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bantha_fodderAn Attempt to Change the Subject, by Pen.
Real Person Lies, Daniel Craig and Eva Green, rated PG.
**
He films two scenes with Nicole: caresses her cheek in a flashback and pleads with her on a cliff, and he wonders what it's like to be so well known.
"Darling," she says, a week before Casino Royale releases, "You'll know it soon enough."
She laughs.
She's right.
**
He worries he'll be blinded by the lights reflecting off the red carpet, and closes his eyes. "Daniel," Eva says, rests her lips against his cheek. "Are you quite alright?"
He turns, then, turns and holds her close. When he whispers "where have you been, witch queen?" into her ear, she laughs.
"Flying," she replies, and when he opens his eyes her grin is wide and real.
The cameras flash faster.
**
When Vesper falls back against the cage, surrounded by water, he grips her hand tight. "How is filming?" she asks, as if she's not dying in technicolour on a ten foot screen.
"It's good," he says. Looks across at her. "Dakota is lovely."
"Yes, she is," Eva murmurs, and he wonders where her sets are.
He returns his eyes to the screen.
**
They sit in front of a heavy red curtain, and each reporter joins them for two minutes; sometimes Eva blinks her eyes and her fingers twitch, and he cuts the interview short.
"There should have been more naked women," she says.
He looks at her, raises an eyebrow. The interviewer titters.
"In the credits," she clarifies, but it's too late.
**
"You're stunning," he says, before they part. Rests his fingers against the scarf around her neck. "But this dress is ugly, Eva."
She kisses his fingers. "You always say the nicest things."
She unwinds the scarf from around her neck and waves cheerfully as her car rounds the corner.
**
He hears her before he sees her as he rounds the corner, but bumps into her all the same. "Shit," she exclaims, and nearly drops her phone. "I'll call you back." She fiddles with her phone as she leans forward and kisses his cheek, her breath warm against his skin.
"Darling," he says, holds her in place. "Must you be so uncouth?"
She grins at him. "Old friends," she replies.
He offers his arm and she loops hers through, and her hand curls around his forearm. "Allow this old friend to escort you," he says, and he lets her lead the way.
"It's not far," she says, brushes her lips against his cheek. "But far enough for me to find the time to criticise your beard."
"I think it's fetching," he says. Strokes his fingers across the hair on his chin.
"You are no Bond now." She bites his ear and rests a hand against his neck; she's warm, so warm, and he pushes her against the wall.
"That's better," she breathes, and he laughs into her breasts.
He makes sure to scratch her with his beard.
She doesn't complain.
**
Later, she stares at herself in the mirror. "Will I ever see you looking attractive?" he asks. She turns her stare upon him. "In a movie," he clarifies, a hand wrapped around her wrist. "Your makeup is never quite right."
"You say the nicest things," she says, and steps out of his trailer.
"Eva!" he hears Dakota call. "What were you doing with Daniel?"
"Visiting an old friend," he hears her say.
He closes his eyes.
**
Serafina Pekkala flies across the sky: the green screen is bright, and her skirt falls between her legs.
Eva laughs, and he turns away.
**
He never sees Nicole eat, but she stands at the craft table and flips through the script changes all the same.
"Anything important?" he asks.
"Not for you," she replies, and passes him the tabloid hiding between the pages of her script. She smiles at him. "Learn to smile and shut up," she says; walks away.
He sees himself with Eva on the cover, and drops the magazine on the floor.
"Of course," he says to himself. "Of course."
**
Witch Queen, old friend, she pushes him against a wall, and he's finished filming but she hasn't and he doesn't care.
He smudges her makeup.
END
Real Person Lies, Daniel Craig and Eva Green, rated PG.
**
He films two scenes with Nicole: caresses her cheek in a flashback and pleads with her on a cliff, and he wonders what it's like to be so well known.
"Darling," she says, a week before Casino Royale releases, "You'll know it soon enough."
She laughs.
She's right.
