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Benita Gisele Yenifer Álvarez (callmesenorita) wrote in 20somethings,
@ 2021-08-07 11:41:00

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c: beau rosier, c: benita álvarez, c: jeremy evans, c: kenzie montgomery, c: robert hilliard, c: silviya capper, c: wes warrington, d: 2027 08, Ω: rp

RP: The First Reading
Who: Cast & Crew of By the Grace of St. Mungo
What: The first reading of the pilot.
When: 08/07/27; morning.
Where: WeeVee Productions Offices; Scotland
Warnings: None
Completion Status: Ongoing

Bennie was nervous. She had only ever done theater and what were they thinking in not only casting her but as the lead? Would she measure up? To make herself feel better, she stopped by Melinda's coffee shop at Sweet Nothings and got herself a mocha with two extra shots of espresso - Melinda gave it to her on the house to wish her luck on her face day. She shoved extra coins in the tip jar to make up for it. She then went to the Ministry for her Portkey to Scotland, a full half hour early. She wasn't sure if she'd even be allowed into the building this early, but was grateful when she arrived to be welcomed into the waiting room in the front lounge at the first floor of the building. She sat and tapped her foot with nerves, sipping at her paper coffee cup as she did.

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Beau and open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 06:15 pm UTC (link)

For his sins, Beaumont Rosier had been acting since childhood, starting by entertaining his parents and baby sister at home, then being cast in WeeVee's first soap opera when he was barely eight. By the time he started Hogwarts and switched his stage name to Beau Rosemont he was recognised when they went out to places like Diagon Alley.

So he wasn't really surprised that he was one of the more established actors in the cast. Thanks to his agent, he hadn't gone down the open audition route, but he had been asked to do chemistry reads with the final few candidates for the Yang role, which boded well for getting some good storylines.

He poured himself a coffee and added a large splash of oat milk while he eyed up the snacks that had been provided. "Hey," he said as someone came up beside him to get a drink. "How was that for you?"

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Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-07 06:31 pm UTC (link)

Bennie laughed, "It was a lot, if I'm honest," she looked up - and up, she was so short in this room! - to see Beau smiling at her, friendly. "You're Beau," she said, remembering his name more from his impressive resume than his introduction at the beginning of the roundtable. "How'd you like it? I'm sure you're used to this sort of thing," she was certainly not used to this. At all. She'd done table reads for countless plays and musicals, but never for something this expansive. She brought her now cold mocha to her lips and then gave him a toothy, all nerves smile.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 06:59 pm UTC (link)

"The first day can be like that," Beau agreed with a smile. The script had been pretty intense too, so he could see why they'd only done one episode today. "You're right, though. I've done a few of these." It was still a relief to be getting back to a regular role - he liked variety but it was always nice to have a steady pay cheque.

She was going to be carrying a lot of weight on those slim shoulders, he thought, picking up a cookie that was conveniently labelled as vegan. The icing was the same green as robes that Healers wore and there was a delicate crossed bone and wand design piped on top.

"I've never played a Healer before, though," he admitted. "I think some of those medical terms are going to be a challenge."

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-07 07:10 pm UTC (link)

She sighed and joked, "Oh my goodness yes, maybe they'll have a dialect coach for us or something!" She was well aware that she was one of only two 'American' accents in the room, though in the Wizarding World that wasn't too strange, to have Magicks of all origins working together. She was sure her father would have some advice, too, being the American Consultant to the Aurors office in London.

"What made you audition?" She asked, unsure how the process had gone for anyone who wasn't a nobody who just showed up to the open casting call.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 07:35 pm UTC (link)

"Apparently I'm too young to retire to the countryside and raise a herd of hippogriffs," Beau joked.

He took a sip of his coffee, mulling over his answer. "It was the best script I'd read for a long time." Since he'd done the reality dancing show last autumn, most things that had come his way had been a little too light and fluffy, as though he hadn't spent three years playing a very serious young Auror. He'd wanted something with a little more emotional depth, and then the Grace script had ended up in his hands.

