[gratutions to myself for writing 200 chapters. It's not easy to write a story so this is basically an achievement in my opinion.]
Hollywood What If Chapter 200
November 4th, 1999.
The Paramount Theatre is an art deco cert hall located at 2025 Broadway in downtown Oaknd. When it was built in 1931, it was the rgest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast with 3,476 seats.
It was used for many purposes, including Broadway shows and movie premieres.
Today, the Paramount Theatre would be used for the premiere of Taken 2.
The cameras fshes all over the red carpet. People would scream when an actor arrived.
Matt Damon attehe premiere of this movie and was very ied in the performance of the movie.
The Bourne Identity had already fis North Ameri run and the final box office was 162 million.
As for the overseas box office, some tries have already fihe sing while others are still in progress. As of now, the overseas box office was around 197 million.
bining the North Ameri and iional box office, The Bourne Identity has grossed more than 359 million.
Grey Pictures already got some of the money from the iional box offid they were quite generous. Grey Pictures gave Matt Damon a bonus of 1.6 million after the settlement.
This was Matt Damon's best movie and this was his biggest bonus. Even Miramax was too tight to give him a million dolrs food Will Hunting.
Matt Damon stepped onto the red carpet and weled by deafening screams. It seemed that the effect of The Bourne Identity on many people was obvious.
He was not super famous then, but now he realizes that his appearance is reized by many people. Even though they usually call him Jason Bourne instead of his real name. Well, that was a on occurren the industry.
Matt Damon was actually with Ben Affleck, but the guy didn't use the red carpet to ehe theater. Ben Affleck used the batrao ehe theater.
Ben Affleck expressed his jealousy that Matt Damon got a big role and his movie was successful. Sihey were best friends, Matt Damon took the opportunity to introduce Ben Affleck to director Kazir Grey.
He guessed that Grey Pictures would expand their projects and Ben Affleck had a ce to work with Kazir Grey.
While being interviewed and asked for his opinion on Taken 2, another deafening scream hit Matt Damon and the reporter.
They both stopped and looked at the person stepping out of the limo. It was her than award-winning actor Liam Neeson.
Liam Neeson had so many projects these past few years and they were successful.
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Mehis iic franchise produced a 1 billion (1.027 billion) movie this year.
The Haunting was another movie starring Liam Neeson. The Haunting grossed 180 million.
Perhaps this was the effect of the Best Actor award on Liam Neeson's career.
Liam Neeson was the star of the night, so Matt Damon ehe interview aered the theater. Before he left the red carpet, people were still screaming and calling out Liam Neeson's name.
Matt Damon chuckled and shook his head. For a moment, he imagined what would happen if he were the oo win the Best Actor award. Maybe the future would ge. Well, the what-ifs were always there to fuel his imagination.
Still, he uood the present. His situation was not that bad. Just like Liam Neeson, Matt Damon was getting reition and his status was better pared to st year.
Ohing was for sure, w with a talented director was the best move he made i years. W with Steven Spielberg and Kazir Grey made him open his mind. An actor was only there to py the character, but a great director could make great movies with a bad actor.
Using differeing, cutting, and transition teiques, as long as the footage was plete, a director could make a movie.
Someone like Kazir Grey was a very rare talent. His films were all successful... Aside from his first three horror movies. People already fot about those.
Even Steven Spielberg and James Cameron had bad movies, and so does Kazir Grey.
Maybe Kazir was still in his prime.
After all, no one erfect, and Kazir would reach the point where he would have a bad movie. The question was, when would it happen?
Matt Damon was iheater and found Ben Affleck talking to the people he knew.
This was a very small industry and most people knew each other.
Ben Affleck saw his friend and excused himself.
"Kazir is here. Let me introduce you."
"Thanks, man."
Armageddon was released st year and Ben Affleck was one of the stars of the movie. Of course, the protagonist of the movie was Bruce Willis.
The reitio freddon was not bad, but not good either. At least nothing pared to "Jason Bourne".
More people were into realistic aovies these days and The Bourne Identity had a good run at the North Ameri box offibsp;
pared to A.J. Frost freddon, Jason Bourne was more popur.
Ben Affled his agent wao find good projects that would give Ben Affleck the lead role.
He was tired of being a supp actor, he wao be the protagonist this time.
There was a rumor that Grey Pictures would produce two movies year. The first one was John Wick Chapter 2 while the sed one was still a secret.
In this secret project, Ben Affleck was ied iing the main role. If possible, he wao talk to Kazir Grey and hoped that he would have a ce to see the script.
However, Ben Affleck looked around and realized that some renounced actors were also iheater!
Unlike Ben Affleck, most of these actors ehe theater on the red carpet!
He saw Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Johnny Depp!
Hell, even Bruce Willis was iheater! The star of Die Hard, The Sixth Sense, and Armageddon!
Bruce Willis saw that Ben Affleck was at the premiere and nodded. Ben Affleodded babsp;
'As expected, I'm not the only oerested in Kazir's project.' Ben Affleck sighed.
Kazir Grey didn't like parties aayed in his office most of the time.
He was very difficult to meet. This was the rare moment when Kazir was out in publibsp;