One of my favorite takes in a aot modern actor au is that Udo is Hanji and Levi’s actual son irl and this is his acting debut.His parents are movie legends and are super supportive of him but they cast a very large shadow.How do you think Hanji and Levi would encourage their son?
That’s one of my favorite actor!AU takes as well!! Udo looked so much like a mix of them both that when I first saw him in the anime I thought “did they have a kid together?? where the hell are they???”
But I think if they did have a kid together and they were a part of the show as well making their acting debut, both Hange and Levi would be very supportive and only encourage them if it was something they really wanted to do!
They know how the acting life can be very taxing, it’s exhausting to go days shooting certain scenes and weeks for others, and so I think the most important thing they’d constantly tell their son or daughter or even both (we don’t know!) is to just have fun, don’t worry much if you mess up a line even if there is a certain day a specific scene has to be finished because even their parents were there at some point!!
And they probably still constantly make mistakes after years of working together!! They still goof off and make each other mess up their lines cause that’s how they’ve always gotten work done and having their kid(s) on set would definitely call for more messing around to ensure they’re as comfortable as possible with everyone around filming them!!
Even though they cast that huge shadow, they’d try to be as equal as possible with their kid, make them feel right at home amongst everyone, and just remind him that they’re doing a great job and I’m pretty sure they’d learn a lot from Hange and Levi after watching them for years!!