▁very ▁different ▁to ▁what ▁the ▁movie ▁became : ▁ ▁[ It ▁was ] ▁a ▁dark , ▁g rit ty , ▁character ▁piece , ▁more ▁in ▁the ▁ve in ▁of ▁Re qu iem ▁for ▁a ▁He avy weight . ▁It ' s ▁about ▁this ▁young ▁woman ▁from ▁Kansas ▁City ▁who ▁goes ▁out ▁to ▁Hollywood ▁dream ing ▁of ▁fame ▁and ▁fortune , ▁making ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁mov ies , ▁and ▁she ' s ▁really ▁not ▁good ▁enough ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁but ▁she ' s ▁des perate ▁to ▁make ▁her ▁name ▁and ▁to ▁get ▁attention . ▁She ▁strugg les ▁and ▁strugg les , ▁and ▁never ▁makes ▁it , ▁and ▁then ▁one ▁day , ▁she ▁meets ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁beat ▁up , ▁bru ised ▁up , ▁bur nt - out ▁ex ▁roll er ▁der by ▁queen ▁who ▁kind ▁of ▁takes ▁her ▁under ▁her ▁wing ▁and ▁coach es ▁her , ▁and ▁tries ▁to ▁get ▁her ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁roll er ▁der by . ▁It ▁sort ▁of ▁shows ▁her ▁becoming ▁a ▁roll er ▁der by ▁star , ▁and ▁the ▁ir ony ▁is ▁that ▁she ▁makes ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁roll er ▁der by , ▁but ▁as ▁a ▁black - t ro phy ▁... ▁as ▁a ▁bad ▁girl ▁who ▁gets ▁his sed ▁at , ▁beat ▁up , ▁and ▁sp it ▁on ▁every ▁week . ▁The ▁ir ony ▁is ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁st ard om ▁she ▁des per ately ▁year ned ▁for , ▁but ▁not ▁as ▁a ▁movie ▁star -- as ▁a ▁star ▁on ▁the ▁roll er