Chavata
Chavata
15min | Language, Violence, Sexual Themes | Produced by Pedro Chaves and John Licata | Directed by Pedro Chaves | Starring Hannah Bellemore, Tate Mayfairs and Simon Shaw
On Valentine's Day, two possessive men with peanut allergies play roulette with a box of chocolates to settle their argument over a woman.
Synopsis
It's Valentine's Day, and Becca wants what all women want: to finish her bivariate analysis and attributable risk calculations. After all, she's on the brink of discovering the cure for peanut allergies. Then her day is interrupted by Steve, a cocky proctalgia fugax (pain in the ass), and Martin, an insecure geek with serious peanut envy. Both are in Becca's allergy study, and both are trying their best to deshell Becca. But hey, there are only two peanuts in a pod. So when the men bicker over which of them has claim to Becca (yeah, she loved that. Not.), Becca decides to have a little holiday-inspired fun of her own. She makes the men play roulette with a box of chocolates to win her love. But as the candy count dwindles and Steve is left with the chocolate peanut, Becca's fun little prank goes from sweet to sour in a hurry.
Meet the Cast
Hannah Bellemore (Becca)
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1. What do you hope to bring to the Becca role?
A strong female who knows what she wants and how to get it.
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2. What's your idea of the perfect Valentine's Day?
A meal/drinks in a restaurant with a really cool vibe to it. Somewhere where there is low lighting, candles, fairy lights, flowers, good music and of course delicious food! Then cuddling up at home on the sofa and watching a top-rated movie.
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3. What's your favorite candy and why?
It has to be chocolate. Anything chocolate is always welcome!
Simon Shaw (Martin)
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1. What do you hope to bring to the Martin role?
I hope to bring a mixture of awkward sympathy to him. He has good intentions, but it is just the wrong place at the wrong time, and it costs him.
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2. What's your idea of the perfect Valentine's Day?
A day out (a theme park, museum, etc.), a meal together, order a giant pudding to share, then finish off the day seeing a theater show. If I'm single on that day? Yeah, the same plan, especially ordering the giant pudding!
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3. What's your favorite candy and why?
Foam bananas because the remind me of when I was a child being taken to cinema. We'd always run into Woolworths beforehand to pick up the bananas (and shrimps!), but mostly the bananas!
Tate Mayfairs (Steve)
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1. What do you hope to bring to the Steve role?
Steve is in some ways similar to my cocky character in the world of pro wrestling. I'll be bringing some inspiration and familiarity from there as well as considering some of Steve's far less apparent insecurities to authentically bring him to life.
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2. What's your idea of the perfect Valentine's Day?
You meet for drinks in a stylish bar with live jazz music; conversation flows and laughter roars. You get a reservation at a good restaurant. You're feeling good, so you think, "Why not?" and order an Uber Lux to the restaurant. Arriving at the restaurant, you get the warmest of welcomes because the person at the door has mistaken you for someone famous. Best seats in the house by the windows overlooking the city.
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3. What's your favorite candy and why?
Probably Terry's Chocolate Orange because orange and chocolate are a great combination, and I guess it carries festive nostalgia, which adds to its charm.
