HWI 277

Hollywood What If Chapter 277



Jimmy Kimmel Live! A show that recently popped up in ABC last year and it was slowly gaining fans all over the US. 


It was a talk show with good ratings. 


This time, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros decided to work with the show to promote the movie The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring. 


The audience in the studio clapped their hands as Viggo Mortensen showed up. 


Jimmy Kimmel and Viggo Mortensen started talking, particularly focused on The Lord Of The Rings. Viggo talked about his experience in New Zealand and how Director Peter Jackson was a good director. 


"By the way, I just want to congratulate you on your other movie. John Wick Chapter 2 is an amazing movie, I love it. You look good in a suit with guns in your hands."


"Thanks," Viggo humbly smiled.  His career flourished and now he was certified a superstar. Two of his movies last year were doing very well. 


John Wick Chapter 2 made over $600 million worldwide. While Lord Of The Rings was currently on $245 million at the North American box office. With that, his status in the industry elevated. 


"Of course you look good with a sword too."


"Holding a sword is quite hard because they are real metal. Not sharp but indeed heavy."


"Tell me about, did you train swordsmanship for this movie?" Jimmy Kimmel Live! and New Line Cinema had cooperation and the talk show received money to promote the movie. 


"Ah, yes, I did six months of training. Thankfully, I already have a lot of experience regarding training before Lord Of The Rings. I train for my role as John Wick."


"Tell me about it, how was it working with someone like Kazir Grey? Everyone is curious about him."


"He's a serious guy. Strict and always composed. He's an amazing director. Most of the time, he just knew what scene to film and there was no wasting time regarding the positioning of the cameras and such. Like he already envisions everything about the movie."


"Yeah, I heard about that. Apparently, he's very professional and never takes a vacation. Is that true?"


"I guess so. I mean, I never saw the guy have fun, or rather working is fun for him. He mostly put his time on work."


Viggo explained. 


The news regarding Spider-Man was quite positive for Sony-Columbia and Kazir. The movie was close to $900 million after three weeks in January. The movie already ended its screening in the US but the movie was doing well overseas. 


The hype regarding Spider-Man was still going strong. The merchandise related to the movie was selling like hotcakes. The production has to work overtime just to keep up with the demands. 


You see, Spider-Man was for all ages. Even 50-year-old men like the movie. The character Spider-Man was created in the 1960s and slowly gathered fans. And now that Spider-Man was released in theaters, the hype regarding the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man just blew up. 


Jimmy Kimmel and Viggo Mortensen talked a few minutes later before the show reached its end. 


"You're friends with Matt Damon, right?" Jimmy Kimmel asked.


"Ah, yeah, we are friends. We have worked in Wanted two years ago." Viggo responded, he already knew where this was going. 


"Then can you please tell him sorry and that the show's over, we ran out of time and come back the next time."


Viggo chuckled and nodded. 


"Okay, I'll tell him about that."


The fake beef between Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon might have been the longest-running gag in the history of the TV show. It started with Jimmy Kimmel calling out Matt Damon as a joke until Matt Damon himself decided to play along. 


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Kazir was stepped out of the CCU as a director but it didn't mean that he abandoned the project. Hell no, he usually attends to the production if he has time. 


He was the executive producer... Actually, his position was not that simple. After all, Kazir was the sole owner of Grey Pictures and he was the boss. Even Harold Witsend, the current producer of CCU, was working under him. 


Being the executive producer, Kazir naturally attended the 3rd round of auditions for the female lead. 


This time, the crew had a list of actresses who had strong box-office appeal who applied for the role. 


2002 and Hollywood just kept getting stronger. People all over the world now recognize many superstars from the US. 


'Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett, and Jennifer Connelly... Wow, so you're saying that these actresses are interested in being a part of CCU?'


Honestly, yes. Continental Cinematic Universe was not a small project, not anymore. After the huge success of Wanted two years ago, so many actresses/actors in Hollywood became interested in this certain Cinematic Universe. 


Furthermore, The Fast and The Furious and John Wick Chapter 2 earned huge at the box office as well. This showed that the influence of the Continental Cinematic Universe was getting stronger. At least many fans were waiting for their next movie. 


After so many movies that mostly had male protagonists, Mr and Mrs Smith was the only movie in the CCU that had an obvious female lead. Well, one of the leading roles was female so they might as well grab the opportunity. 


Kazir didn't set any appearance for Mrs. Smith. He just wanted the woman to be sexy and beautiful and knew how to fight. 


So it seemed that this role gained the attention of many actresses. The actresses who auditioned for the role already have a steady foothold in the industry. They could get a job every year with no problem. 


'Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett already performed and their performances were not bad. They seem healthy and it looks like they already trained for the role.' 


Kazir loved the dedication, not going to lie. 


He turned to Doug Liman, the current director of Mr and Mrs Smith. The guy nodded at him and invited the next actress. 


"Hello, I'm Naomi Watts. I've worked in Mulholland Drive last year. I'm here for the role of Jane Smith."


As expected, Naomi Watts was looking great. Beautiful and sexy, she already checked the appearance requirements. 


The woman slightly glanced at Kazir and smiled, the two of them had been acquaintances long before. Kazir nodded but maintained his expression. 


Naomi and Kazir first met at Tom Cruise's party back in 1995. And yeah, they almost have a fling if not for Carl Morin who disturbed them. Since then, Kazir and Naomi have been a bit close but couldn't be called friends.