bc i got many tags/replies/messages telling me to do the Actor AU... here i am... look ma I did the Actor AU !!! details/thoughts under the cut!
(for the sake of my sanity I'll just use their character names for everyone lol)
Mitsuri is some sort of popular athlete/gymnast/stuntwoman who posts videos of herself doing stunts... Even before she got cast she's already a popular fancast for the character, helped by her already signature pink hair <3
Tanjiro *is* a popular actor with lots of experience ALSO he's a heartthrob & just super cool & everyone loves him - like he's just perfect Tanjiro.
The two little Nezuko-chans are his actual lil sisters!!! They are twins!!!
Genya and Muichiro are dating irl and they're super cute off-cam - even tho they don't share a lot of scenes this season they always hang out on each other's sets/shoots.
Genya is a quiet bean!! He's just in his corner!! His favorite character is Giyuu (which annoys his onscreen brother lmao Sanemi's like "Why not ME?")
Muichiro & Mitsuri are both super active in social media & post BTS pics!
Inosuke is a dancer and originally applied to be a background stuntperson BUT THEY ARE SO PRETTY and had amazing chemistry with the cast they were casted anyway. They're besties with Nezuko bc I love them so much ur honor.
That's all this is completely self-indulgent I make no promises of more I just wanted to draw my favorite characters ahaha
Imagine the kny actor au. if the characters are only actors portraying their canon personalities on screen, but have completely different ones off screen
A/N: wanted to write this as a full on fic but who am i kidding (not proofread haha..)
“Hi I’m Hakuji Soyama and I've had the honour to play Akaza since the Mugen Train Arc” He gives a brief nod after his introduction. Slinging his right leg over the other, he glances at his counterpart who awkwardly raises his hand.
“...And I play Douma.’’ He states, causing Akaza to erupt into a fit of laughter, the audience and interviewer joining him instantly.
“Well that’s one way to introduce yourself.” Akaza grins, dramatically wiping a tear away from his eye.
“So tell me, what’s it like behind the scenes?"
"I think everyone gets along great, we all have a similar end goal in mind and work hard to achieve that together."
Douma nods before starting. "This is my first big time job and everybody has welcomed me with open arms. The writers even listened to my ideas and we've made some changes together for me to portray him better."
"We've heard rumours about you all doing your own stunts. Is it true?"
Akaza sighs making Douma laugh.
"You know that one scene in the infinity castle where I parkour around like it's nobody's business? That took a week to film, I nearly had to relearn to walk again because I was dangling in the air so much."
"Tch, you're so dramatic." Douma quips.
"You didn't make it any easier for me! You know how ticklish my feet are and you kept taking advantage of it while I was hanging from the ceiling!" He scoffs jokingly. "You guys better appreciate that scene." He laughs, making the audience cheer for the duo.
"How do you guys get ready for a day of shooting? Walk me through the day you started filming the uppermoon meeting."
"Make-up is the first thing we do, during make-up we go over our scenes together."
"Whose make-up takes longest?"
"Hantengu's by a long shot. He's actually really good looking in real life."
"I second that. I think Hakuji's the quickest since he has temporary tattoo's and dyed his hair for the part. He only needs to put in his contacts."
"Muzan's actor is actually really soft-spoken in real life, we had to reshoot the 'Upper Moons' meeting a lot because he would be to gentle with us and we would end up laughing." Akaza chuckles.
"Who do you respect most among the actors?"
"I respect everyone, especially the younger actors! They're super professional. I shot a scene with Ume who plays Daki and she gave me a lot of useful tips."
"The way Rengoku's actor portrays him gave me chills. He did so beautifully! I really respect him!"
"Hakuji came home crying after they filmed Rengoku's death scene." Douma teases.
"It was a long day, alright?"
"Yeah, you guys live together right?"
"We've been best friends since we were like five, so becoming roommates when we both wanted to go to theater school was an easy decision."
"Is your friend a bit like the character he portrays?"
"Absolutely not! When we're not shooting he's cooped up in his room playing video games all day. I don't know how he maintains his figure because all I see him eat is instant ramen. I'm even convinced he's a virgin." He cooes at Douma, pinching his cheek.
