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HOLLYWOOD WHAT IF
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Hollywood What If Chapter 352
Some of the women in the audience squealed when Jay Leno showed Kazir's topless pictures. In these pictures, Kazir was walking on the beach wearing sunglasses.
Kazir chuckled and blushed slightly, embarrassed.
"I actually don't know how the tabloids found those pictures. Production was taking a break at the time, so I decided to go to the beach and have some fun. They probably took those pictures while I was on break."
He casually lied while maintaining his grin. Those pictures were taken to promote the movie. Not by accident, but on purpose.
But of course, Kazir had to keep the novelty. In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
Oh, you tore your ACL while filming an action scene? How brave and dedicated are you? How can you still run like a cheetah then?
Oh, you don't have a stunt double? What, you're going to latch onto a plane a hundred feet off the ground? Wow, does your insurance cover that?
So you're not on steroids? You got ripped in two months? It's because you eat healthy meals every day, go to the gym, and maintain a perfect set of muscles. Yeah, yeah, you're not lying. *wink wink*
In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
"So where did you get your inspiration for this movie?"
"I'm not going to lie, I actually thought of a movie about pirates while riding one of the rides at Disney World."
.........
......
...
The opening day (July 9, 2003) of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was $13.50 million.
Unlike Spider-Man, which earned $39 million, and The Revenant, which earned $15 million on its first day, The Curse of the Black Pearl had a lower opening box office.
However, 20th Century Fox and Grey Pictures were happy with this result. Their expectations for this pirate movie were not that high.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines only made $9 million on the same day, so The Curse of the Black Pearl easily won first place that day.
On the second day, Thursday, July 10, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl made another $10.48 million.
The movie had an unorthodox premiere, as The Curse of the Black Pearl premiered on Wednesday.
On Friday, July 11, the film earned another $14.84 million.
On Saturday, July 12, it made another $17.41 million.
On Sunday, it made another $14.37 million.
The first weekend of Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl grossed $70.62 million.
Those numbers made a lot of people sit up and take notice. Publishers who were ready to bash the movie stopped their intentions before making a fool of themselves. The critics who wanted to criticize the movie also became quiet.
There was no reason to bash a movie that made $70 million at the box office. After all, money was an important aspect of the industry.
The plot of the movie was great. It was also entertaining. The acting was impeccable.
No matter what the "professionals" said, the movie was a success. The audience enjoyed the movie, which was the most important thing.
Some of the film critics were disappointed that Kazir returned to his usual style - entertaining the mindless audience instead of making an art film about the hardships of human life. Ah, really disappointing.
Now that Kazir had gotten what he wanted from the Academy Awards, there was no reason to please them... Unless Pirates Of The Caribbean had a chance to compete at the Oscars.
Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow has been praised by many people, even critics. He had a chance to compete for Best Actor, although his chances of winning were slim.
However, the movie had an amazing makeup, character design, sound editing and also visual effects. In this aspect, Pirates Of The Caribbean could probably compete for at least one or two awards.
The news this week was about Johnny Depp's amazing performance and how Kazir Grey broke the curse of pirate movies.
Waterworld was a flop.
Cutthroat Island was also a flop.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was a flop.
But Pirates of the Caribbean was the opposite of a flop.
After that, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl did well at the box office.
On its second week, Friday, July 18, The Curse of the Black Pearl officially crossed the $100 million mark. To be exact, the movie earned $109.47 million.
Everyone was surprised, but not by much. If Kazir was the director, the movie would surely make money.
However, on the same day, the movie met a tough opponent.
Bad Boys II was the sequel to Bad Boys which was released in 1995 and was directed by Michael Bay. It starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith were famous black actors with dozens of movies under their belts.
To make matters worse, Michael Bay was also an amazing director. He was known as the explosive director, not because of his explosive behavior, but because of his addiction to explosions. This director loves to make things explode.
Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and now Bad Boys II.
