Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Nicole inquired, "So, which option are you leaning toward?" Leighton hesitated, weighing his choices.

Opting for the first one would entail assisting the company in promoting new talents.

While he didn't mind mentoring newcomers, he found the company's various publicity tactics distasteful.

Previously, they had gone to great lengths to pair him with an actor two years his junior, arranging for the actor to join the same cast and assigning her the role of an assistant, always at his side.

The actor obediently followed the company's instructions, behaving particularly intimately with him on set, fetching drinks or snacks.

Even after shooting a rain scene, the actor brought him a towel and a hand warmer.

Leighton remained oblivious, sensing nothing awry throughout the filming process.

It wasn't until the drama aired, and the ‘relationship’ between him and the new actor began trending, that things became clear.

an item? Your eye contact in the video makes

edits, where fans interpreted every tweet timing and every coincidental schedule overlap as

instance, in one video, they shared a sip from the same coffee cup, leading fans to speculate about

such as using the same towel

was when the new actor accidentally liked a fan's comment under Leighton's post, insinuating a romantic

a birthday tweet,

to resemble the one Leighton had been spotted wearing a

"Is that a couples' scarf from so-and-so?" The new actor

to screenshot the incident, sparking a frenzy among couple enthusiasts, leading

it before Leighton did

him to keep an eye on Leighton without

stunt orchestrated by the company, leveraging Leighton's "bromance" to boost

Estelle was furious.

mutual agreements between both parties' teams and were used by actors trying to break into the mainstream with unconventional