"Get off me!" The platinum haired man laughs. "Like you're anything like Akaza, you manwhore."
Akaza shrugs, a sly smirk on his face. "I know a bit of martial arts. That's like my character, I guess."
"The karate workshop we had when we we're eleven? Really, that's your knowledge of martial arts?"
Akaza nods seriously, trying to hold in his laugh.
"Wow, you're really something..."
"We're almost out of time." The interviewer states. "Anything you want to add before we round this interview up?"
"I can't recommend watching Demon Slayer enough! I've never been so proud of a show or movie I've done, this is next level."
"What he said, and hi mum!" Douma says, waving at the camera with a toothy grin.
"Give a round of applause for the one and only Akaza and Douma! Thank you for the interview."
Coprotag!Nezuko idea. If she were to be effected by Enmu´s BDA, her dream would be similar to Tanirou´s, but distorted. The faces and other aspects of the appearance of the members of her family are smudged and all food is made out of raw flesh and blood, for instance a soup with blood instead of water, because of her hunger as a demon.
Oh, my! That's quite the idea!
It would also make for quite the horror aspect, especially if Nezuko questions what the hell is going on while nobody else bats an eye.
Oh, god, now I'm remembering a scene in The Umbrella Academy(haven't watched the whole thing, just happened to be in the room while someone else watched, so I have extremely limited context.). That scene where Vanya/Victor(this was pre-transition both for Elliot Page and the character, so which name should I use?) was given an LSD, and had to eat brain, and the rest of the family did the same thing? *shivers* Same vibes.
more haunted house kny thoughts just. the shift being over and the aftermath of one of the long nights. rengoku is taking off his broken knee pads and getting his hands bandaged bc he went way too hard with the chainsaw. inosuke is stuck in his costume and tanjiro is the only one that's willing to help him out of it. enmu is complaining to the other moons about how someone called him daddy as they passed through his scene and douma is complaining back about how many cameras were shoved in his face. the butterfly girls are violently eating cough drops bc they've been screaming at people for 5 hours. nezuko is taking pics of everyone half way out of costume with their smudged eye black. giyuu finally gets to drink water for once in his shift. zenitsu fell asleep on one of the tables. kagaya is the manager and he somehow is already making throat soothing tea for everyone
having fits actor au brainrot and ayame can't drive.
or, well, no, she can drive, but she's absolutely terrible. no one knows how she passed her driving test. inosuke says her dad probably bribed the instructor to give her a pass. she doesn't even have her own car - she usually borrows her dad's jeep. inosuke also says it's because a normal car wouldn't be able to handle her.
(ayame used to be a pretty cautious driver. then she got to know sanemi.
they worked on a few projects together - one on-screen acting role and a handful of voice acting projects. they're buddies, which is the worst thing to happen when ayame was in her provisional driving year. he was usually the one in the passenger seat and helped her develop allll kinds of bad habits.)
"how bad could it be?" tanjirou asks one day.
inosuke and zenitsu, who have both been in a car with ayame driving, both pale. kanao shakes her head. genya is clueless; he lives in the opposite direction of the others and has thus never carpooled.
"you should ask shinobu-san," kanao says ominously.
tanjirou asks shinobu.
shinobu smiles, looking even more like her fits character. her eyebrow twitches and her hands tighten around her mug.
"do you like feeling like you're about to die with every turn?" she asks pleasantly. "if you're a thrill seeker, ayame-chan is the perfect driver for you. just ask tomioka."
tanjirou asks giyuu.
his gaze gets far away. then, he looks down at his hands and doesn't move for a good fifteen minutes. tanjirou is visibly sweating. if he breaks giyuu before the big hashira scene, the director is going to murder him.
eventually, giyuu shakes his head and sighs.
"i got where i needed to go really fast," he intones.
yeah, tanjirou is scared now.
("i'm not that bad," ayame insists when tanjirou blurts it out. "honestly. if u guys think i'm bad, sanemi-san is even worse. seriously."
tanjirou gets into a van with sanemi at the wheel.