His filmography was similar to Kazir's in that all of his movies were profitable. The only difference was that Kazir produced one movie a year while Michael Bay could only produce one movie every two years. In that aspect, Kazir was better.
The first day of Bad Boys II made $16.88 million, $3 million more than the first day of Pirates Of The Caribbean.
On its second day, July 19, Bad Boys II made another $16.20 million. This was $6 million more than the second day of Pirates Of The Caribbean...
Maybe... Maybe Pirates Of The Caribbean would lose to Bad Boys II.
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[Author's note: Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing with my life lately. Anyway, since I know I have a lot of backlogged chapters on my Patreon, I decided to post three chapters a day for five days straight].
Some of the women in the audience squealed when Jay Leno showed Kazir's topless pictures. In these pictures, Kazir was walking on the beach wearing sunglasses.
Kazir chuckled and blushed slightly, embarrassed.
"I actually don't know how the tabloids found those pictures. Production was taking a break at the time, so I decided to go to the beach and have some fun. They probably took those pictures while I was on break."
He casually lied while maintaining his grin. Those pictures were taken to promote the movie. Not by accident, but on purpose.
But of course, Kazir had to keep the novelty. In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
Oh, you tore your ACL while filming an action scene? How brave and dedicated are you? How can you still run like a cheetah then?
Oh, you don't have a stunt double? What, you're going to latch onto a plane a hundred feet off the ground? Wow, does your insurance cover that?
So you're not on steroids? You got ripped in two months? It's because you eat healthy meals every day, go to the gym, and maintain a perfect set of muscles. Yeah, yeah, you're not lying. *wink wink*
In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
"So where did you get your inspiration for this movie?"
"I'm not going to lie, I actually thought of a movie about pirates while riding one of the rides at Disney World."
.........
......
...
The opening day (July 9, 2003) of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was $13.50 million.
Unlike Spider-Man, which earned $39 million, and The Revenant, which earned $15 million on its first day, The Curse of the Black Pearl had a lower opening box office.
However, 20th Century Fox and Grey Pictures were happy with this result. Their expectations for this pirate movie were not that high.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines only made $9 million on the same day, so The Curse of the Black Pearl easily won first place that day.
On the second day, Thursday, July 10, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl made another $10.48 million.
The movie had an unorthodox premiere, as The Curse of the Black Pearl premiered on Wednesday.
On Friday, July 11, the film earned another $14.84 million.
On Saturday, July 12, it made another $17.41 million.
On Sunday, it made another $14.37 million.
The first weekend of Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl grossed $70.62 million.
Those numbers made a lot of people sit up and take notice. Publishers who were ready to bash the movie stopped their intentions before making a fool of themselves. The critics who wanted to criticize the movie also became quiet.
There was no reason to bash a movie that made $70 million at the box office. After all, money was an important aspect of the industry.
The plot of the movie was great. It was also entertaining. The acting was impeccable.
No matter what the "professionals" said, the movie was a success. The audience enjoyed the movie, which was the most important thing.
Some of the film critics were disappointed that Kazir returned to his usual style - entertaining the mindless audience instead of making an art film about the hardships of human life. Ah, really disappointing.
Now that Kazir had gotten what he wanted from the Academy Awards, there was no reason to please them... Unless Pirates Of The Caribbean had a chance to compete at the Oscars.
Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow has been praised by many people, even critics. He had a chance to compete for Best Actor, although his chances of winning were slim.
However, the movie had an amazing makeup, character design, sound editing and also visual effects. In this aspect, Pirates Of The Caribbean could probably compete for at least one or two awards.
The news this week was about Johnny Depp's amazing performance and how Kazir Grey broke the curse of pirate movies.
Waterworld was a flop.
Cutthroat Island was also a flop.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was a flop.
But Pirates of the Caribbean was the opposite of a flop.
After that, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl did well at the box office.
On its second week, Friday, July 18, The Curse of the Black Pearl officially crossed the $100 million mark. To be exact, the movie earned $109.47 million.
