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  Hollywood What If Chapter 160

  "Haa..."

  Kazir yawned after yesterday's tiring work. With the remaining money from the pany, Kazir started the Bourne Identity project.

  Their initial pn for the movie was 50 million, but they could adjust it depending ouation.

  Kazir wanted authentic ses, so they had to fly to Italy, where Jason Bourne was first found. This increased the budget.

  In his opinion, the movie could reach a budget of 60 million if they try to hire Matt Damon.

  Matt was already a famous actor and his sary was between 3 and 7 million dolrs. Depending on the iation.

  Kazir Grey was willing to hire Matt Damon just to make sure that the movie would be successful. After all, Matt Damon was the inal Jason Bourne.

  "Did you sleep well?"

  The woman lyio Kazir whispered as she rubbed his chest. Cameron Diaz smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

  "Good m, Cam."

  "Good m, Kazir."

  She giggled and stood up. She invited Kazir to her pce for some fun, and she was not disappointed. Last night was very amazing.

  "I have to go to training for Charlie's Angels... Thankfully, the training is not that harsh, or else my sore hips might colpse." She said, gring pyfully at Kazir.

  "Let's go together." The chuckled.

  Both of them were busy. Still, they had to maintain their retionship for the sake of promotion. Even if John Wick was over, they have another project that they might promote together.

  Producer Harold Witsend was already tag Paramount and ema Alliao get the share of the pie.

  40% for ema Alliand 25% for Paramount.

  In the end, Grey Pictures only received 36.08 million. The produ cost of John Wick was 30 million... That means their profit was only 6 million.

  The only good news was that the iional box office was doing well. Maybe they could make about 20 million.

  Then there were the videotapes.

  'I remembered that John Wick was doing very well in the DVD and online movie rental market.'

  The couple went into the bathroom together and stayed there for about an hour... They were both refreshed when they came out of the bathroom.

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  Grey Pictures po release two movies year. They were The Bourne Identity and Taken 2.

  The crew po shoot the Bourne Identity around January and then release it on the summer season.

  As for Taken 2, they would release it on the September or November schedule.

  "enda for today is Liam Neeson."

  At the long table the important people of Grey Pictures were talking.

  "I've already spoken to Liam's agent, but they haven't responded."

  Salvatore Barlowe told his story. Their current problem was Liam Neeson's opinion about these ges. It would be devastating if Liam Neeson celled Taken 2. That would affect the tial ematiiverse.

  "Um, I may be overstepping my bounds, but I express my opinion?"

  Harold Witsend joihe versation.

  "Harold, you are the producer. You have every right to speak."

  "Then... Why don't we move Taken 2 to the year 2000? It will be hard for us to vince Liam Neeson that fast. We ime to vince him and his agent."

  When Harold said this, everyone looked at Kazir Grey. He was the one who had pushed the pn to release two movies in one year.

  "We 't do that. Otherwise our schedule will be slow."

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  "How about making John Wick: Chapter 2 first?"

  "That's impossible, the plot should stay the same. Taken 2 has to be released before John Wick: Chapter 2." Kazir shook his head.

  The room was silent for a while. Fremont listeo their versation. He wao say something, but was afraid to open his mouth.

  Suddenly Kazir told them something.

  "I met Liam Neeson st week. He feels ied to us after winning the Best Actor award. He said he could agree to our terms, but he had to meet the new director first."

  This time everyone in the room looked at Fremont Smith.

  "Fremont, you have to vince Liam Neeson. It's part of your job to make this movie a success."

  "I uand."

  Fremont rongly, although he was nervous. This was his first projed it was a big movie for sure, he couldn't help but be nervous. Still, he wao take a bsp;

  "As for the sary iation... I think everyone here uands that Liam Neeson's team will do their best to get more money from us. Keep it within the expected budget."

  "Alright, that's my job as a producer."

  It seemed that Harold Witsend had already adjusted to his life as a producer.

  The sed round of auditions for The Bourne Identity had already been pleted, and the crew was just filtering for the final audition.

  So far, one role had already been filled by Cameron Diaz as Marie Kreutz.

  When the meeting was over, Harold and Salvatore stood up to talk to Kazir about the situation with Matt Damon.

  "Kazir, Matt Damon has enough training since he just did Saving Private Ryan. I think it will be no problem for him to do a stunts. But he is too skinny. Do you expect a man like him to bulk up in 2 to 3 months?"

  Salvatore expressed his thoughts.

  "Guys, we both know there's a way to get ripped fast."

  Actors in Hollywood might try to hide it, but people were not stupid.

  Anabolic steroids... Yes, many a stars use these drugs to enhaheir physiques.

  Fake Natties. Those hunk actors who had great physiques definitely used "medie" to maintain their appeara was a well-know in Hollywood.

  "I agree with Salvatore. I think Matt Damon's friend, Ben Affleck, is better suited for the role of Jason Bour least that guy looks tougher."

  "It will be fine. We tacted Matt Damon even before John Wick came out, which was four months ago. I thirying his best to put o within that time. The st time we saw him was four months ago, maybe he will look better wheends the final audition."

  Seeing that Kazir was adamant about his decision, Harold and Salvatore decided to trust him. They hoped that the young, skinny Matt Damon would have more muscles.

  "As for his sary, keep it under 7, no, 5 million dolrs and make sure he signs sequels and cameos."

  "Alright."

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  [I found out that Matt Damon's sary for The Bourne Identity was a whopping 10 million and 26 million for the seovie. Of course, the current 1998 Matt Damon is not that super famous yet, and Grey Pictures probably hire him for a lower sary. But still, now I'm w if it's worth it to hire Matt Damon. Should I hire him? And if not, do you know of any actors who fit the criteria of Jason Bourne? In my opinion there is no problem with Matt's ag, and I don't know anybody who py the role of Jason Bourne except him].