**
He worries he'll be blinded by the lights reflecting off the red carpet, and closes his eyes. "Daniel," Eva says, rests her lips against his cheek. "Are you quite alright?"
He turns, then, turns and holds her close. When he whispers "where have you been, witch queen?" into her ear, she laughs.
"Flying," she replies, and when he opens his eyes her grin is wide and real.
The cameras flash faster.
**
When Vesper falls back against the cage, surrounded by water, he grips her hand tight. "How is filming?" she asks, as if she's not dying in technicolour on a ten foot screen.
"It's good," he says. Looks across at her. "Dakota is lovely."
"Yes, she is," Eva murmurs, and he wonders where her sets are.
He returns his eyes to the screen.
**
They sit in front of a heavy red curtain, and each reporter joins them for two minutes; sometimes Eva blinks her eyes and her fingers twitch, and he cuts the interview short.
"There should have been more naked women," she says.
He looks at her, raises an eyebrow. The interviewer titters.
"In the credits," she clarifies, but it's too late.
**
"You're stunning," he says, before they part. Rests his fingers against the scarf around her neck. "But this dress is ugly, Eva."
She kisses his fingers. "You always say the nicest things."
She unwinds the scarf from around her neck and waves cheerfully as her car rounds the corner.
**
He hears her before he sees her as he rounds the corner, but bumps into her all the same. "Shit," she exclaims, and nearly drops her phone. "I'll call you back." She fiddles with her phone as she leans forward and kisses his cheek, her breath warm against his skin.
"Darling," he says, holds her in place. "Must you be so uncouth?"
She grins at him. "Old friends," she replies.
He offers his arm and she loops hers through, and her hand curls around his forearm. "Allow this old friend to escort you," he says, and he lets her lead the way.
"It's not far," she says, brushes her lips against his cheek. "But far enough for me to find the time to criticise your beard."
"I think it's fetching," he says. Strokes his fingers across the hair on his chin.
"You are no Bond now." She bites his ear and rests a hand against his neck; she's warm, so warm, and he pushes her against the wall.
"That's better," she breathes, and he laughs into her breasts.
He makes sure to scratch her with his beard.
She doesn't complain.
**
Later, she stares at herself in the mirror. "Will I ever see you looking attractive?" he asks. She turns her stare upon him. "In a movie," he clarifies, a hand wrapped around her wrist. "Your makeup is never quite right."
"You say the nicest things," she says, and steps out of his trailer.
"Eva!" he hears Dakota call. "What were you doing with Daniel?"
"Visiting an old friend," he hears her say.
He closes his eyes.
**
Serafina Pekkala flies across the sky: the green screen is bright, and her skirt falls between her legs.
Eva laughs, and he turns away.
**
He never sees Nicole eat, but she stands at the craft table and flips through the script changes all the same.
"Anything important?" he asks.
"Not for you," she replies, and passes him the tabloid hiding between the pages of her script. She smiles at him. "Learn to smile and shut up," she says; walks away.
He sees himself with Eva on the cover, and drops the magazine on the floor.
"Of course," he says to himself. "Of course."
**
Witch Queen, old friend, she pushes him against a wall, and he's finished filming but she hasn't and he doesn't care.
He smudges her makeup.
END
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Date: 2006-12-17 12:20 am (UTC)I was so *hoping* you would write this. I think I would be able to appreciate it more if I knew anything about His Dark Materials, but it makes me *quite* happy anyway.
They're just so *pretty*...
(One teensy thing? It's "uncouth" with a "u").
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Date: 2006-12-17 12:24 am (UTC)I feel like such a dork, that I have an icon and everything.
(so it is! I wonder that my spellchecker didn't pick that up, hmm)
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Date: 2006-12-17 12:40 am (UTC)Alas, no scene together? I was having hopes...
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Date: 2006-12-17 01:13 am (UTC)Well, you can never tell with book adaptions. Often random scenes are inserted and removed, often seemingly willy-nilly. So we can always hope.