Everyone was surprised, but not by much. If Kazir was the director, the movie would surely make money.
However, on the same day, the movie met a tough opponent.
Bad Boys II was the sequel to Bad Boys which was released in 1995 and was directed by Michael Bay. It starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith were famous black actors with dozens of movies under their belts.
To make matters worse, Michael Bay was also an amazing director. He was known as the explosive director, not because of his explosive behavior, but because of his addiction to explosions. This director loves to make things explode.
Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and now Bad Boys II.
His filmography was similar to Kazir's in that all of his movies were profitable. The only difference was that Kazir produced one movie a year while Michael Bay could only produce one movie every two years. In that aspect, Kazir was better.
The first day of Bad Boys II made $16.88 million, $3 million more than the first day of Pirates Of The Caribbean.
On its second day, July 19, Bad Boys II made another $16.20 million. This was $6 million more than the second day of Pirates Of The Caribbean...
Maybe... Maybe Pirates Of The Caribbean would lose to Bad Boys II.
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[Author's note: Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing with my life lately. Anyway, since I know I have a lot of backlogged chapters on my Patreon, I decided to post three chapters a day for five days straight].
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Hollywood What If Chapter 353
Bad Boys II's first weekend grossed $46.52 million. The movie was only in theaters for three days and its performance was promising, good news for Sony-Colombia.
In the same days, July 18 to 20, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl earned $33 million. Those three days were won by Bad Boys II.
However, the entire week of Pirates Of The Caribbean made $55 million, so this pirate-themed movie still won the box office champion for the week.
So far, after 12 days of release, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl has grossed $133 million at the North American box office.
In just its second week, the film has already crossed the $100 million mark. 20th Century Fox reacted quickly and started promoting the film in North America. Next month they will release the movie in other countries.
Kazir has already spoken to Tom Rothman. He won't participate in the international promotion because he has a lot of things to do this year.
Tom Rothman understood his intentions and decided to let Kazir finish Game of Thrones instead. Game of Thrones would be broadcast by Fox TV and he expected that this TV show would bring them more viewers in their network.
Fox TV was already recognized as one of the known TV networks in the United States, but it was weaker compared to NBC and ABC. Fox TV needed more programs to attract viewers.
Perhaps Kazir Grey, a director known for his talent, could make history and give Fox TV its most awaited moment.
The cast of Pirates of the Caribbean was enough to promote the movie and Kazir could stay in the country.
Depending on how quickly Kazir finishes filming Game of Thrones, the TV show could air in late 2003 or early 2004.
.........
......
...
In the CEO office of Sony-Colombia, Frank Price listened to his secretary.
"Sir, as of today, Thursday, July 24, 2003, Bad Boys II has grossed $66 million at the box office."
"That's good to hear. We didn't spend a lot of money casting Will Smith and Michael Bay only to have the movie fail."
Will Smith and Michael Bay were recognized as superstars in their respective professions, and Sony-Columbia had to increase the budget of Bad Boys II just to hire them again. The budget of Bad Boys II was $130 million, certainly expensive as hell.
After working with Kazir Grey, Sony-Colombia understood that hiring a talented director was the best way to ensure the success of the project.
Two years ago, Sony-Colombia paid Kazir more than $200 million just for directing Spider-Man. Although Sony-Columbia spent a lot, the profit they made was also huge.
Both Bad Boys II and Spider-Man had the same budget, but the performance of Spider-Man is three times better.
The production cost of Bad Boys II was $130 million.
The production cost of Spider-Man was $139 million.
Sony-Colombia hired Kazir for $27 million + 27% worldwide box office + 7% peripheral profit share. It was a deal that Sony-Colombia was conflicted about at first, but the result was good in the end.
As for Bad Boys II, Sony-Colombia hired Michael Bay for $30 million + 13% worldwide box office + 3% peripheral profits.
Even though Michael Bay's salary was lower than Kazir's, it was still a massive blow to Sony-Colombia's guts.
