Ulf and Sven and the Viking opportunity

Sven: (offstage) "Ulf. Ulf."

(enter Sven)

Sven: "We're going to be Vikings, Ulf."

Ulf: "Vikings Sven? What on earth do you mean?"

Sven: "It's the local paper, Ulf. It says that there's a film crew in town and they're looking for extras for a scene where a hoard Viking invaders attack local villagers."

Ulf: I'll have the local paper when you're finished with it. I need to see the result of the village bowls tournament."

Sven: "But Vikings Ulf. Don't you want to join me. It could be the making of us. People will stop us in the street and say 'I know you're. You're a Viking. I saw you pillaging on the telly'.

Ulf: "Not me Sven. This acting business is too dangerous."

Sven: "The fighting isn't real, Ulf. It's pretend. The swords are made from foam."

Ulf: "I don't mean physically dangerous. I mean mentally dangerous. Playing something you're not. It's like embodying another person's soul. No good can come from it."

Sven: "But we often played at Vikings when we were children. I still have my Viking helmet."

Ulf: "That's different, that's just playing games. Acting is another world. We might play a Viking today, but tomorrow it's an Abyssinian stamp collector, Friday it's a  French goat-herd."

Sven: "I only want to be a Viking Ulf, not a goat herd or a stamp collector."

Ulf: "What if we get there and they say that the Viking roles are all taken. You'll have to be a villager."

Sven: "I hadn't thought of that."

Ulf: "We've have to spend the day fighting Vikings."

Sven: "Maybe you're right, Ulf. I wouldn't want to spend the day fighting Vikings."

Ulf: "I thought you'd see sense. We'd be stopped every time we walked down the street, recognised as the arch enemy of all Vikings.

Sven: (inspired) "Why don't we play Vikings instead, like we used to as children. We wouldn't have to be worried about being assigned inappropriate roles or being recognised as the enemy of all Vikings."

Ulf: "I suppose that would be safe."

Sven: "I'll fetch my Viking helmet and my foam sword."

Ulf: "Bring the local paper down with you. I still need to check the bowls news."