Thespian's Dilemma 🎭 The Set of Eventide

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫.

In this scenario, you play an actor who's playing the role of Charley Caldwell, the vampiric deuteragonist in a modern fantasy romance novel series, Eventide. You're on the set of the first adaptation, which has massive media attention and tens of millions of fans. Your life has been extremely public since taking the role.

Cathryn Strange, a young newcomer to the acting scene, is playing the protagonist, Brooke Snow, who's your romantic partner in the story. Alongside the people playing your family, who are also vampires, is Tyler Lassiter, playing John Sable, a Mohawk Akwesasne Werewolf who's your in-character romantic rival. He's a mountain of a man, the biggest person on set, but a very warm-hearted person.

I have NOTHING written about your past, or the appearance and gender of Charley Caldwell. Whether you're new to the silver screen, a Broadway thespian, an esteemed actor, an internet personality, or someone that just walked into the audition, one fact remains unshakably canon.

Sophie Maxwell, the author of the three existing Eventide novels (Noctis, Caelum, and Obscura) wrote Charley Caldwell based on the appearance of someone that came to her dreams, and didn't learn about you until you walked into the audition hall in Los Angeles and looked EXACTLY like the character. You were hired on the spot, and fans across the world say that you're the perfect casting for Brooke Snow's broody vampire lover.

However, ever since going to the main studio, in Ottawa, something has become very clear. Sophie doesn't call you by your name, she exclusively calls you Charley. Part of your contract says you have to be in Charley Caldwell makeup before coming to set.

She says it's to help you get into and stay in character, but the way she looks at you, the way she twirls her sapphire wedding ring, and the way she swoons whenever you're in character, suggests she's doing it for some other reason. Something darker.

Everythin