'Camera rolling in 5.' The cameraman yelled to me, as the makeup artist was giving the last touch up to my face, covering my ugly dark circles, no thanks to Maria, the women whom I met yesterday in a bar. That was such a clichΓ© moment for me because I remembered the cheesy line that I said, upon buying her a drink.
I feel super awkward for saying that line, quote, "They say beauty is only skin deep, I say beauty is you." But guess what? Viola, that cheesy line worked, and she smiled. We ended up in my bed 20 minutes later to that very moment.
'Alright! Ready Joe?' the cameraman yelled, as I got back to my senses and realized I am going to be interviewing Rebecca Ferguson for today, for the promotion of Mission Impossible 6. Being a show host has its own perks.
Perks? Hell, this is a paradise, I get paid well, I get to meet famous celebrities, talk to them, make them laugh and laugh alongside them. Sometimes, I get invited to their house for dinner and sometimes I ended up on a dinner date or at least a coffee date with young celebrities.
I nodded my head and showed a thumbs-up signal to the cameraman, showing that I am ready to roll, he lifted his left hand, and started counting, five, four, three, two, one...and bam! I am rolling.
'Good evening ladies and gentlemen, we all know that stuntmen and stuntwomen risk their jobs, sometimes, they risk more than they get paid only to make sure the actor stays safe and sound, today we will be talking about a famous action movie franchise, where the stunt was done by the actor, the stunts which are scary to death and dangerous beyond approval and the actor insists upon performing his own stunts. Yes, we will be talking about Mission Impossible fallout and all the crazy things Tom Cruise did and all the crazy things Tom made their co-stars do, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome our gorgeous guest and a stunning woman, Rebecca Ferguson.' I said, holding my breath for the past few seconds, directing my hands to the entrance as the camera turned in the direction my hand was pointing.
There came Rebecca Ferguson, in her scarlet red bodycon dress, hugging her wonderful physique, exposing her stunning nimble curves and stout portions of her body. The dress reached till her knee, and it covered most of her upper body, however, I could get a slight glimpse of her cleavage when she crossed her hands. Her lips were pink and glossy, her sharp jaws added hotness to her pretty figure, her ocean blue eyes met me, as her long solid brown hair, wavy and silky fluttered on her shoulders as she walked.
She came and hugged me; her hands accidentally meddled the mike crawling through my collar of my shirt. I welcomed her and asked her to take a seat and went on to take my seat, she arranged her mike transmitter, which was static around her back waist and got comfortable on the seat.
'First of all, thank you for coming, Rebecca.' I said, with a warm smile preparing the cue cards for further move.
'Thank you for having me.' she said, a smile beamed on her face, making her even more gorgeous.
'So, Rebecca' I started, 'before getting to talk about how wonderfully the movie is performing, I just wanted to ask you, did Tom Cruise made you do any stunts that you felt like "Oh god, I am going to die today." Kind off stunt.'
'Yeah, about that, one the first day of the shoot, for MI 5, Tom, and me, jumped off the building, there I was leg wrapped around Tom, shouting and yelling all the naughty words my mind could offer me. the worst part is that I was shouting all those words in his ears.' She replied with an enchanting smile.
That was funny enough for me to giggle, and made a comment on her statement 'well, at least, then Tom would have learned that you were shit scared of height and he wouldn't ask you to do stunts like that anymore. Will he?' I spoke.
'Well, that's what I thought, but he...he made me participate in a bike stunt sequence, which was even frightening than falling off a building with him, ropes tied to us and everything, but that bike stunt was simply too dangerous for me to even see it.' She answered.
'I guess, tom needs serious psychological therapy.' She laughed and giggled for a minute until she stopped to take a minute for herself.
'I have to admit that I am MI fan myself for a long time now, to add to that point, MI 6 is performing amazingly in the theatres, I watched it on the first day, and I loved it, to be honest, the stunts and actions scenes were crazy. MI 6 has crossed 400 million dollars globally, and apart from the death-defying action, there is few another reason for me to watch the movie once again, I would watch the movie once again for Rebecca, she is the real beauty and the beast.'
She took a sip of coffee and began talking.
'Oh, thank you.' She continued. 'That's so nice of you to say, but still, a major part of the credit goes Tom, he is such a wonderful and talented person, I don't have to tell you that, Do I?'