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Date: 2006-12-17 02:07 am (UTC)I *want* the dress she's wearing in the middle one...
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Date: 2006-12-17 02:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-17 02:44 am (UTC)I adore the colouring in your icon, by the way.
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*rambling at 2 a.m.*
ANYWAY, it's sexy as hell and definitely what happened. In real life. During filming(s).
P.S. I mmmmmight've wanted to moan at the intentional beard scratching. Maybe.
P.P.S. Stop being so talented, I can't take it.
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Date: 2006-12-18 11:53 am (UTC)Beard scratching: HAHAHAOMGSHUSH.
Fuck, they're awesome. AND they've got years of movies left to go (and rumour is she'll be appearing in the next Bond in flashbacks, so even more there!).
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Date: 2006-12-18 04:27 pm (UTC)(and rumour is she'll be appearing in the next Bond in flashbacks, so even more there!).
I wish I were more amusing so that I could make a killer "fodder" joke. ;___;
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Date: 2006-12-17 10:31 am (UTC)they were so hot together in cr. otp.
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Date: 2006-12-18 11:54 am (UTC)ALSO: "The second one is-" *dead* ALSO AWESOME
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Date: 2006-12-18 09:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-17 11:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-17 08:51 pm (UTC)Awesome. I hope this is exactly what Eva Green is like in 'real' life because it seems perfect.
Also, ugly dress! Silly beard! Woo!
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Date: 2006-12-18 11:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-18 12:51 am (UTC)I heart this pairing sooo!
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Date: 2006-12-18 11:59 am (UTC)&hearts
It's such an awesome pairing, eeeeeeeeee.
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Date: 2006-12-18 07:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-19 12:24 pm (UTC)And they have MORE movies to film together! !!
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Date: 2006-12-19 05:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-19 12:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-19 05:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 06:35 am (UTC)*hot*
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Date: 2006-12-19 09:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 06:36 am (UTC)Eva seems so lovely, and I think you've described her just as I see her - bright and polite but terribly, terribly wicked.
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Date: 2006-12-20 06:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 06:55 am (UTC)Hey, just letting you know, I don't usually do this sort of thing but your journal is filled with the most delightful bits and pieces! So I friended you etc.
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Date: 2006-12-20 07:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-04 02:28 am (UTC)You're such a gorgeous writer, bantha. Each word follows from the other so perfectly and my attention never strays when I read your stuff. I really love that it's like that because especially when reading on the screen - there are some fics where my attention wanders.
I love this fic a lot. Thanks for sharing. I'd ask you to write more but I'm sure you will if the spirit moves and you and if not - you won't :D *hug*
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Date: 2007-02-04 06:37 am (UTC)I actually would really like to write more about Eva and Daniel - they look so lovely together, and actors filming more than once together is something that I LOVE.
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Date: 2007-02-05 08:41 am (UTC)It's always easy to write lovely things about your fic because you write so beautifully. Just the right amount of emotion, description and dialogue. I can't wait to see what else you come up with!
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Date: 2007-02-04 06:03 am (UTC)I don't ship real people but I walked out of Casino Royale a couple of months ago thinking "Oh my god, Daniel and Eva must make movies together forever and ever!"
This fic is perfection. Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2007-02-04 07:06 am (UTC)thank you so much for commenting. :o)
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Date: 2007-06-10 01:47 am (UTC)I have no idea how I found this, but OH MY GOD. THANK YOU. Someone else thinks that they should be sleeping together. In fact, I'm just convinced that they should be permanent co-stars.
Wonderful, wonderful job.
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Date: 2007-06-11 01:35 pm (UTC)And you are welcome! Thank you for taking the time to feedback. :o)
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Date: 2007-07-12 12:57 am (UTC)"You're stunning," he says, before they part. Rests his fingers against the scarf around her neck. "But this dress is ugly, Eva."
Hee!
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Date: 2007-07-18 02:06 pm (UTC)