理查德(大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 饰)在一次偶然之中邂逅了美丽的女子芭芭拉(凡妮莎·肖 Vinessa Shaw 饰),芭芭拉的一举一动都撩动着理查德的心弦,他疯狂的爱上了她。为了追求芭芭拉,理查德来到了洛杉矶,到达以后他才发现,自己并不是芭芭拉唯一的追求着,一个名叫帕特森(卡梅隆·班克劳弗特 Cameron Bancroft 饰)的电影导演是自己强劲的对手。 在高大威猛又事业有成的帕特森面前,理查德是如此的平凡渺小,但是理查德有一颗充满了真爱的心,芭芭拉被理查德的真情感动,最终选择了和他走到一起。然而,婚后的芭芭拉重燃了演艺梦想,这让帕特森又得到了接近她的机会。An "aspiring Hollywood actress" (Vinessa Shaw), on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker (David Tennant), who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.