The life of a newbie in Hollywood and Scarlett Johansson. Will life ever be easy for them?
I'm working on another book right now, the story of Switch, as referenced in this book. Would anyone like to read about that made up story too?
The next morning, Scarlett comes down at about 7. I hand her a coffee and carry on making breakfast as she jumps onto the counter top.
Scarlett: I think the smell of bacon woke me up, what're we having? Me: Oh, this is mine. I've no idea what you're having.
I'm backhanded on the shoulder as I chuckle away to myself.
Me: Full English. The whole hog. We've got bacon, sausages, hash browns, fried egg, scrambled egg, beans. Scarlett: Beans, on a full English? Me: You Americans, you've no idea do you?
I finish making breakfast and hand a plate over to Scarlett, who digs in straight away.
Scarlett: This is so, so nice. Me: See, beans. Scarlett: Yeah, but these are good. We don't have beans like this. Me: Heinz, always. You know, when Queen Elizabeth II died, they had to apply to keep their Royal Warrant on the bottle. Scarlett: The what? Me: So a Royal Warrant is basically a thing that lets a company use the royal coat of arms on products. They have "by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen" written on the bottle, and because she died they had to reapply. There was like 800 brands or something that had to. Fact of the day. Scarlett: Riveting.
She smirks and takes a sip of her coffee.
Scarlett: Okay, give me a British history lesson. 3 things you know about where we're going today. Go. Me: Um, in 793 the Vikings raided the monastery, it was pretty brutal. It dates back to like the 6th century AD or something, and the castle was built in 1550, but it's pretty small in comparison to Bamburgh. Scarlett: Are we near there? That's where we went with Liz and Robbie after the Switch premiere, right? Me: Yeah, no too far. I have a good day planned tomorrow too, you'll love it. Scarlett: Can't wait. Okay, I'm done. Let me clean up and you go get ready. Do I need to wrap up? Me: You're probably going to be freezing if you don't, so yeah. At least 2 pairs of socks.
She laughs as I head upstairs to get dressed. After a while, I come back down to see Scarlett all ready to go, bobble hat and matching scarf, the lot.
Me: You look like the Michelin man, you have so many layers on. Scarlett: You said I'd be cold. Me: You will be, I'm just saying you look like him. You good to go? Scarlett: How far do we need to drive? Me: Half an hour, 40 minutes. Scarlett: Okay, the music better be good. Me: It's me, when isn't the music good?
We put our shoes on and jump in the car, heading north to Holy Island. We get to the causeway and drive across.
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Me: This the only road in and out, it gets pretty wet at 11 for a few hours.
I park up. To be honest, I hadn't thought through the fact that I was driving a brand new state of the art Bentley Bentayga. If I didn't want people starting, maybe I should've just gone for a Megane or something. We get out of the car, both putting on our caps and sunglasses, swapping out our beanies. Instantly people look over, secretly commenting on who we are.
