A FAKE DATE WITH LILY JAMES

A few months ago, you worked on a film with Lily. You weren't exactly a co-star.

For one raunchy intimate scenes, you were the body double—the person who stepped in when they needed to shoot a scene. It was strange work at first: closed sets, choreographed movement, her nude and you with a modesty cup, lighting adjustments, endless technical repetition while standing around in very little clothing. But throughou it all, the two of you developed an easy trust. You learned how to be around each other at unusually vulnerable moments without making them more complicated than they needed to be.

Then filming ended. You went back to your life. Lily went back to being Lily.

A few months later, your phone lights up.

After all, Mary figures that if the two of you could survive several days of professionally getting naked together without making things weird, one charity dinner should be easy.

Probably.