Married actress is blackmailed into nudity .. becomes affair with stalker

[SavannaT]

Like the idea but kidnapping her family is too extreme. Maybe he just has proof of an affair she had and threatens to expose her to her husband. She accepts knowing she'll lose her family otherwise. Progresses from there.

I don’t like the idea of her having already cheated as it takes away from what she must do.. and the surprise that she enjoys it

For the record, I followed that you mean the "blackmail" becomes an "affair".

I'm always a sucker for an innocent, well-behaved woman finding herself in a situation where she reluctantly finds herself turned on.

I like the idea of her being kidnapped. Then, a little Stockholm syndrome sets in... and she's initially freaked out at how into her the stalker is... then... kinda flattered at the passion and single-minded lust.

The idea of her suddenly thinking if he wanted me this badly.. should I be flattered and then it starts a tailspin into stockholm syndrome and eroticism.

So, in the end, she does what she "has to" to escape and protect her family. She doesn't want to admit that, in the end, down deep, she enjoyed it.

And, when it comes time to give the police details, she finds herself inexplicably being a little vague with details... so they can't find him. She wants him to seek her out so she can have her revenge on him outside the law!

...or that's what she tells herself at the surface level... down deep she knows she's risking a repeat of the last kidnapping... maybe over and over again.

Yes and she grows addicted to how this man makes her feel and how he makes her see herself.. questioning all the reasons she became an actress.. she now believes its to turn men on.

 

[Roamme]

I like this idea. I'd like it more if she was a lifelong closet attention whore. Being in front of the camera and being the center of attention used to be a major drug for her. To keep it going she used to let her self-get 'caught' by paparazzi but now they no longer stalk her. At the beginning of this tale, she feels bad that her lone fan that still cares about her is this creepy stalker. She is repelled by him and fears him but fears being completely forgotten even more.

I'm sorry but for me, blackmail, is only realistic if the things I'm being blackmailed to do are things that turn me on or would only do in fantasy. Being blackmailed frees me of the guilt of responsibility and allows us to do things we wouldn't normally dare. It shifts the blame to our blackmailer. Because of this, I want the blackmailed tasks to start off to be mostly minor and tollerable. Like accepting a role that I'd normally turn down due to its subject matter and such. Nothing too naughty, and more importantly, it brings back fame, acclaim and attention. These early minor victories grant the stalker gumption to become more demanding. The two start to feed each other. Her stalker seems to be a guru on picking parts that aid in her previously flagging career.

Now she feels she needs him and owes him. So, when he pulls his outlandish stunts, like kidnapping his family, she goes along with it not just to rescue her family but because she feels she owes him, somehow. That sets her up for more stuff as you guys write

Anyways, that's how I feel about this story idea

 

[Dwbackup2023]

Here's a different idea for blackmail leverage if you want to avoid the kidnapping angle. Maybe the obsessed fans grandfather was a shady movie director and has videos of the celebrity in various sexual acts to get her first break through roll. Think of it as a less famous harvy weinstein. The grandfather dies and the tapes that had been lost and forgotten for years are in a storage shed the grandson inherited and he finds the tapes. He quickly hatches a plan to use this leverage to exploit the main character.

 

[KindredFlame]

So we are talking casting couch are we? Yawn.

 

[sirhugs]

So we are talking casting couch are we? Yawn.

I think the number of posts suggests that there is room for some twists here that might take it out of the sleep aid section of some readers' brain's personal imaginary pharmacy.

I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong and just need more coffee.

 

[KindredFlame]

The term "casting couch" represents one of the most insidious and damaging legacies within the entertainment industry—a euphemism for widespread sexual coercion and the systematic abuse of power.
A crucial element of industry reform is the increasing visibility and power of women in executive, directorial, and producing roles. When women enter the leadership ring, they often bring an inherent understanding of the historical vulnerability of subordinates and a commitment to creating safer, more equitable working environments. They are not only shifting the quality and narrative focus of cinematic output but fundamentally challenging the patriarchal structures of power that fostered decades of silence and complicity.

Beyond Power Reversal: The Mandate for Ethical Workplaces

The provocative suggestion that "the roles should be reversed"—implying that female leaders might now exert similar sexual demands on male subordinates—is a dark, often satirical thought experiment born out of the frustration with historical injustice.

I did start a story on these lines but it stoped holding my interest.

 

[sirhugs]

The term "casting couch" represents one of the most insidious and damaging legacies within the entertainment industry—a euphemism for widespread sexual coercion and the systematic abuse of power. This was not merely the stuff of Hollywood legend; it was a deeply entrenched institutional structure where career advancement, visibility, and basic employment often hinged on a horrifying quid pro quo: sexual compliance demanded by those, almost exclusively men, holding the keys to funding, distribution, and production. The shocking reality is that this exploitation was permitted within mainstream cinema, treated implicitly as an unavoidable cost of entry rather than the illegal workplace harassment it actually was.

The reckoning of the past decade, driven largely by the #MeToo movement, has undeniably begun the painful, necessary process of dismantling this toxic culture and exposing the pervasive damage it inflicted. It necessitates a shift in focus: it is not about defining the specific sexual act demanded, but recognizing the brutal reality of an employee or hopeful artist being forced to trade their dignity for a paycheck.

The Rise of Ethical Parity

A crucial element of industry reform is the increasing visibility and power of women in executive, directorial, and producing roles. When women enter the leadership ring, they often bring an inherent understanding of the historical vulnerability of subordinates and a commitment to creating safer, more equitable working environments. They are not only shifting the quality and narrative focus of cinematic output but fundamentally challenging the patriarchal structures of power that fostered decades of silence and complicity.

Beyond Power Reversal: The Mandate for Ethical Workplaces

The provocative suggestion that "the roles should be reversed"—implying that female leaders might now exert similar sexual demands on male subordinates—is a dark, often satirical thought experiment born out of the frustration with historical injustice.

However, true ethical progress is not achieved through a simple reversal of power dynamics or the creation of a new category of victim. The goal is not to trade one form of exploitation for another. Instead, the mandate for modern Hollywood and the global film industry is the complete eradication of coercive sexual dynamics from the workplace, regardless of the gender of the perpetrator or the victim.

The real revolution is demanding ethical parity: establishing strict, enforceable professional boundaries, ensuring robust HR accountability, and cultivating a culture where career success is based solely on merit, talent, and professionalism, free from the threat of sexual exploitation for every single person on set. The true measure of progress is when the casting couch is not merely unused, but entirely unimaginable.

not sure what to with it. It seems to be more of an AH post than a Story Ideas post, though it has features of both. AH is much more forgiving of long posts. you make lots of interesting points, but I don't see the Story Idea here.

Did you "go long" just to torture me?

I suppose that i will just leave it here for now and go back to honing my axe in case I get objections to its presence.

 

[KindredFlame]

not sure what to with it. It seems to be more of an AH post than a Story Ideas post, though it has features of both. AH is much more forgiving of long posts. you make lots of interesting points, but I don't see the Story Idea here.

Did you "go long" just to torture me?

I suppose that i will just leave it here for now and go back to honing my axe in case I get objections to its presence.

Yes! it’s a bit of guff I will deal with it.