An actor described as a “small man,” about whom Miranda wrote a negative review in the morning paper. Though “he might have been a pretty fellow once,” he’s now dried up and faded and hasn’t had a successful run in a decade. The has-been confronts Miranda as she and Chuck enter a theater to watch a show for work. Miranda doesn’t care about the man but she feels bad for hurting him, and perhaps feels mournful at the idea of old stars fading with age. This, in turn, makes her think of war, death, and suffering.