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Three nuns nervously pray as footsteps approach. As they fade away, the nuns lower their heads thankfully. Suddenly, someone behind them coughs and the doors burst open. Nazis flood in. One Nazi in the background awkwardly sticks his head into the doorway. Aaaand cut.
The middle nun, Kate Winslet, gets up and leaves. The awkward Nazi, Andy (Ricky Gervais) walks offscreen to speak to his fellow extra, Maggie. She thinks he looks quite dapper in his little Nazi uniform. A nun walks by and says, "I can see what she means"... Ooh, potential nun on Nazi action? As they sit by with their coffee, Maggie worries over the fact that there are a bunch of ladies wandering around as nuns. Wouldn't that offend God, or something? Andy, an atheist, doesn't care because he doesn't believe in God, he believes in science. They have a little chat about the afterlife. While Andy thinks that your body simply goes into the ground to be worm-filled, Maggie likes to think of souls floating away onto eternity to hang out with dead pets... and you don't have to worry about worms. Andy stares in disbelief over Maggie's childishness. "You believe in God then," he says.
After this ever-so deep conversation, Maggie says that she needs to go for her third wee of the day. "Yeah. Keep me posted throughout the week. Maybe keep a journal," Andy says as she walks off. As Maggie comes out of the bathroom, she spots one of the nun actresses leading a girl into the building. The girl is not walking very steadily so Maggie stares with concern. She asks her what's wrong and the girl answers with a smile, "No no. I've got Cerebral Palsy. Don't worry." Maggie says with relief, "Oh good!" The girl is introduced Fran, the sister of the nun, Suzanne (same one that was complimenting Andy's Nazi uniform). Fran says that she's here because her tap-dancing class got cancelled. "... It's a joke," she says after Maggie stares awkwardly.
Later, Maggie reveals that her new boyfriend likes to talk dirty over the phone. She's a little worried because she doesn't really know what to do and Andy tries to give her some tips. Kate Winslet shows up behind them, grabbing some coffee. She offers her own tips for the dirty talk. Winslet suggests starting off with something a bit fun like, "I'd love it if you stuck your Willy Wonka between my Oompa-Loompas". She then gives some examples for the more hardcore ones. It's the most bizarre thing ever, seeing Winslet in a nun costume and talking dirty...
Back at the agent's office, Andy walks in on his agent playing with his calculator. He's absolutely enthralled by the fact that he can type in 58008, flip it over, and have it come up "BOOBS". Before Andy can even say anything, his agent's mobile phone rings and he then spends ages hooking up his headset. By the time he finishes up, the person's already hung up. The agent asks if Andy needs anything, leading to quite a bit of frustration because it was the agent that called him in. It results in a totally pointless meeting. As for the script that Andy wrote, the agent hasn't even sent that out -- let alone read.
Maggie, Andy, Suzanne, and Fran joke around about the agent back on-set. They're very proud of Fran for being able to laugh at life. The conversation starts veering into the area of religion. Fran and Suzanne are very religious and Fran asks if Andy believes in God and thinks that "everything will be okay in Heaven". Andy doesn't want to break Fran's heart so he says yes, adding that he's Catholic.
Kate Winslet is still in her nun uniform, doing a moving prayer scene. As soon as they cut, she cries out, "Christ! It's bloody hot. Fuck my fucking knees." As she shuffles off-set, she asks Maggie how her dirty talk is going. Maggie still hasn't done it yet so Winslet gives her another hint. Do all the basic stuff and then say, "Hang on. What is the slut from next door just come into my bedroom and is getting her bra off?" and start pretending she's getting off with her. Andy interrupts and praises Winslet on her decision to work on a Holocaust film, keeping the message alive. Winslet laughs and reveals that she's only doing it because she still hasn't gotten that fucking Oscar yet. Anyone's that ever done a Holocaust film has gotten an Oscar.
Later, Suzanne invites Andy to a get-together that night. He thinks he's out on a date but it's a prayer circle thing. He's dressed up in a ridiculous white leisure suit thingy. He looks like he's ready to disco. Andy also meets the priest running the prayer circle and suddenly gets sent into rambling about child molestation, condoms, and "free seed of love". Ooh, said too much. The priest starts asking him a few Catholicism-related questions and Andy struggles to hide his atheism. The priest then asks very bluntly, "Are you a Catholic?" Suzanne finds out that Andy's been lying about his faith to get close to her. Not like it would've mattered anyway because she doesn't believe in sex before marriage. While he's enduring this religious talk, Maggie is at home trying her dirty talk. She's got Winslet's notes next to her and is reading them carefully to her boyfriend on the line. It's not turning out as sexy as she'd like.
But back on-set, Maggie is still lovey-dovey with her boyfriend. Andy, on the other hand, has absolutely no sex life because of the priest fiasco. Winslet runs up and asks Maggie how the dirty talk has gone, not realizing that Maggie's boyfriend is right behind her. Winslet and Andy exchange sexual innuendos as Maggie's boyfriend looks on, completely oblivious, and even make naughty gestures behind his back. At one point, Winslet holds her hand like a phone next to her ear, using her other hand to lift up her boob. She waggles her tongue as Andy tries not to laugh. Maggie's boyfriend turns around just in time to see Winslet's tongue in mid-waggle. This results in an awkward spat between Maggie and her boyfriend as Andy and Winslet stand aside in shame. A nun and a Nazi miming dirty talk to each other? Wow.

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