HWI 181

Hollywood What If Chapter 181

Stella Willow was satisfied that Palenque Simone had a car for them to use. She didn't want to use a taxi car, perhaps her perception about traveling changed after watching Taken.

'What happened two years ago made the citizens understand the danger of traveling to foreign countries.'

The kidnapping and sex trafficking news were quite strong two years ago, almost every form of media joined the topic. Making the people of North American conscious of their surroundings. It spread awareness, which was a good thing. 

In fact, before Stella Willow entered the car, she glanced at the plate number. 

Then she sent the plate number to her friend just to be safe. Perhaps she was being paranoid but it was better than getting kidnapped, right? 

Palenque Simone realized that the woman had a solemn expression so he decided to talk to her to make the atmosphere better. 

He knew that this woman would be the General Manager of Grey Pictures. In a way, her position was higher than him so the woman was his boss. 

'I want to film a movie and making a connection with people is a good thing.'

Palenque Simone and Stella Willow had a conversation. Stella looked like a knowledgeable woman and her replies were informative and prideful, almost as if Palenque was talking to a genius. 

Perhaps this was the reason why Stella was hired. 

A few minutes later, they reached their destination. 

In a wide alleyway, Stella stepped out of the car and looked at the surroundings. 

She secretly sighed when she confirmed that this was the filming location. 

She could see the tents that the filming crew used. The trailers that the cast used to relax and change their makeup and appearance. 

A hundred meters away from them, Stella saw a bunch of cameras pointed in a certain direction. 

Furthermore, she saw Kazir Grey sitting on his chair, staring at the seven monitors. Each monitor showed different angles but all of them were pointed at the car with two people having a conversation. 

Being a veteran in this industry, Stella Willow was used to this kind of stuff. 

Filming a scene is always quiet. Nobody in the crew is talking, unless they are far from the filming location. 

The silence is deafening, very different from what people imagine. 

In this situation, only the cast can talk. 

Stella Willow silently approached the filming location to take a better view. 

She fixed her golden-rimmed glasses. She saw two people acting in front of the cameras. 

Cameron Diaz and Matt Damon had a scene together. 

After Jason Bourne(Matt Damon) got to the bank that the bullet indicated, he realized that his name was actually Jason Bourne. 

But his happiness quickly subsided when he realized that he had so many identities and passports that he could not be sure which identity was real or fake. Or perhaps all these identities were fake. 

Still, Jason Bourne decided to use his 'Jason Bourne' identity.

He wanted to go to the United States to know more about himself. However, he realized that the police were looking for him. Furthermore, even the people in the US Embassy were looking for him. On top of that, the hidden organization was looking for him as well. 

Jason Bourne felt like the world was against him. 

After escaping from his pursuers, Jason Bourne found Marie Kreutz(Cameron Diaz) and tried to convince her to help him get out of the place. 

Marie Kreutz was hesitant at first, but Jason Bourne gave him ten thousand dollars to convince him to get out of the city using her car. 

In the end, the woman could not say no. The two traveled together. 

"Cut!"

Kazir announced and the filming took a break. The weather was slightly cold. Matt and Cameron's assistants quickly came forward and gave them warm towels. 

Then, the actors didn't have much interaction and went to their own respective trailers. Clearly, they were strangers. 

This kind of thing was normal in the industry. 

'In the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, Will Smith and Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv didn't like each other despite their interactions in front of the cameras. At the end of season 3, Janet Hubert vanished and another actress took her role.'

After all, actors and actresses were people. They could like and hate another person. This was nothing new. 

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in the Notebook. They didn't have a good relationship while filming the movie. In fact, they hated each other... Yet the thing was, while The Notebook was on release, the two became a couple! Perhaps this was a promotion method to hype the movie. It was a good move because The Notebook was a success. 

There were many cases of actors secretly having beef while on the set. 

Thankfully, it seemed that Matt Damon and Cameron Diaz were just strangers and there was no obvious beef. 

'Maybe Cameron Diaz is conscious because her boyfriend is the one directing the film.'

Stella Willow thought. 

When the filming was on break, Assistant Director Palenque Simone informed Director Grey that the general manager they hired had arrived. 

Kazir Grey nodded and looked at Stella Willow. He stood up from his seat and greeted the woman. 

"Miss Stella Willow, we already talked on the phone."

"Indeed. You are my boss, so I should listen to your thoughts first."

"Alright. Before we go talk about business, do you want coffee?"

"I prefer tea." The woman shook her head. 

"Then, I have to trouble the crew."

Kazir signaled to one of the crew members to give Stella a tea. 

"We Lipton tea, I hope it's fine for you."

"No problem."

"Then, let's go down the business. 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, and Paramount are trying to reach a consensus right now." Kazir became serious.

The two found a table to use. 

"Sometimes, allies will become enemies," Stella muttered after nudging her glasses. 

"Hm." Kazir nodded and agreed to what she said.