Keira Knightly and Never Let Me Go co-star Carey Mulligan at The 54th Times BFI London Film Festival yesterday. A possible conversation:
Carey Mulligan: "OK, one wonders how much longer one has to stand here doing one's patented 'demure doll-like pose."
Keira Knightly: "OK, one wonders how much longer one has to stand here doing one's patented 'demure doll-like pose."
CM *squeaks knee-locked over to KK*: "Oh hi Keira, I'm so glad you could come to the photocall of my new film!"
KK: "Isn't it our new fillm? You're aware I am in it too, you know."
CM: "Yes but the audience mightn't notice that, you see, we're so alike that we might just merge into the one person to the untrained, popcorn scoffing eye."
KK: "But we don't look at all alike. OK, we're both tall, whippet thin odes to the 1940s with little in the chest department. And we're both frightfully posh with a propensity to be the sole irritant in any film we star in, but that doesn't make us the same person my dahling, and you're forgetting my pout.
CM: "Don't you mean your pitts...*GUFFAWS* Sorry dahling, come hither and give, me a hug... *sniggers* Forgive me, I just can't BELIEVE you're sweating! How embarrassing for you, dahling."
KK: "Well having you hang out of one while one is trying to deploy one's patented natural smile would cause any lady to perspire. I know the film's called Never Let Me Go, but you're going a smite over the top now aren't you, lady!"
CM: "But-but-but people of our doll-like breeding don't sweat, dahling! No matter what the conditions! Have you run out of steam? HAH - would you like me to wind you up?!"
KK: "I think you'll find you've done quite a fine job of that already. Christ, you're irritating."