In the screening room, the test viewing of "Death of a Gunfighter" starring Brad Pitt was underway, with Warner Bros. executives like Daniel, Ellen Horn, and Charles Roven, all with expressionless faces.
On the silver screen, Brad Pitt, dressed as a cowboy, looked quite imposing, exuding his characteristic raffish charm.
But for these executives from Warner, the thought of Coca-Cola's latest advertisement almost simultaneously came to mind.
The cowboy, who should have been suave and gentlemanly, somehow felt awkward.
Even, it felt like this person should be trampled underfoot, crying and repenting in agony.
If Pitt had used another style in the film, it might have been alright, but the gunslinger James he portrayed was a typical cowboy.
Those harboring such thoughts were not only from Warner; even people on Pitt's side were not spared.
Including Maggie Dukeshire.
She felt that the film might not go smoothly.
