Well it's official. Hayley and Eleanor have gone on tour with the lads for a while, Danielle is currently in Paris for work and I'm working again! I'm really excited about it too; the film I've currently been working on for the past few weeks is called 'Freed' and the script is absolutely amazing. It's about the controversial and unique coming together of a couple, a typical rom-com really but with a bit of a twist. The crew have been so welcoming and understanding, knowing that it's my first time back on the job after months. The cast are incredibly talented too, my main costars are Joseph and Kara who are actually a couple even though my character and Joseph's character are the ones in the controversial relationship within the film.
"How's your back?" Kara asks politely as I walk into work. I told them both about my small stumble in front of Stuart-the-pizza-guy not too long ago, and since then they've been asking constantly about my back. I mean it was only a small stumble right? Yeah, it was a lot of pain, but I've had worse than that before.
"It was only a little tumble, why is everyone so worried about it?" I chuckle at everyone's over protective tendencies towards me, at the beginning I thought it was just Harry being Harry, but now everyone is just as protective.
"Because we care, now answer the question Styles." Kara replies bluntly and I smile.
"It's better, thank you for asking," I share my politest smile and head straight over to the food table to get some breakfast. Cereal seems like a good choice today, I think I'll have some cereal.
After acquiring my delicious looking breakfast I wander over to the small group that has gathered in the centre of our set. Everyone seems to be gathering around our director Mark as he explains the schedule for today; we are going to be filming three main scenes today, one of which is a fairly intimate scene.
I remain at the back of the huddle, quietly consuming my breakfast when I hear my name being called. My hand immediately raises to signal that I'm listening, I can't exactly use my mouth considering it's full with cereal. How embarrassing...
"You enjoying that Em's?" Mark asks me, the entire cast and crew turning themselves to look at me, my cheeks full with those familiar crunchy wheat hoops.
I swallow the large bite of cereal and smile, releasing a small cough. "Yeah, sorry," I laugh. "It's really good."
Chuckles erupt from the group as Mark starts to speak. "Good to know. How many people would you be comfortable with when filming scene twenty?" He questions inquisitively, scene twenty being the more intimate scene. That's what I like about Mark as a director, he never fails to make anyone laugh, he's so laid back and he always wants everyone to be as comfortable as possible. He's a really considerate director, and only young, probably about thirty.
"Well I'd be comfortable with eight." I answer. You see, I like to call sex scenes 'intimate scenes' because as an actor, that's what they are; it's basically a scene when you're either naked or in some fancy lingerie, and therefore for some, it can be uncomfortable. The first ever time I did a scene like this I was extremely uncomfortable, it was just really awkward having to attempt to be intimate with someone and then having an access of five crew members watching and filming you both. Whereas now, I don't feel like that anymore, you get used to the idea, and the extra people don't bother you because none of it's real anyway. It's just acting.
"Joey, how many for you?" Mark calls Joseph by his nickname. I know that Joseph hasn't don't many of these scenes before and he's probably still in that awkward phase, so whatever makes him a bit more comfortable is fine with me, I've been through that before so I know the feeling.
"Eight seems okay." He hesitates.
"Okay it's sorted, we'll do that one first to get it out of the way." Mark claps his calloused hands together and everyone disperses.
