Possible Clues:

• Desmond gets back to work and is in position
• Got shot in a studio?
• Took a stance, rejecting bribe offered by little man
• Passed oneself off as having been a model
• Pakistani opener does badly - gets stumped
• Faced the camera, showing composure? Not I
• Sat for painter
• Struck attitude - sat for painter
• Assumed a false identity
• Was a model faced with no work?