"I'd say don't be nervous, but even I get jitters before a new project and I've been doing this for twenty years."

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-07 08:03 pm UTC (link)

Bennie couldn't help her loud laugh at that line, "You'd be depriving the world if you did, but if you wanted to, why not?" Surely she assumed he could afford it. Why would anyone ever want to stop performing, though?

"Twenty years. Goodness. I'm woefully inexperienced here, aren't I?" She leaned in conspiratorially, "I still have no idea why they chose me, especially to play Grace herself."

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 08:56 pm UTC (link)

"I like creating too much, I don't think I could ever fully stop." Maybe he would branch out into directing or producing, but for now he preferred being in front of the camera. Besides, once he paid for things like his agent, publicist, stylist, personal trainer, union fees... well, the retirement fund would need some more work.

Beau grinned and leant in to meet her. "And I still have no idea what I'm doing - I just make it up as I go along." He winked. "Here, I'll give you my phone number." Beau put the cookie he was holding in his mouth so that he could retrieve his phone from his pocket.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-07 09:01 pm UTC (link)

Her sigh of relief was almost too relieved and she happily nodded, "Thank you," if he was willing to help her through her nerves, well, at least she wouldn't have to lean on Jeremy's familiarity too often. Wouldn't have to make a total bother of herself. She recited her number to him once he'd gotten his phone out and then grinned when he texted her so that they had each other's contact information.

"I appreciate it, honestly everyone's been really supportive." And it was the truth. Silvie had given her shoulder an encouraging squeeze after the reading had ended and had leaned in to say in her ear that was brilliant, thank you, Grace. She was surprised, no one had asked her about her acting background, then again, maybe they thought she had none.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 09:25 pm UTC (link)

Beau finally bit off his mouthful of cookie, brushing a couple of stray crumbs from the front of his shirt.

"Just remember, there's no such thing as a stupid question." He put his phone away, wondering whether a group chat would be a good idea. "And we're all going to be seeing a lot of each other. We'll all need that support." Having heard her read her lines today, she was going to be great once she was in costume and on set.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-07 09:30 pm UTC (link)

"That's a really good points, and makes me feel a lot better about all this," she said. "Oh, you missed one," she said, reaching to brushing a stray crumb. "Sorry, hope that's okay," she said with a laugh. Then again, she couldn't imagine they were all going to have much in the way of personal space. After all, one of her very first scenes was a half naked morning-after scene with Wes Campbell himself.

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Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

beaurosier
2021-08-07 09:48 pm UTC (link)

Beau chuckled. A crumb wasn't the end of the world, but he appreciated the gesture. "Thanks. It's fine," he assured her.

"You did a great job today," Beau added. "Seriously, you're going to be fine. Better than fine. Did you see Silvie's face at the end? She looked so proud of you." He would send her a text later, he decided, reminding her to get some sleep. If she was nervous, the start of filming was probably going to be playing on her mind.

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	Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading) callmesenorita 2021-08-09 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Bennie couldn't help but beam when he brought up Silviya's reaction to her reading. Silviya Capper liked her work. Or, at least, what she'd seen of it so far. She finished her coffee and tossed the paper cup in the bin, sighing. "I feel like the work gets really hard from here, doesn't it, though?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading) beaurosier 2021-08-10 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah, well..." Beau waved what remained of his cookie in a vague sort of manner. "No one ever said it was going to be easy. Some days will be harder than others. But you know what?" He grinned. "Best job in the world. We get to dress up and make pretend every day." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Beau + Bennie + open (after the reading)

callmesenorita
2021-08-20 05:27 pm UTC (link)

Just then, Sylviya called Benita's name and she turned to look at the entrance of the conference room, where Silvie had returned while they'd been talking. "Oh, I should..." She waved her hand. "Thank you, for the advice, and the pep talk," she said earnestly, "I feel like I'll probably be leaning on you all a lot in the coming weeks, it feels good to know you've got my back," she said with a smile. "I'll see you tomorrow, though," she added before turning to head over to their new boss.

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