Maximus’ gay rumors set him apart from other powerful and wealthy CEOs. Being gay in the straight-supporting community has brought struggles to Maximus, especially since his father has always urged him to marry a woman.
It leaves Maximus, who is likely in a relationship with his best friend at the office, to ask Amelia to pose as his girlfriend. Amelia is one of the new employees in his office; a few years ago, Maximus saved Amelia from debt collectors’ attacks in a dark alley.
The debt collectors are returning; this time, they beat Amelia’s brother down!
Amelia wants to free herself from the debt collectors and repay Maximus. Maximus also needs a girlfriend to avoid his restrictive father arranging for his marriage.
- Part 1: Secretly Living With My Boss Drama Overview
- Part 2: Meet Secretly Living With My Boss Movie Cast & Characters
- Part 3: Secretly Living With My Boss Full Movie Review And The Alternative Movie
Part 1: Secretly Living With My Boss Drama Overview
Backstory
Amelia and Maximus are the two main characters of the Secretly Living With My Boss drama. That’s why the backstory involves these two characters.
A few years ago, Amelia’s families are struggling to find companies to bail them out. The indebted amounts are too much for them to handle. Amelia’s part-time job as a waitress doesn’t help cover the amounts. She and Liam, her brother, still have to fund themselves.
The debt collectors have had enough of Amelia’s failure to repay the debts. So, they send bodyguards to punch and kick Amelia repeatedly. Suddenly, a mysterious man saves Amelia and sends the debt collectors out of the scene by handing over some money.
Amelia later knows this mysterious yet charming man as Maximus, her company’s CEO. His home life is different from the powerful and competent persona he projects in the workplace. His father doesn’t only disapprove of his sexual orientation rumors; the father also tries to pair Maximus with just any woman.
Such things happen for Maximus for a couple of years. Yet, he can’t feel any romantic attraction to women. He thought he was only helping Amelia.
Summary
Secretly Living With My Boss main story starts in the workplace setting. Maximus has settled down with a nice job and James Salazar, his gay partner disguises himself as his best friend at work. He doesn’t need his father’s approval.
It was Amelia’s first day at work when the female colleagues, who seemed to be into the gay boss, provoked Amelia by threatening a black campaign if she dared herself to get close to Maximus. The truth is, that Maximus is the person offering Amelia the position in his office. Amelia left her part-time waitress job because working 9-to-5 would at least earn her more money.
To Amelia’s shock, she discovers Liam, her brother, with a scary bloodied face when she visits his school. At first, Liam ignores Amelia’s warnings about the sister’s business at work, and this younger brother keeps demanding money for Amelia. Later episodes of Secretly Living With My Boss show Liam does it out of fear, for the debt collectors have attacked him at school.
Here, Maximus once again becomes Amelia’s savior, even though he knows nothing about the debt collector’s return. He offers Amelia a nice bonus for an extra job that Amelia never thinks about, which is posing as his girlfriend to fool his father. Maximus also hires a stylist to improve Amelia’s appearance when they visit Maximus’ father.
Amelia sees Eleanor, Maximus’ mother; and Emma, the woman of Maximus’ father’s choice, when she arrives at the mansion. Those two women’s vicious and cunning characteristics have been evident since the start.
So, how will Maximus become Amelia’s knight in shining armor? Will the meetings change Maximus’ sexual orientation? Will more episodes of Secretly Living With My Boss unveil Maximus’ gayness as not more than an office gossip?
Watch an alternative movie on ReelShort
Part 2: Meet Secretly Living With My Boss Movie Cast & Characters
Bella La Bruna as Amelia
Bella La Bruna, the actress cast as Amelia, the main female character of Secretly Living With My Boss, is a Melbourne-based actress.
Some audiences might feel it’s their first time listening to Bella La Bruna’s voice. It is because Bella is a newcomer in the acting industry. Yet, she is familiar with Howard Fine Acting Studio, for the majority of her education and training goes there.
She is also a talented singer, voice-over actress, and photoshoot model. She also knows the American accent apart from the default Australian accent.
Joshua “Josh” Jurlina as Maximus
Joshua “Josh” Jurlina, the actor behind the charismatic, handsome, powerful, and protective Maximus of Secretly Living With My Boss, has a similar background to Bella La Bruna, the actress playing the main female character. He is from Auckland, New Zealand.
Secretly Living With My Boss is one of Josh’s most recent movies in 2024. He has previously built his reputation in his home country through one of his movies in 2022. As for the rest of his movies, he frequently stars as powerful entities: Soldiers, gang members, and others.
Sometimes, he also coaches other newcomers in the acting industry. His towering 6’2.5” height also makes him a great photoshoot model, and we can see his photoshoots on his social media accounts.
Wade Lindstrom as Liam
Liam’s bloodied face and his silent yet scary growls in the first few parts of Secretly Living With My Boss movie are the results of Wade Lindstrom’s acting. All movies featuring the same actor always involve the actor’s role as a soldier. Indeed, Wade himself masters historical European martial arts techniques.
He is also an Australian-based actor, making him a decent supporting role to match Bella’s acting as Liam’s sister a.k.a. Amelia. As for his journey in acting in Secretly Living With My Boss movie, it is similar to Josh, in that this movie is his most recent movie.
Angel Bakhach as Emma
Emma of Secretly Living With My Boss is one of Maximus’ crazy fangirls. She also becomes the girl Maximus’ parents try to set their son up to. No wonder Emma shows annoyance and puts on a disgusted face after she witnesses Maximus and Amelia romantically cuddle in front of her in the father’s mansion.
Angel Bakhach, the actress cast as Emma, is the newest actress among the cast of Secretly Living With My Boss. So far, this movie is the first movie that this Australian-based actress stars in.
Part 3: Secretly Living With My Boss Full Movie Review And The Alternative Movie
Review
Secretly Living With My Boss has decent movie producer teams that successfully emphasize the backstories of each main character. Such things put more certainty in fans when they feel adoration or attraction to some characters.
Some direct mentions of the characters’ traits, such as Maximus’ mother’s mentions of her son’s reservedness at home, also become interesting points we can see in this movie. The fashion stylist’s efforts in bringing the most exquisite-looking dresses for Amelia, the main female character, also help strengthen Amelia’s characteristics as she temporarily changes her appearance.
Speaking about appearances, Secretly Living With My Boss is one of the most convincing movies that align the character’s appearances with the characteristics and backstories they experience. For instance, Liam’s Halloween-themed make-up doesn’t only stay as merely cosmetics. It symbolizes the debt collectors have gone too far in torturing him even when Maximus paid them back a few years ago.
Liam’s existence as the main character’s brother also helps add the dramatic flairs to the storyline. No matter how much Amelia loves Maximus, her brother is still the most important person in her circle.
Alternative
ReelShort’s “Fake It Till You Love Me” movie has a similar story element. Both movies involve the main characters’ brother and their relationships with their seemingly untouchable bosses. It all starts with their mutual need to have a romantic partner before they grow their feelings for each other.
“Fake It Till You Love Me” on ReelShort tells a story about Caroline Dean, a young office worker, opening a joint account with her fiancé to fund her brother’s medical bills. Unfortunately, her fiancé cheats with her. One of his excuses for doing so is that the mistress’ younger brother is wealthier than Caroline.
The desperate Caroline then gets involved in a one-night stand relationship with Edward Forrest, her boss. Edward’s grandmother also urges him to get married, or else, she will transfer the company’s ownership to Ian, his vicious brother!