Someone
banged a rhythm on my trailer door, "Mr. DiCaprio? Sir?" A man called
for me, "We need you in ten minutes." His message had been delivered,
and I listened as his footsteps continued to grow further away.
I
slowly sat up in bed with a tired yawn, it's
another day. Stretching the sleepiness off, I searched through my jumbled
memory to recall everything I was supposed to do today: speaking with my agent,
dealing with my schedule, going over rehearsals... and then it hit me. I smiled
to myself as I realized, she was one of the things that kept me going on this
project.
I
remember the first day I met her. The casting director had told me her name,
and gave an overview on a few other projects she had done. Though, it wasn't
until we were eye to eye and I shook her hand for the first time, that I knew
she was someone special. After going through a few rehearsals and screen tests,
I noticed her talent, gorgeous eyes, silky hair and personality I discovered I couldn't
resist.
I
sprung out of bed and threw on some clothes as I reached for today's cast &
crew call sheet.
I
couldn't wait to see her again.
Scanning
through the scene numbers we were supposed to do today, I looked them up in the
script, but stopped on one scene in particular. It read, "And they
kissed." My heart stopped. I had to
kiss her. I mean, yeah, sometimes that's part of the job if I want to keep
getting paid. But, she was different. I actually had a thing for her, and
kissing her would feel very different from obediently playing the part of an actor.
I
ran my fingers through my hair as I studied the scene. I knew I was gonna have
to do this, since I've already been over this script, but that was before I
knew WHO my co-star was gonna be.
"Mr.
DiCaprio?" The man was back, knocking on my door, "We're ready for
you."
I
took a deep breath, the scene was nothing
I should worry about. We'll both rehears our lines and stuff with the director,
and then it will all be over after we've filmed it on camera.
I
got up to open the door, "I'm ready."
She
was over with the director who was giving her a few pointers. I sat across the
room from them and I watched her. I watched her smile, I watched her use her
hands while speaking, I watched how she moved her body. This was just a day for
rehearsal, but all the same I couldn't help feeling slightly nervous. She
laughed at something I didn't hear and glanced back at me. Although, we were
both lacking a whole lot of sleep, her
eyes still sparkled. I looked down at my script pretending to be immersed in
it.
"Good
morning."
I
looked up at the sound of her voice and a smiled at her, "Hi, good morning."
She
seated herself in the chair beside mine, and pushed her hair back out of her
face. Thoughts of admiration flooded through me. I can't believe I'm going to have to kiss her.
"So,"
she said, "Are you ready for the scenes we're doing today?"
"Uh,
yeah." I paused to fumble through the script pages in my hands looking for
them, "Did you want to go over them with me?"
"Sure."
She smiled back and my heart heated up to boiling point.
We
went over the first few scenes and a bunch of lines, I spoke mine, then she
spoke hers. We practiced memorize the words and worked on tying to keep from
allowing too much "dead space" between our conversation. All to soon
we read the part that said: "And they kissed."
I
looked up at her, hoping to decipher her expression. Was she filled with nervousness? or maybe it didn't bother her at all?
If it didn't bother her... does that mean she didn't like me as much as I liked
her?
"Ok!
You two!" The 2nd AD walked up interrupting us, and tapped his overly
stuffed book binder, "We're ready for you on the set! Remember this is
just a rehearsal, and we need to get the lights and equipment tested as well,
so please be patient with us." He continued on delivering various messages
to others on the crew.
I
turned back to the girl and smiled as a joke came to mind, "You heard the
man!" I stood up and tried to impersonate his tone of voice, "Remember
this is just a rehearsal, so please be patient with us as we play with our
equipment."
She
laughed and started walking to our place on the set, "As long as they
don't break anything, I'm okay with that."
For
a while we were able to joke around and have fun, until the rehearsal had started
and we needed to collect ourselves. I couldn't believe how nervous I was. My
hands were shaking and I could swear everyone could see my forehead sweating. Why was
I so nervous? I've kissed other girls before! I just had to take a deep breath
and pull myself together.
We
started the scene. The director interrupted us to give more pointers to our
body language and tones of voice. He told the camera men what compositions he
wanted to see on the screen during certain parts and called for the script supervisor
when he wanted something changed in our lines. All the while, I was thinking
about that kiss.
"Okay,"
The director turned to us and crossed his arms, "Lets practice the end of
this scene. And then we'll move on. Are you guys okay with that?"
"Yeah."
We both said at the same time, and continued to stumble over each others
words, "Of course, sure." "Whenever you are Sir."
He
smiled, "Good. Okay, picking up from that last line... and action."
Everything
was happening way too fast! I could hear her almost off in the distance as she
finished her line, and then suddenly it was my turn to finish the scene.
I
looked into her eyes, and without saying a single word, I knew she was feeling
nervous too. I smiled as I wrapped my arms around her, and did what the script
had said, "And they kissed."
Written By~Ally Elaine, Edited By~Madge