TRUE FIBS & OTHER LIES

Manuscript by Betsy Yarborough*

Amusing memoir behind the scenes (and under the sheets) relates Betsy’s adventures filming the expensive vanity project directed by her future ex-husband Thør Rosenthal and the outrageous action scenes she endured with costar Hugo Slater. Betsy’s remembrances are playful and compelling: production assistants argue over who will smear Cheese Whiz on a dog’s butt so the hound will lick its ass on camera; Betsy and Hugo Slater’s embarrassing sex scene that lands him in the hospital; the sushi chef slicing tuna faster instead of stopping when the director repeatedly shouts “Cut!” Highlight of memoir is when Thør whisks Betsy away to Mexico one weekend and they are snatched by narco-terrorists. The couple avoids being skinned alive when the crazed drug kingpin recognizes Betsy, begs her to sign his autograph book next to Cameron Diaz’s page, and sets them free. While some memories are stronger than others, the funniest chapters are Betsy’s memories of certain code-named costars and their icky sexual preferences. Told with honesty and humor, this rubber-necking of a sausage factory could be a Thør Rosenthal actioner starring Betsy Yarborough, who might think they’ve seen this movie before.