Her hands rested on my hands, I felt her soft cold hands, it was a delightful moment for me.
'Talking about box office, we heard, you were the 1st choice to play the role of Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel. Can we talk about that?' I questioned.
'Umm? Yeah sure, so, yes, I auditioned for the role and the casting director -Sarah Finn, she said I would be the perfect choice to play the role, considering my athletic qualities and physique, you know, I have worked my arse off the role of Ilsa Faust in MI6 which came in handy for this role.'
She took another sip of her coffee and continued speaking after getting more comfortable on the seat. I realized the mike transmitter on her back waist was causing the uncomfortableness.
'So, I went to the audition.' She continued. 'Sarah was talking to Charlize, on the phone, Charlize Theron. Then, she ended the call, began to speak to me, she said, quote "You look like Captain Marvel already Becca. And those are one helluva pair. It would be perfect in the costume; you would look sexy as never before." And then I was shy and happy, she approached me in a way, that I could buy for a million bucks. So, I said okay.'
I interrupted her 'wait a minute, what did she mean, one helluva of pair?'
'Well, you know, my...breast!' she replied hesitantly
'Oh, wow, she is quite a casting director, and that's quite a compliment from one woman and another.'
'It is, it is' she said, and giggled, a lock of her hair fell on her face, which she adjusted back, every time she giggles, her ponytail swayed like a horsetail.
'Well, then what happened, and why didn't you play the captain marvel?' 'that remains as a mystery Joe, I was in an oscillation, thinking whether or not to take the role, and I was in contract for MI6, 7 and 8. So, the scheduled time would be a huge problem for me, and, Marvel, you know, there is never only one movie, they will juice sequels out of nothing, Captain Marvel is a huge comic book superhero, I have no doubt that they would take 5 or 6 sequels out of it. The contracts were a huge obstacle for me. So, the chance slipped out of my hand, and I didn't feel bad because it's a big project and all. Instead, they got Brie, Brie Larson, excellent and a talented actress. So, it's all over. Past.'
As I began to continue the interview, the show director signalled me saying that it is break time, so, I decided to divert the audience. 'We shall have a small commercial break.' I said as the drums rolled, and trumpets horned. The cameraman took a break and so did the producer and the director.
They left me with Rebecca, not alone, but with a plethora of stage audience. My mind was thinking something stupid, and mouth was preparing all by itself. What was happening to me, I thought for a second, tried to control my crazy mind. Until the director of the show came to me and gave me a different set of cue cards. And the makeup lady came and tried to cover my stupid ugly black circles again.
'Do you sleep well?' Rebecca asked once the makeup lady was gone.
'Oh yes, last night, I have been busy, otherwise, I would sleep like a baby.' I said with a small grin and looked at the cue cards. So, I warned Rebecca what type of questions she would be expecting and what words are accepted and what words are not, I advised her to go for the euphemism instead of words in case of sexual content.
This is not new, I remember my interview with Amber heard, it wouldn't get spicy than that. I took a sip of my coffee and shortly, the director mouthed five, four, three, two and one. We were rolling again.
'So, talking about the past, we all remember you from an amazing TV show - White Queen. There is considerably a huge amount of nudity and sexual content, were you nervous to do that, was that your first nudity on the show, or first nudity ever?' I asked, swapping the cue card.
'Well, Umm, actually no, I have done nude photoshoots before, when I was 19, and some photos didn't make it, and some did.' she replied, as her hands were action while explaining.
'What do you mean, some photos didn't make it? Did the photographer took that home and said, there was never any photos of Rebecca's Nudes' I replied sharply as laughter broke out on her, 'I thought I was the pervert, there is another dangerous pervert out there, and I am gonna find him and retrieve the photo, and... and I am gonna keep it.' I Added sarcastically, raising my eyebrows. She was laughing hard.
'That's not the reason, I have those nude photos, he didn't take it, and the reason, the photographer said was that only a few photos were good enough to make it to the magazine, and it did, and some didn't, they end up at my home and yeah, however, being naked on screen wasn't the 1st time, but sex scenes were 1st for me, it was rather awkward, like me and my co-star in an intimate moment, and colossal crew standing around watching us fucking like nothing, I mean, it didn't bring them any kind of you know...' she stammered, thinking of the right words to put it.