'The result of Bad Boys II is not that bad, so I have nothing to say... I just can't help but be disappointed, I guess it's impossible to find someone like Kazir. I thought Michael Bay would have no problem surpassing Kazir.'
To be fair, Michael Bay's highest grossing film was Armageddon, which grossed $553 million at the worldwide box office. That was only half the box office of Spider-Man or Wanted.
Sometimes Frank couldn't help but sigh because they had lost out to 20th Century Fox in the acquisition of Grey Pictures. Now it would be hard to work with Grey Pictures again.
'Bad Boys II and Pirates of the Caribbean have a rivalry right now, but Pirates of the Caribbean has the upper hand. If we play our cards right, we can beat Pirates Of The Caribbean... We can start a scandal...'
Frank decided to drop the idea. In his opinion, it was not worth it. He knew that Kazir would be working on Spider-Man 2 next year. The CEO didn't want to ruin their relationship, at least not yet.
The profit that Spider-Man 2 could bring to the company was immense. Sony-Columbia won the top-grossing film of 2001 just by making Spider-Man.
'Who would have thought a superhero movie could make us that kind of money?'
Frank Price licked his lips at the thought. He didn't remember that his secretary was still in the office, slightly uncomfortable with what he was doing.
'Damn you Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox! Who said you could monopolize the superhero genre?'
If they knew what the two companies were up to, they should have created their own superheroes.
Frank Price was no fool, he knew that superheroes would dominate the movie theaters from now on.
So he was angry that DC and Marvel, the two biggest comic book companies in the United States, were already owned by their rivals.
"...Secretary Vanessa."
Awakening from his inner monologue, Frank decided to ask his secretary.
"Y- Yes, sir," the secretary nervously replied.
"Do you think we could start our own Cinematic Universe? What do you think about MonsterVerse? Where Godzilla and King Kong live in the same universe."
"Sir... I have no idea what you are talking about."
"..."
Frank sighed again.
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[Author's Note: I will post another chapter later.]
Bad Boys II's first weekend grossed $46.52 million. The movie was only in theaters for three days and its performance was promising, good news for Sony-Colombia.
In the same days, July 18 to 20, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl earned $33 million. Those three days were won by Bad Boys II.
However, the entire week of Pirates Of The Caribbean made $55 million, so this pirate-themed movie still won the box office champion for the week.
So far, after 12 days of release, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl has grossed $133 million at the North American box office.
In just its second week, the film has already crossed the $100 million mark. 20th Century Fox reacted quickly and started promoting the film in North America. Next month they will release the movie in other countries.
Kazir has already spoken to Tom Rothman. He won't participate in the international promotion because he has a lot of things to do this year.
Tom Rothman understood his intentions and decided to let Kazir finish Game of Thrones instead. Game of Thrones would be broadcast by Fox TV and he expected that this TV show would bring them more viewers in their network.
Fox TV was already recognized as one of the known TV networks in the United States, but it was weaker compared to NBC and ABC. Fox TV needed more programs to attract viewers.
Perhaps Kazir Grey, a director known for his talent, could make history and give Fox TV its most awaited moment.
The cast of Pirates of the Caribbean was enough to promote the movie and Kazir could stay in the country.
Depending on how quickly Kazir finishes filming Game of Thrones, the TV show could air in late 2003 or early 2004.
.........
......
...
In the CEO office of Sony-Colombia, Frank Price listened to his secretary.
"Sir, as of today, Thursday, July 24, 2003, Bad Boys II has grossed $66 million at the box office."
"That's good to hear. We didn't spend a lot of money casting Will Smith and Michael Bay only to have the movie fail."
Will Smith and Michael Bay were recognized as superstars in their respective professions, and Sony-Columbia had to increase the budget of Bad Boys II just to hire them again. The budget of Bad Boys II was $130 million, certainly expensive as hell.
After working with Kazir Grey, Sony-Colombia understood that hiring a talented director was the best way to ensure the success of the project.
