Setting: A small, cramped apartment shared by Max and Jack. The walls are decorated with movie posters and a whiteboard with their shared schedule. It's morning, and both twins are getting ready for an important audition.
Max (rummaging through a pile of clothes on the floor): Jack! Have you seen my lucky audition shirt?
Jack (holding up a wrinkled, identical shirt): You mean my lucky audition shirt?
Max: No, my lucky audition shirt! The one that got me a callback for that toothpaste commercial.
Jack: You mean the one where you accidentally spit toothpaste on the director?
Max (grinning): He said it was refreshing!
Jack: Right, like your "refreshing" coffee spill at the last audition.
Max (mock serious): Hey, I saved that director's white pants from looking too boring.
Jack (grinning): Yeah, they were all brown and abstract after that. But seriously, we can't mess this up today. This audition could be our big break.
Max (nodding): Right. Focus. Serious faces.
(They both try to put on serious faces, but they end up just looking ridiculous.)
Max (breaking into a laugh): We look like we're about to rob a bank.
Jack (laughing): Or audition for the role of "Most Confused Guy Ever."
Max (suddenly serious): Wait...what role are you auditioning for?
Jack (pulling out a crumpled piece of paper): Uh, the suave romantic lead. You?
Max (checking his paper): The tough action hero.
Jack (raising an eyebrow): You? Tough? The last time you tried to open a jar, it took both of us and the neighbor's dog.
Max (mock offended): That was a tricky jar! Besides, you're not exactly "suave." Remember your date with that actress? You spent the entire night talking about her stunt double.
Jack (smirking): Hey, that was a fascinating conversation. Did you know they used 12 different stunt doubles for—
Max (interrupting): Focus! We're gonna nail these auditions.
(They both strike dramatic poses in front of the mirror, but quickly break character when they realize they look ridiculous.)
Jack: We're doomed.
Max: Maybe, but at least we'll go down in flames together.
(They grab their scripts and head out the door, only to realize they've swapped papers.)
Jack (looking at Max's script): Uh, Max...why do you have the lines for "Bumbling Sidekick"?
Max (looking at Jack's script): And why do you have the lines for "Overconfident Villain"?
(They stare at each other in horror.)
Jack: We've been rehearsing the wrong parts this whole time!
Max: Quick, swap scripts back!
(They frantically swap scripts, but in their panic, they drop them and end up with the wrong ones again.)
Jack: This is a disaster!
Max: We'll just have to improvise. Stick to the plan: be cool, be confident, and whatever you do...don't mention toothpaste.
(They exit the apartment with determined expressions, only for Max to trip over a pair of shoes on the way out, sending both of them tumbling down the stairs.)
Jack (from the bottom of the stairs, dazed): So much for suave...
Max (groaning): At least we'll make a memorable first impression...
(They both laugh despite the pain, pick themselves up, and head out the door, ready to face whatever the audition throws at them.)
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Double Trouble
Umorismo"Double Trouble" follows the misadventures of twin brothers, Max and Jack, who are identical in more ways than one. Both broke and with dreams of becoming Hollywood's next big stars, they decide the best way to survive the grind is to live together...
