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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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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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