Two years ago, Sony-Colombia paid Kazir more than $200 million just for directing Spider-Man. Although Sony-Columbia spent a lot, the profit they made was also huge.
Both Bad Boys II and Spider-Man had the same budget, but the performance of Spider-Man is three times better.
The production cost of Bad Boys II was $130 million.
The production cost of Spider-Man was $139 million.
Sony-Colombia hired Kazir for $27 million + 27% worldwide box office + 7% peripheral profit share. It was a deal that Sony-Colombia was conflicted about at first, but the result was good in the end.
As for Bad Boys II, Sony-Colombia hired Michael Bay for $30 million + 13% worldwide box office + 3% peripheral profits.
Even though Michael Bay's salary was lower than Kazir's, it was still a massive blow to Sony-Colombia's guts.
'The result of Bad Boys II is not that bad, so I have nothing to say... I just can't help but be disappointed, I guess it's impossible to find someone like Kazir. I thought Michael Bay would have no problem surpassing Kazir.'
To be fair, Michael Bay's highest grossing film was Armageddon, which grossed $553 million at the worldwide box office. That was only half the box office of Spider-Man or Wanted.
Sometimes Frank couldn't help but sigh because they had lost out to 20th Century Fox in the acquisition of Grey Pictures. Now it would be hard to work with Grey Pictures again.
'Bad Boys II and Pirates of the Caribbean have a rivalry right now, but Pirates of the Caribbean has the upper hand. If we play our cards right, we can beat Pirates Of The Caribbean... We can start a scandal...'
Frank decided to drop the idea. In his opinion, it was not worth it. He knew that Kazir would be working on Spider-Man 2 next year. The CEO didn't want to ruin their relationship, at least not yet.
The profit that Spider-Man 2 could bring to the company was immense. Sony-Columbia won the top-grossing film of 2001 just by making Spider-Man.
'Who would have thought a superhero movie could make us that kind of money?'
Frank Price licked his lips at the thought. He didn't remember that his secretary was still in the office, slightly uncomfortable with what he was doing.
'Damn you Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox! Who said you could monopolize the superhero genre?'
If they knew what the two companies were up to, they should have created their own superheroes.
Frank Price was no fool, he knew that superheroes would dominate the movie theaters from now on.
So he was angry that DC and Marvel, the two biggest comic book companies in the United States, were already owned by their rivals.
"...Secretary Vanessa."
Awakening from his inner monologue, Frank decided to ask his secretary.
"Y- Yes, sir," the secretary nervously replied.
"Do you think we could start our own Cinematic Universe? What do you think about MonsterVerse? Where Godzilla and King Kong live in the same universe."
"Sir... I have no idea what you are talking about."
"..."
Frank sighed again.
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[Author's Note: I will post another chapter later.]
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In a small, dark hall, Daenerys Targaryen walked slowly toward the three small, chained dragons.
The three dragons squealed adorably, like kittens excited to see their mother.
Daenerys reached out to touch them.
"Cut--! Pack your things, today's job is over!"
Kazir announced and the studio, which looked like a dungeon at the moment, started to get noisy. The crew members began to put things back in their places. The camera crew carefully placed their cameras in a safe room.
Emilia Clarke returned to her cheerful demeanor once the filming was over. The dark atmosphere in the studio was gone, and the lights came up for the last time tonight.
Emilia was now getting better with her acting after three months of acting classes. The acting class that Harold Witsend had recommended to her was top-notch, and she learned quickly.
In fact, she was now the star of her class. After all, she was the only one who had a role in a TV show, and it was even filmed by a famous director.
Some of her classmates had experience working in the industry, but they were not as lucky as she was. Emilia suddenly realized how lucky she was.
She was grateful that the crew accepted her. Thankful that Director Grey (whom she didn't recognize at first) hired her to be one of the main characters in this TV show.
Director Grey was an amazing person and Emilia realized this as they worked together. He was serious and a workaholic, but his discipline was on another level.
