up, the film star missed the man living the life that he was meant to live.
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