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Hollywood What If Chapter 82
What he saw was not Kung Fu or some Hollywood action fight. It was almost as if he was watching a real battle, a bloody, realistic battle.
"Once you are officially hired, you will have to do many action choreographies like this."
Hearing this, Park Tae-Won felt his blood boiling. As a man, recreating this kind of action fight made him excited.
"I will do it."
"That's good to hear. Read this script, I will officially hire you if you make three action sequences for the movie that satisfies me."
"Yes!"
Tae-Won bowed his head. It was a culture in Korea.
He accepted the script. He had to study it in order to make appropriate action choreography. He already had an example and knew what to do. He had to make the protagonist a fast and precise fighter... The protagonist also had to run a lot.
It was lucky that Liam Neeson was younger this time. Shooting three action movies would be no problem.
"Once the leading actor has signed the contract, I will put him under your job. You have to teach him the stunts.
It was written that Liam Neeson had to undergo three months of physical conditioning. He had to learn mixed martial arts and maintain his physical appearance... Maybe build abs too.
'Eye candy. I think a lot of women will like it when they see Liam Neeson's abs and ripped body... Speaking of abs, I'm getting fat these days. I need to do some sit-ups.'
Once it was in the contract, both parties had to respect it.
'I'm sure Liam Neeson understands that.'
Kazir Grey and Tae-Won Park shook hands.
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Enzo Park wipes off his sweat after doing push-ups.
The success of The Hangover never gave Enzo Park a big break.
Ed Helms and the rest of the cast began filming Napoleon Dynamite II. The budget for the sequel increased to 15 million and Fox Searchlight Pictures was getting salty about it. The success of The Hangover increased the salaries of Ed Helms, Pedro Pascal and Reese Witherspoon.
Jack Black also received an invitation to do another comedy.
Even Reese Witherspoon passed the audition for Scream.
Only Enzo Park had no job at the moment. Because of his race, he had a hard time finding roles. He heard there was a project called Rush Hour, but the cast was mostly done. He tried to audition for the role but didn't get it. Jackie Chan got the part instead.
So Enzo Park was grateful that Kazir Grey hired him back even though his role in Taken was very small. At least he had something to do.
To be honest, Enzo Park felt bitter because he felt he was being left behind. He wanted to prove himself so he was currently doing weight training. He bench-pressed 405 pounds, which was quite remarkable.
'I heard that once this movie becomes successful, I will have a role every year.'
Kazir Grey planned to cast Enzo Park as a ninja. He was the equivalent of Black Window of the MCU, where he would appear in many Continental movies.
In fact, Kazir already had a movie that was perfect for Enzo.
In John Wick Chapter 3, there was a group of ninjas that John Wick fought. So Kazir Grey decided to add a certain movie to the Continental Cinematic Universe.
It was Ninja Assassin. This movie could fit perfectly into the Continental Cinematic Universe.
The movie had a low box office, but Kazir Grey believed that he could change that by adding the movie to a perfect Cinematic Universe. Maybe the movie could also have sequels.
Although this project would not start until the Continental Cinematic Universe was firmly established. Maybe around the year 2000.
Enzo was grateful that Kazir Grey had already assured him that he was part of the crew. He didn't have to audition. After all, Enzo Park was already perfect for the role. All he had to do was make sure his acting was perfect, too.
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A week later, Liam Neeson officially joined the cast. Kazir didn't bother to audition for the role of the protagonist. He knew that Liam Neeson was the perfect actor for Taken.
Liam Neeson's contract was adjusted to include a 45% salary increase for each sequel. Also, his cameo had to be limited to ten minutes at most.
After that, Liam Neeson and Enzo Park started training to keep their bodies in shape. Tae-Won Park helped Liam Neeson with his action stunts. Kazir even hired extras and stuntmen in advance to make sure the action stunts were perfected as soon as possible.
The budget for Taken was only $25 million. Liam Neeson took home $3 million. Even Kazir Grey had a salary of $3 million.
Kazir Grey had to make sure that the expenses would be less than $19 million. He didn't want to add more to the budget.
"I'm nervous and excited at the same time."
Kazir Grey grinned. The script was already finished, even the action choreography was 2/3 complete.
All that remained were the roles of Bryan Mills' daughter and ex-wife. Most of the roles related to the action scenes were already cast.
"Next."
Kazir Grey's assistant director, Fremont Smith, announced and another young actress entered the audition room.
Of course, they had to give the actresses a chance to join the cast. After all, the director of this movie was Kazir Grey. A very talented director. Actors/actresses would line up just to be part of a $25 million project.
"Salvatore, are you really sure that your client can perform well?"
"Don't worry, Kazir. She is prepared. She has been studying the script for three months. I believe she will be perfectly cast for the role."
"Hm." Kazir Grey just nodded.
Actually, Kazir was too busy and didn't know anything about Salvatore's clients. He only knew Enzo Park.
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