[nopardons]

That really IS a problem, for some; they believe that an actor or actress is the character/s they play. They aren't and a lot of them can't string four coherent words together, unless someone else writes it down for them to memorize.

This is nothing new; the old studio system had handlers for their top money makers and NEVER allowed them to "be themselves", in public.

[The Red Zone]

Mel is basically his own private movie studio. When he himself IS the handler, then what?