Chapter 197 - Big Break

The film set buzzed with the kind of organized chaos that never truly quieted. Crew members shouted over one another while hauling lighting equipment across icy pavement, makeup artists hurried between actors with brushes clutched between gloved fingers, and somewhere in the distance a stressed assistant director barked schedule changes through a crackling megaphone. Despite it being early winter in Moscow, the day was strangely warm, leaving the snow at the edges of the streets half-melted into gray slush that reflected the harsh studio lights overhead.