User:Pakitrickster/REX TV Pilot

REX is a mockumentary pilot created by Guy Shalem about actor Simon Rex as he tries to revive his career with the help of a controversy consultant. The show is based on the premise that everything that happens in Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general, is dictated by the designs of controversy consultants. The pilot episode follows Simon Rex as he deals with his parents (played by Jill Talley and Victor Garber), his fake-girlfriend Paris Hilton, his opportunistic manager and lovesick assistant (played by Brian Huskey and Jill Bartlett, respectively) and his reunion with his old controversy consultant Jeffrey Wagstaffe (Geoffrey Arend) and ex-lover jaime Pressley. The last act of the show watches as Simon and Jeffrey attempt to draw Lance Bass into a controversy, so that it would appear to the paparazzi that Simon is gay. The pilot draws from the real-life history of Simon Rex, including a controversial adult film that he made early in his career. The pilot was written by Guy Shalem and Rob Kolson but incorporates the use of improvisational comedy to great effect.