fandomhigh | How to Be a Really Famous Actor (And Other Acting Tips), Friday, Period 1

As the students walked into the class, Lucas - still wearing his leather jacket, for the record - was standing in front of his desk, holding a skateboard behind his neck with one hand, staring down at his phone in the other hand, and laughing occasionally. "Ha ha. HipHopGroceries. That's a great hashtag. Flavor Flav-or-ice. I remember that stuff. I gotta retweet that." It wasn't until a little bit after the bell rang that he finally looked up at his class.

"Hey. How're you doing? Great? Good. I'm fine, bro, thanks for asking. This is How to Be a Really Famous Actor (And Other Acting Tips)," Lucas said, really pronouncing the hell out of those parentheses. "I'm Lucas Lee, but you knew that already. And if you didn't, what's wrong with you? Don't you like movies? Then why the hell are you here? Hopefully, it's because you want to be a really famous and probably good actor. Or maybe you want to be just an okay actor who's kind of famous with nerds and gets millions of twitter followers because they love when you talk about video games or something. Or maybe you just want to be a nobody who will never amount to anything more than local theater because you suck." He didn't have anything against local theater. He was just better than it. His bank account was proof of that.

Lucas put the skateboard on the desk, then pounded the desk with a fist for emphasis. "Well, this is the class for you! Except for the last person. Shove off, loser. We've only got time for potential superstars here. But those first two people are more than welcome to learn from me, a master of the craft. Also, if anyone wants to learn some sweet skateboard tricks, I'll be behind the school after classes. Bring your boards. I'll give coupons for some of the gear I sell from my skate company."

"We're going to start with some simple stuff today. Introductions..." Lucas paused until the drama had built up to its boiling point, "and improvisation. The first thing is when you tell me your name, your age, how much you love me, and something about yourself that you're going to repeat every time somebody does an article about you when you're famous. The second thing is when I pretend to care." Lucas laughed a little bit at his little joke there, but just enough to make it clear that it didn't have to be a joke if you sucked. "But then you also have to make up a character on the spot and introduce them the same way. Maybe I'll ask you some questions for your character to answer. Maybe I won't. I want to keep you on your toes."

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Famously.

You're already learning how to be a douchebag, just by watching Lucas!

Introduce yourself. Name, age, an 'interesting' fact that you can let magazine fluff pieces use.

You're a character you just made up. Their name, age, and interesting fact.

About anything, really. Life. Class. Controlling love lives through violence against scrawny Canadians. Maybe even a second TA position! (Yes, one is already claimed.)

So, in case you don't know my schedule, I'm mostly afk until after work, or about 7:00 Central. I may be able to sneak a few pings on my iPod during the work day, probably at lunch, but otherwise our time together is limited to between me posting and falling asleep Thursday night and after work on Friday.

Also, one TA has been OOCly selected, but feel free to volunteer for a second spot!

Calvin

Calvin wasn't really listening, instead focusing on rubbing his shoulder where something had bitten him earlier.

Calvin thought about it. "Calvin, eighteen, my best friend is a tiger."

Caroline Forbes

Calvin tipped an imaginary fedora forward on his head.

"Name's Tracer Bullet," he said, drawling out the words. "Old enough I got six slugs in my gun and two in my gut. Interesting fact? I'm a private dick, interesting facts are my business."

Um. Okay, so either this guy had totally gotten hit on the head with that skateboard before class or he was just completely awesome and rich and didn't give a shit.

Caroline was sticking with the latter if she could.

Kate Gregson

Kate decided pretty quickly that if nothing else, this was going to be an amusing class. She settled back to watch people do their introductions.

Nathan Young

"Kate Gregson, seventeen." Was that not the name she'd given someone in this class before? Too bad, she didn't care, and she was sure he wouldn't either. "And... I'm from Overland Park, Kansas. That's interesting because I'm way too awesome to be from there."

She was feeling a little better today, and that little statement just seemed to fit the tone Lucas was setting for the class.

Nathan loved this guy already. Sure, he hadn't seen any of his movies but that didn't mean he didn't love the guy already. Maybe it was the similar size of their egos or maybe it was the fact that he trashed several people in his lecture.

Jackasses needed to stick together.

"I'm Nathan Young and I'm seventeen," he started, pausing for a minute while he tried to come up with an interesting fact. "And I think I prefer girls named Valerie above all else. They're just so hot and mysterious and I just want to take them home and -- "

Wait, he was in class here.

" -- watch romantic movies with them."

Nathan grinned, thinking that was the most interesting thought Lucas would hear today.

"Hullo, I'm Emily Westwood," Kate said after a beat, adopting a moderately successful English accent. "I'm 23 and I briefly dated Colin Farrell. We still share custody of my chihuahua."

Nathan pulled himself up to his full, gangly height and crossed his arms, trying to look stern and authoritative.

"You can call me Séamus 'the Snake' O'Doyle and I'm forever freaking young, boyo. I'm Ireland's most notorious playboy, see. I got girls hanging off me arms, guys begging to carry my coattails, and enough money to fill a freaking swimming pool."

Why yes, that sound he may have heard was Kate, over in her seat, trying not to snicker too loudly.

"Caroline Forbes, seventeen," she said, displaying her most attractive smile for the class. "I think people would be interested to know that I managed to claw my way to fame despite coming from the excruciatingly dull Mystic Falls, Virginia." Sure it was becoming known as quite the vampire community, but still.

She'd brought his surprising revelation on herself, sadly. Valerie's were just so much better than Kate's. That much was obvious.

Nathan glanced towards her when he heard her snickering and shrugged. "That is why liars never win. Honesty is always the best policy, Kate. Now you'll never know just how much I like girls called Valerie."

Quinn Fabray

"Like Mike Tyson?" Lucas asked. "Where do you buy a tiger anyway? I've been looking for a pet."

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