Vergil's OneShots (DMC Fanfiction)

Twin Actors - Part Two

[Twin Actors –Part Two]

'The Real Lawyer'

From the small screens to the big screen: Vergil and Dante Sparda are back to explore more roles to tuck under their belt! In a novel approach, the serious elder brother challenges the role of an innocent and helpless salaryman while the reportedly-playful younger brother takes on a role that would very well fit his brother! Will Dante be able to play his role like Vergil? Check out 'The Real Lawyer' to find out, in theatres next summer!

Plot synopsis: Accountant Lance (Vergil Sparda) had been leading the most ordinary lifestyle since birth. Caring parents, respectable college with respectable results, and a respectable job in a respectable company. But respectable becomes the last thing Lance expects when men with black masks drug and drag him into a moving van, wrenching him away from life as he knows. Strange, they call him Lex and ask him things that he cannot possibly know about: things of national secrets and nuclear codes. By a streak of luck, Lance manages to escape his kidnappers, but it appears that until he finds the real Lex, he won't be able to live a long life.

Lawyer Lex Dalves (Dante Sparda) has had a personal vendetta with the dirty underground society for as long as he can remember. With a mother a famous prosecutor and a father as an equally famous police detective, it would be an understatement to say that Lex grew up in a privileged family, taught exactly how to see the world in black and white. But learning about the world and actually being thrown into the world are two very different realities, and Lex realizes that he might have come across a secret much too gray for him.

The world of black and white suddenly seem a little too overwhelming for Lex when he meets his doppelganger Lance –and finds out that he needs to make a decision: to step into the world of gray, or close his eyes and pretend to live the way he has always been.

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"The clothes definitely make the man." Dante commented as he stood in front of the mirror, adjusting the fit of his suit to make sure they settled in the right places.

Unfortunately, Vergil had to agree with his brother this time, because Dante was actually carrying the image of a strong lawyer very well. He could not quite replicate the aura of stern seriousness that Vergil was more used to exuding on screen, but Dante's serious act was quite distinctive in itself. Despite the filming this time being a small budget one, Vergil was quite looking forward to how the two of them were going to play out their own characters that were written with character traits rather different from their own.

Vergil had always been playing characters who were strong and decisive, and this time he was playing a salaryman who was helplessly dragged along by his fate, always struggling to understand his realities and second-guessing himself with every step he took. On the other hand, Dante who had always been playing easy-going, devil-may-care characters was going to act as a serious, conniving lawyer with many layers of secrets, strategies and sly planning.

"I concur." Vergil answered since he was the only other person in the dressing room. They were getting ready for their concept photoshoot for the promotional posters of the movie, and were left to their own devices while the studio staff set up the lightning and everything ready to receive them. "But if you want to really come across as the man Lex, you better start practicing how to speak seriously. It comes from the tone as well as the words."

"Easy." Dante met his eyes in the mirror, and the playful grin immediately toned down to a serious neutral expression. His light tone became heavy and stern when Dante's spoke his next words, "I have a prime precedent of a serious man as a sibling. Do you think I cannot follow his lead?"

Vergil could not help but smile at his brother's ability to act into the character within a single moment, leaning back into his seat with a chuckle.