Helen McCrory one shots

"Can we just stay like this forever?" - Helen McCrory

You work for a magazine called the Agastan. You've only worked there for three months and today is the first time you're interviewing proper celebrities. Needless to say you're incredibly nervous.
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You arrived at the studio half an hour early. Today you were to interview the peaky blinders cast, your first proper interview and of course you're assigned to interview an A-list cast. You were terrified. What if you messed up? Would that be the end of your interviewing days? Would you be given boring articles from then on?

You weren't just nervous to be interviewing the cast because of their status but throw in the fact that you'd be interviewing Helen, your celebrity crush of all time, bloody hell!

As you walked in you noticed that the receptionist had done her hair and makeup up way more than usual.

"Morning Scarlet." You called to the woman.

"Morning Y/N!" She replied cheerily.

"You're dressed up today." You raised an eyebrow as you spoke.

"Cillian Murphy will be walking through this room in less than thirty minutes I've got to look my best." She stated as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Well you look lovely. Say Scarlet do you know which interview room they'll be using today?"

"I'm not certain but I'll take a look..." she begun to type quickly into her laptop. "Looks like they're using the room near the back."

"Room 45?" You ask.

"That's the one"

"Thanks you're a lifesaver"

"No problem, good luck"

You smiled at her and walked down the long corridor that led to room 45. When you walked in Jeremiah and Elon were already setting up the cameras.

"Morning boys" you called out.

"Morning" Jeremiah called back.

"You know the makeup artist won't be ready for you until 10am right?" Elon asked, he glanced at his watch. "It's just past 9:30, go grab yourself a drink you look like you need it." He gestured at your frazzled state.

You decided to take his words of advice the last thing you needed was to look tired during the interview. You went back to reception and took the opposing hallway that led to the break room, you grabbed a mug and satchel of coffee and turned the kettle on. As you waited you decided to go through the details of the interview that you'd written out on your phone last night.

10am - makeup and hair

11am - sound check

11:15ish - start of the interview;
- you'd introduce yourself, Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Annabelle Wallis.
- you'd ask each in turn a series of questions about the upcoming season and the exploration of their characters.
- and after that you'd finish the interview in the way that the Agastan finished ever interview which was by giving the cast a series of absolutely ridiculous "would you rather's" that had been sent in by readers of the magazine.
And by about 12:00 (if few retakes were necessary) the interview should be well and truly over.

It wasn't a particularly long ordeal which did aid in soothing your nerves somewhat.

The kettle clicked to symbolise the water had boiled so you poured it into your mug along with the coffee satchel and gave it a stir. You filled the remaining space with cold water so it was drinkable and took it to a bench by the corner of the room.