Kazir had so much patience when Emilia made a mistake, she was a newcomer after all. The director taught her a lot about acting and how to keep her mentality. He would remind her of her character's behavior and how to portray it.
Important advice that even her drama teacher never taught her.
When the day's work was done, Emilia would always approach Kazir to say thank you... She didn't know why she did that. Maybe she owed him something. She couldn't help but look into his eyes most of the time, looking up at him, he was quite tall after all. Her face sometimes turned red when she talked to him.
"Director, thank you as always. I'm grateful that you patiently taught me about my mistakes."
"I rarely cause a fit, and your acting is not that bad. But I won't lie, if you make a mistake for the tenth time today, I might have to yell at you to stop bothering everyone. The more mistakes you make, the longer the cast and crew will have to work."
"I-I understand."
Anyway, she changed her mind. Kazir was not a good person. He was bad!
Sometimes Emilia was confused as to why her agent was trying to tell her to make a connection with this director.
'I mean, yes, he is handsome. But that's the only good thing about him,' she thought.
Her agent even told her that if the timing was right, she should sleep with the man. Yes, Emilia's agent literally said that word for word.
Too bad, because that was never going to happen. This month would be the last time Kazir would direct this project. His assistant, Palenque Simone, would take over as director.
Kazir Grey had to focus on his next project, which would be Spider-Man 2... A very famous one.
'Sometimes I forget that director Grey is actually the guy who directed Spider-Man and Wanted. He seems so down to earth.'
She worked with the guy for months, so her opinion of him was normal.
Fox TV and Grey Pictures had already made a deal and Game of Thrones would air in November. The first two episodes would be the pilots. If the ratings were not satisfactory, Fox TV would pull Game of Thrones out of primetime.
.........
......
...
There was a reason why Kazir left work early today.
Tonight was the premiere of his girlfriend's movie, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life... A long title to remember. The movie would be released on July 25, which was today.
On July 25th, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl grossed $160.51 million at the North American box office.
Critics have already accepted that this movie is different from the usual pirate movies. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl was, to say the least, entertaining.
This changed their minds about pirate movies, but not that much. They just accepted that Kazir was a talented director, even more so.
It was amazing how a director like him thought of this movie. He was the scriptwriter of Pirates of the Caribbean, his imagination was really out of this world.
On the same day, July 25, Bad Boys II, which was recognized as Pirates Of The Caribbean's rival that month, grossed $73.14 million. It did well, but was weaker compared to Pirates Of The Caribbean.
"... Again, my movie was released in the same month as yours. Do you really love me so much that you want our movies to be so close?"
This was the second time this had happened. Two years ago, Gone in 60 Seconds and Wanted were only a week apart.
Angelina teased the man next to her, lewdly pinching his thick arm.
"Babe, you should ask Paramount Pictures, not me. I have no idea why they scheduled your movie two weeks after mine."
"I already asked them. They said that this week was the best time for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: blah blah blah." She slurred her last sentence.
She was not lying, Paramount Pictures was releasing the movie in the last week of July because August would be dominated by Grey Pictures' newest franchise, The Equalizer.
20th Century Fox announced that they would be releasing The Equalizer in August instead of what they had originally planned. The Equalizer was supposed to be released in July, but 20th Century Fox changed it.
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[Author's note: If you want to read more, you can wait for the 3 chapters tomorrow or subscribe to my Patreon or Ko-fi].
In a small, dark hall, Daenerys Targaryen walked slowly toward the three small, chained dragons.
The three dragons squealed adorably, like kittens excited to see their mother.
Daenerys reached out to touch them.
"Cut--! Pack your things, today's job is over!"
Kazir announced and the studio, which looked like a dungeon at the moment, started to get noisy. The crew members began to put things back in their places. The camera crew carefully placed their cameras in a safe room.
Emilia Clarke returned to her cheerful demeanor once the filming was over. The dark atmosphere in the studio was gone, and the lights came up for the last time tonight.
