INSTAFILM FEAT. THEO BENNET. - Tumblr Posts

random asks, from theo bennet / @instafilm: the lyrics are simply words — there is no meaning behind them. there shouldn't be any meaning. they are actors... it's common to say things you don't truly mean. so then why does he struggle to say his next line... why, when he looks into his co-star's eyes, does he want to fall into them? ❛ come what may, ❜ theo sings slowly, looking almost surprised as he says the words... surprised that there may be some truth to them that he didn't realize until now. ❛ i will love you until my dying day. ❜

stepping into satine’s six-inch heels was less of an acting challenge and more of an exercise on building a performance on personal trauma. you still believe in happy endings, and I know better. jordan riley is in a good place, mentally, emotionally, physically, financially — living in the big city with her best friend, landing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to star in a show that’s already got broadway buzz, standing opposite one of the bigger names on stage these days. but all the healing and progressing in the world doesn’t erase the past; she’s not the broken teenage girl trying to find her voice again after someone stole it on a whim. she’s not the empty-inside college student coming to terms with grief on a sickening scale and a nightmare that won’t leave her alone. she’s no longer a shell of her former self, hasn’t been for years. yet she remembers exactly how all of those pieces feel. and so, like satine, she knows better.
and like satine, she knows when to soften. theo takes her hands, and she curls her fingers against his own. deep brown eyes meet piercing blues and she leans into the disbelief that this is her reality now: where satine is opening herself up to love, jordan is shedding away the imposter syndrome. this is where she’s meant to be. this is the moment she had dreamed of since she was four years old, watching from the wings as local actors stepped back into a dance at a school gym in 1950s new york city, completely enamored with the spectacle in front of her; she’s finally home.
maybe it’s the softness of his touch that makes her so comfortable, or the fact that he’s memorized her coffee order and always brings it with him on those bright-and-early saturday rehearsals, or the fact that he manages to be both ridiculously handsome and sincerely charming and humble — maybe it’s something else entirely that jordan hasn’t been able to put her finger on yet, and maybe it’s all of the above. they’ve rehearsed this number so many times she’s lost count, which makes it easy for her to spot the split-second moment where he seems to have difficulty expressing the most memorable declaration of love since tony sang through the streets of lower manhattan about a girl named maria. all she can think of is god, he’s good — while trying not to dwell on how the soft intensity of his gaze makes her stomach flip, or that the touch of his palm to her cheek makes her feel flushed in a way stage lights never could.
how many times have they done this song? this blocking? and this is the first time she’s felt her breath hitch in her throat, in anticipation for a kiss she knows will come and go. forehead presses to forehead as she lets him guide her lips to his, momentarily lost to how right this feels. in those brief seconds there’s no director, no cast and crew observing from the wings, no stage lights boring down on them. for jordan, there’s only theo bennet and a fluttering feeling in her stomach that she knows all too well as they kiss.
pulling away is a challenge she hadn’t anticipated when the song began less than two minutes ago; she wants to remain in that embrace, hands gently grasping his arms, holding him, telling him this is okay, this is good, this is perfect. the script has other ideas and she best stick to it. ❛ suddenly the world seems such a perfect place — ❜ has she spoken truer words? if she has, she doesn’t remember. and frankly, it doesn’t matter — this newfound cluster of emotions will be unpacked later, but right now, she’s leaning in, arms wrapping around him, head finding comfort resting against his chest as she continues to sing.
storm clouds may gather, stars may collide but I love you until the end of time