Problem accessing nested MovieClips

Hi I'm trying to add an event Listener to a button that is nested inside a movieclip, and that movieclip is nested inside another movieclip, but I get a null object reference error where I add the event listener:
public function OptionsClass(model:GameModel, stage:Object) {
                              // constructor code
                              _gameModel = model;
                              _stage = stage;
                              _optionsClip = new Options();
                              _optionsClip.gotoAndStop(1);
                              addChild(_optionsClip);
                              _optionsClip.optionsMC.controlsBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onControlsBtnDown); -->ERROR
                              _optionsClip.optionsMC.backBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onBackBtnDown);
all the instances are named correctly on the movieclips so I don't know what the problem is. If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong please let me know, thank you.

NEVERMIND I FIXED IT, I HAD THE LABELS WRONG, SORRY

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I have created a movieClip which is just a rectangle shape that has an interior timeline which object tweens from a 2x200 pixel to a 200x200 pixel shape.
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That's what I thought too Ned. All the reseach I did, tells me that is how you access a nested movieClip in another MovieClip.
Your visible code works as it should, but I still cannot get the nested MovieClip to be affected by a call to action on the main timeline.
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