Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe (The Beta Test)

In The Beta Test, PJ McCabe and Jim Cummings play struggling Hollywood agents trying to project a veneer of success. When Cummings' Jordan receives an interesting offer in the mail, his job and engagement are threatened.

McCabe (pictured, left) and Cummings (right) tell us that interviews with real Hollywood agents — and their spouses — helped inform The Beta Test. They also talk about some of the sharp twists in their story, inspired in part by Eyes Wide Shut.

And they talk about why they believe the old Hollywood system is over, and what filmmakers should do now.

In addition to making the recent films Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow, and playing cops in both, Cummings also has a small but crucial role in the new Halloween Kills, playing a cop who is curiously named... McCabe.

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