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  Hollywood What If Chapter 129

  "Sometimes I wonder if you're even human. How you stay in your office for a week without leaving?"

  Renner Hector and Harold Witsend were both in Kazir's office. The office looked . But the sketches covered most of the table said everything that could be said. Kazir didn't have time te his things.

  "I'm fine. I don't need a vacation."

  "The reason we want a vacation is because we need rest. But vacation also help you. Still, I 't believe you decided to lock yourself in this room and spend your month w! Kazir, have pity on yourself!"

  Harold rubbed his throbbing forehead. He knew Kazir Grey was a workaholic bastard. In fact, that was one of the reasons he and Cassandra had divorced.

  "You 't start a family if you stay like this."

  "I just got divorced. I don't io get married. We'll see when I get there."

  "But still, you need rest for peace."

  "Harold, I uand that you are ed about me. But I'm fine. Doing what I love brings me peace."

  Some of the crew members were married and ime for their families. Going to a fn try to make a movie was a tough thing to do.

  Fortunately, the three men in the office were single. Although Harold was ied in a woman and they were going out for dihat weekend.

  "Kazir, I know you're not the type to spend money recklessly just to get the perfect shot. I hope you will shoot John Wick here in the try."

  "I uand, I have already thought about it. That's why I he crew to find the locations here in California. Especially the building that will be the tial Hotel."

  Uaken, which was set in France, John Wick was set in the Uates.

  For real reasons, the produ crew flew to Frao shoot Taken.

  And for the same reason, they would be shooting John Wi the Uates.

  Paramount had already given them a studio to rent to shoot some indoor ses. They also found some houses. The only thing they had trouble with was the tial Hotel.

  That hotel was ii the John Wiiverse. It ce where assassins could drop their guns and talk like human beings.

  There's no killing at the tial Hotel. John Wick suffers for this reason throughout Chapter 2 and the sequels.

  "It's my job, so I'll take care of it."

  Usually the person in charge of this kind of job was the director and the ematographer. These two positions were usually obsessed with the beauty of a picture/se. So they would never choose a mediocre location uhey didn't have the budget.

  If there were important locations that they had to focus on, it would be John Wick's house, the tial Hotel, and the road they would use for the car chase se.

  The crew had already tacted the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was the pce of Hollywood and this city had many film projects every year.

  "Let's not talk about my vacation. Instead, let's solve our problem regarding the iment".

  "Our iment is still between 30 and 40 million dolrs. It all depends on the cast we are going to hire."

  The main reason for the increase in produ costs in these years was the sary of the actors. Agents realized the importance of first-rate actors and used them to make money. Now, agencies were the pahat protected and prioritized the s of actors/actresses.

  Back then, in the early years of Hollywood, studio panies used actors as if they were disposable.

  Ag in the rain. Giving actors pneumonia.

  F underage actors to kiss. No work limits for underage actors.

  Using dangerous chemicals as props.

  The ws regarding actors were inplete at the time. Studio panies never respected them.

  Even if agencies were like leeches, it was true that they would protect their ts... the opposite could also happen.

  For franchises and trilogies, it was important to hire the same actors. Because of this, the said actors would ask for more sary.

  Grey Pictures decided that they had to sigors to a trilogy or more tracts so that they wouldn't have problems ter.

  For that reason, Grey Pictures was not sure that they could cast a famous actor. It was a miracle that Liam Neeson agreed to their terms.

  "We are talking about this topic because of the information we have received. Apparently, Harrison Ford is ied in the project. Obviously, he is asking for a whopping 10 million and 10% of the worldwide box office. Another obvious thing, he is not going to sign a trilogy deal."

  The three men both shake their heads. They have the same answer, no.

  Harrison Ford is a great actor, but it's impossible to hire him. He makes more than the director. Kazir only has a 5 million sary for this movie.

  If they signed Harrison Ford for a single movie, their pn to create the tial ematiiverse would disappear.

  Kazir didn't want a situation like Edward Norton and The Incredible Hulk.

  "I agree to his terms if he signs a trilogy and cameos. But Harrison Ford definitely did not like that kind of thing."

  Even though they ihe actor for the audition, Kazir never had any iion of casting the man. He made his decision from a business standpoint.

  "So let's decide after we've hired all the cast. For now, our minimum iment is 30 million."

  [Author's note: So yeah, real life stuff keeps bugging me and there are times when I 't update... It's definitely not because I'm zy].