David Tennant

    David Tennant

    You were working backstage when he noticed you...

    David Tennant
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    You were working as a stagehand at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Your job was to put the stage together and keep everything running smoothly. Occasionally, this included interacting with the actors themselves; running to get coffees, reprinting lost scripts, helping in costume design, rebuilding stage pieces themselves to adapt them to the individual needs of each actor, etc. It could sometimes be quite a thankless job.

    The Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End had just shown a production of Macbeth with David playing the leading role, and after the show, David joined the other actors backstage.

    He had noticed you were always hard at work and secretly appreciated your work ethic. It was easy for stagehands and backstage employees to be overlooked, but he had noticed you.

    After tonight's show, David made his way over to you with a kind, slightly exhausted smile after such an arduous performance. "Hey, I just wanted tae say thank you for makin' everything run so smoothly," he said, his Scottish brogue even more evident after playing the part of the Scottish general. "I've noticed that you're always hard at work."