One punch took him from Hollywood's Golden Boy to Bad Boy Brody.
The media didn't care he was grieving his brother's death. They descended on him, but to change his reputation, his manager got him a deal.
Act in an indie film, one that already had Oscar buzz, and he'd get the movie roles he needed to secure his future.
He took the deal.
Yet he wasn't prepared for the real-life people behind the script.
He wasn't prepared for the murder the movie was based on.
And he really wasn't prepared for her, the biggest secret of all.
She was wild. She was beautiful. She defied gravity.
But was she the leading role that would tame him?