Hollywood What If Chapter 327

  "Thank you, my friend. Haha, of course I will never fet this. You helped me a lot. Tell the others that I thank them as well. What? Your niece wants to be an actress? Hmm, let me see, haha, of course I have a role for her. By the way, how old is she? Is she beautiful?"

  Harvey Weinstein ughed out loud and was in a good mood. He was talking to one of the Academy members.

  "I promise you. You know me, I know you. We are friends. What, are you gonna bckmail me? Haha. My friend, I know many dirty secrets here in Hollywood. Your bckmail will not work on me. Why do you think I avoided jail st time? Well, just send your o the pany and I might think about giving her a role." Harvey licked his lips and ehe call.

  He looked at the neer and could not help but chuckle.

  "Kazir, you are still o this business. I've been in Hollywood for almost two decades now and your status is nothing pared to mine. You lose this time."

  Miramax was the king of PR and their movies always won at the Academy Awards. It showed how strong their PR team was.

  Harvey Weinstein had a lot of es and was more famous in social circle than Kazir, who usually stayed in his offibsp;

  "All I did was tell the old farts that Kazir was obviously going for Best Director and there was no reason to waste any nominations since Kazir only wahe Best Director award." He chuckled. Because he knew he was not lying.

  Ah a brain knew Kazir's iion.

  That was why The Revenant only got two nominations. As for their ces of winning, well, Miramax would make sure they ook a trophy home.

  Box offid Oscars were two different things. Grey Pictures might win at the box office, but Miramax would domihe Academy Awards. They did that for so many years.

  "Kazir, you still need experieo face me. You're too young."

  ... For the record, Kazir was over 80 years old mentally. But yes, Harvey was right.

  Miramax's business was already mature in terms of public retions.

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  A week after the Osominations were announced, Kazir was watg clips of actresses auditioning for the role of Elizabeth Swann, one of the main characters in Pirates of the Caribbean.

  Kazir had already seen Keira Knightley's performan persoehe audition to watch the actresses perform.

  However, Kazir was in a dilemma because two other actresses were trying to get the role. The first was Julia Roberts, a superstar sihe 90s. Even though Julia Roberts' fame was waning, it didn't ge the fact that she had a wow factor.

  In fact, Kazir was impressed by her performance. Julia Roberts was still 36 years old, so she met the age requirements. But her sary was expensive. If they hired her, the produ studio could pay her at least 10 million.

  Kazir and Julia were not friends, uom Cruise, illing to lower the sary. The Revenant was meant to pete at the Oscars, so Tom Cruise didn't have a problem with a low sary.

  'We already spent a lot of money casting Johnny Depp.' Kazir said to himself.

  As the iic Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp was the one who best fit the role. Kazir was ready to spend as much money as possible just to hire him... As expected, the result was terrifying.

  Initially, Johnny Depp wanted a sary of 10 million + 5% of the North Ameri box offibsp;

  Based on Kazir's st three films, Pirates of the Caribbean could make 300 million at the North Ameri box office at the least.

  If Kazir's pirate movie did well and made 300 million, Johnny Depp would get about 15 million as his share... This was too much for Kazir and Grey Pictures.

  This was just the beginning of the trilogy and Grey Pictures could not afford it.

  But Johnny Depp wouldn't just sigrilogy deal if it was bad for him.

  Johnny Depp was a famous actor and he could easily find another project to work on. Also, pirate movies were usually cursed, and Johnny Depp wouldn't easily risk his career if the pay wasn't worth it.

  In the end, Grey Pictures signed Johnny to a 23 million tract. This was only for the first movie. They would have anotiatiohe seovie went into produ.

  Was it worth it?

  Based on Kazir's opinion...

  'Yes, it's worth it. There are no irrepceables in Hollywood, but Johnny Depp is the only Jack Sparrow I will reize.'

  So, yes, the budget for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Bck Pearl was reduced from 140 million to 117 million.

  Over 15% of the budget just disappeared to pay Johnny Depp.

  Fortunately, signing Orndo Bloom was much easier. The actor's team and the produ had an agreement for 8 million. Orndo Bloom also signed a trilogy trabsp;

  Now Kazir was thinking about the female lead.

  Keira Knightley could be cast for 3 to 6 million. Depending on how the tract would end.

  Julia Roberts was a great actress and her box-office appeal was strong, but her sary was also expensive.

  In the end, Kazir decided to cross her name on the list. Pirates of the Caribbean was an expensive projed Kazir never liked to increase the budget.

  Now he decided to put the st DVD disto the DVD pyer. This was the st and third actress Kazir had in mind to cast.

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  [Since I listed my top 10 anime ending songs, I might as well post my top 10 opening songs. Enjoy.]

  1.) Tokyo Ghoul Opening 1 (Unravel by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure): Do I even have to expin myself? I've been listening to this song since 2017. This song is so overpyed but e on, you do agree that it's a hit when it was released a decade ago. If you're ied in this masterpiece called Tokyo Ghoul, I reend you to read the manga instead.

  2.) Freiren Opening 1 (The Brave by YOASOBI): I love Freiren. I say that it's definitely my top 1 a year. This anime's storytelling is different from what I expected.

  3.) Blood+ Opening 3 (Colors of the Heart by Uverworld): I watched this anime 15 years ago and I say that it's an ued anime. Colors of the Heart is also a hit song.

  4.) Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront Opening 1 (Hello World by Bump of the Chi): Bump of the Chi is an amazing jrock band, check them out. Again, I'm going to ask for the 3rd Season... Please I o watother tent from this shenanigan of an anime.

  5.) Atta Titan opening 7 (The Rumbling by SiM): If I lose it all~~ Slip and fall~~ I would never look away~~ Atta Titan is the best, there, I said it.

  6.) Neon Genesis Evangelion Opening 1 (Cruel Ahesis by Yoko Takahashi): An iic opening sihe 2000s era. I ouched the movies of Evangelion because the st episode of the anime made me go crazy and I'm afraid of watg this anime again.

  7.) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Opening 1 (Again by Yui): When I first heard this song, I got goosebumps all over my body. This will always be part of my top 10 best anime openings. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is peak, you 't ge my mind.

  8.) Oshi No Ko Opening 1 (Idol by YOASOBI): We don't talk about the ending of the manga. Fuck you Akasaka.

  9.) Code Geass Opening 1 (Colors by Flow): One of the best openings of all time, people 't stop loving this opening and I'm one of them. Code Geass might be old, but no one deny how great it is.

  10.) Soul Eater Opening 3 (Papermoon by Tommyheavenly6): This is nostalgic. I hope Soul Eater gets a reboot that follows the manga 100%.

  [I actually created a pylist of these songs in my Spotify, haha.]