Emilia was now getting better with her acting after three months of acting classes. The acting class that Harold Witsend had recommended to her was top-notch, and she learned quickly.
In fact, she was now the star of her class. After all, she was the only one who had a role in a TV show, and it was even filmed by a famous director.
Some of her classmates had experience working in the industry, but they were not as lucky as she was. Emilia suddenly realized how lucky she was.
She was grateful that the crew accepted her. Thankful that Director Grey (whom she didn't recognize at first) hired her to be one of the main characters in this TV show.
Director Grey was an amazing person and Emilia realized this as they worked together. He was serious and a workaholic, but his discipline was on another level.
Kazir had so much patience when Emilia made a mistake, she was a newcomer after all. The director taught her a lot about acting and how to keep her mentality. He would remind her of her character's behavior and how to portray it.
Important advice that even her drama teacher never taught her.
When the day's work was done, Emilia would always approach Kazir to say thank you... She didn't know why she did that. Maybe she owed him something. She couldn't help but look into his eyes most of the time, looking up at him, he was quite tall after all. Her face sometimes turned red when she talked to him.
"Director, thank you as always. I'm grateful that you patiently taught me about my mistakes."
"I rarely cause a fit, and your acting is not that bad. But I won't lie, if you make a mistake for the tenth time today, I might have to yell at you to stop bothering everyone. The more mistakes you make, the longer the cast and crew will have to work."
"I-I understand."
Anyway, she changed her mind. Kazir was not a good person. He was bad!
Sometimes Emilia was confused as to why her agent was trying to tell her to make a connection with this director.
'I mean, yes, he is handsome. But that's the only good thing about him,' she thought.
Her agent even told her that if the timing was right, she should sleep with the man. Yes, Emilia's agent literally said that word for word.
Too bad, because that was never going to happen. This month would be the last time Kazir would direct this project. His assistant, Palenque Simone, would take over as director.
Kazir Grey had to focus on his next project, which would be Spider-Man 2... A very famous one.
'Sometimes I forget that director Grey is actually the guy who directed Spider-Man and Wanted. He seems so down to earth.'
She worked with the guy for months, so her opinion of him was normal.
Fox TV and Grey Pictures had already made a deal and Game of Thrones would air in November. The first two episodes would be the pilots. If the ratings were not satisfactory, Fox TV would pull Game of Thrones out of primetime.
.........
......
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There was a reason why Kazir left work early today.
Tonight was the premiere of his girlfriend's movie, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life... A long title to remember. The movie would be released on July 25, which was today.
On July 25th, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl grossed $160.51 million at the North American box office.
Critics have already accepted that this movie is different from the usual pirate movies. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl was, to say the least, entertaining.
This changed their minds about pirate movies, but not that much. They just accepted that Kazir was a talented director, even more so.
It was amazing how a director like him thought of this movie. He was the scriptwriter of Pirates of the Caribbean, his imagination was really out of this world.
On the same day, July 25, Bad Boys II, which was recognized as Pirates Of The Caribbean's rival that month, grossed $73.14 million. It did well, but was weaker compared to Pirates Of The Caribbean.
"... Again, my movie was released in the same month as yours. Do you really love me so much that you want our movies to be so close?"
This was the second time this had happened. Two years ago, Gone in 60 Seconds and Wanted were only a week apart.
Angelina teased the man next to her, lewdly pinching his thick arm.
"Babe, you should ask Paramount Pictures, not me. I have no idea why they scheduled your movie two weeks after mine."
"I already asked them. They said that this week was the best time for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: blah blah blah." She slurred her last sentence.
She was not lying, Paramount Pictures was releasing the movie in the last week of July because August would be dominated by Grey Pictures' newest franchise, The Equalizer.
20th Century Fox announced that they would be releasing The Equalizer in August instead of what they had originally planned. The Equalizer was supposed to be released in July, but 20th Century Fox changed it.
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