[Shout out to Dany B!]
Hollywood What If Chapter 93
The woman before him was still young. But that didn't change the fact that she was already beautiful.
However, Kazir was unaffected by beauty. In fact, many women at this party were giving him flirtatious looks. He didn't show any reaction.
There might be a simple reason for this. Kazir Grey might be afraid of women, especially beautiful women. It was hard for him to trust them.
It was a miracle that he agreed to Reese's seductive advances. He had turned her down three times before their current relationship.
So as much as possible, he wanted to keep his feet away from women who could be his downfall... Especially young women.
"Mr. Polanski, you're just asking for a favor. To help Miss Eva Green break into Hollywood, is that it? I have to be honest with you, I'm just a director. I may be a hot director right now because of the success of my last two movies. But I know that film companies will easily drop me if I make an irreparable mistake. I think my help will not be much."
"Kazir, don't worry. I'm not asking for much. Eva's father helped me when I was down, and I want to help Eva realize her dreams. I advise her to become famous in France, but Hollywood is not so bad. I hate to say it, but the European film industry is losing its edge. I'll be happy if you let Eva get some roles.
"... One of our actresses dropped out after realizing that her role was too dark. Is Eva interested?" Kazir decided that there was nothing wrong with helping.
"What do you think, Eva?"
Roman Polanski turned to the young woman.
"Ms. Grey, can I know the role first?"
Having heard that the role was too dark, Eva Green needed to understand if the role would bring her success.
"You are a kidnapped woman who was used by criminals. The protagonist rescued you from the sex den because he wanted to ask you about his missing daughter..."
Human trafficking was everywhere. Even in the United States and its closed regions. A few months ago, a young woman was missing after visiting Mexico and it seemed the Mexican gang was related to her dissapearance.
"Will I have nude scenes?" Eva Green asked.
"You're a minor, so of course not. I didn't want to bother the Children's Association."
In fact, there was another group of people from the Children's Association who attended the filming. They were responsible for making sure that Scarlett Johansson would study with her tutor.
Underage actors were required to have tutors while they were on the set. They also have maximum working hours that the production crew could not violate.
'Fortunately, people are tamed and reasonable this time.'
Grey Pictures didn't have a problem with anyone. Especially when Grey Pictures was still looking for a film company to distribute the film.
'Adding another minor is not a problem. Besides, I heard that the laws in this country are different from those in the US. Maybe they have more lenient laws.'
"I want to take the role."
Eva Green weighed the pros and cons. She thought her chances of going to Hollywood were very slim. So she decided to take a chance. Working with a famous director was a once in a lifetime opportunity for her. She might as well take the role.
"You need your parents' permission first."
"Thank you, Mr. Grey."
The woman smiled and happily left to find her parents.
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His interaction with the guests was easy. They chatted. Some of them were interested in him, especially after hearing that Kazir Grey was the director of Napoleon Dynamite and The Hangover. Those movies were huge box office hits even in France.
He even met Sophie Marceau. But because of the woman's status in France, Kazir just greeted her and then stayed away.
Sophie Marceau was in the cast of Braveheart. She didn't have much influence in Hollywood, but it was different in Europe. Here, she was a famous actress.
"What have you got?"
Kazir asked Harold, who was standing next to him. They sipped alcohol in silence in the corner. They had already gotten what they needed.
"Some of them asked us if we needed filming equipment. They can promise us a 20% discount. As long as we include their store in the movie."
"An advertisement?"
"That's right." Harold nodded.
"I see... Let's think about it later."
Kazir thought that this condition was not bad. Unfortunately, they already have cameras and equipment for filming.
"This, I'm sure you'll be interested in. I met a person who can help us buy old cars."
There was a car chase scene in the movie and they needed old cars for it. Kazir wanted one or two cars for explosion scenes.
"Call them later. If the price is right, we can rent and buy old cars from them."
"Okay."
Having accomplished their goals and met new people, the two decided to return to the hotel where they were resting. The crew had to work tomorrow and it would be bad if the producer and director returned with a hangover.
Just as Roman Polanski had promised, a company contacted the crew and promised to bring extras at a good price.
Extras were important because they were needed in most of the public scenes. Grey Pictures didn't want to get sued if they accidentally filmed a real civilian and put him in the movie.
Just like that, the shooting started again. This time they shot at night.
"We have to shoot most of the difficult scenes this time."
"Sigh... Renting a huge yacht is expensive. Are you sure you can finish shooting in seven hours?"
They only have a few hours to finish the yacht scenes. To be honest, Harold was skeptical.
He had experienced Kazir's fast shooting before, but this time was different. He was going to shoot an action stunt and they had to execute it meticulously. It was a dangerous stunt, so Liam Neeson had to make way for his body double... The part where he had to jump and then roll onto the yacht to infiltrate the place.