HWI 82

Hollywood What If Chapter 82

What he saw was not Kung Fu or any Hollywood action fight. It was almost as if he watched a real battle, a bloody realistic battle. 

"Once you are officially hired, you will have to make many action choreography like this."

Hearing this, Tae-Won Park felt his blood boiling. As a man, recreating this kind of action fight made him excited. 

"I will do it."

"That's good to hear. Read this script, I will officially hire you once you made three action sequences for the film."

"Yes!"

Tae-Won bowed his head. It was a culture in Korea. 

He accepted the script. He had to study it to make appropriate action choreography. He already had an example and he knew what to do. He had to make the protagonist a fast and precise fighter... The protagonist had to run a lot too. 

It was fortunate that Liam Neeson was younger this time. Filming three action movies would not be a problem. 

"Once the leading actor signed the contract, I will put him under your job. You have to teach him the stunts."

It was written that Liam Neeson had to attend physical conditioning for three months. He had to learn mixed martial arts and keep his physical appearance... Perhaps build abs too. 

'Eye Candy. I believe a lot of women will like it if they saw Liam Neeson's abs and well-toned body... Speaking of abs, I'm getting fat these days. I have to hit some sit-ups.'

Once written in the contract, both parties had to respect it. 

'I'm sure Liam Neeson understands that.'

Kazir Grey and Tae-Won Park shook hands. 

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Enzo Park wiped his sweat after doing push-ups.

The success of The Hangover never gave Enzo Park a big break. 

Ed Helms and the other actors started filming Napoleon Dynamite II. The budget of the sequel increased to 15 million and Fox Searchlight Pictures was getting salty about it. The success of The Hangover increased Ed Helms, Pedro Pascal, and Reese Witherspoon's salaries.

Jack Black received an invitation from another comedy movie too.

Even Reese Witherspoon passed the audition for Scream. 

Only Enzo Park had no job right now. Because of his race, he had a hard time finding roles. He heard that there was a project called Rush Hour but the cast was mostly completed. He tried to audition for the role but he didn't get it. Jackie Chan got the role instead. 

So Enzo Park was thankful that Kazir Grey hired him again even though his role in Taken was very small. At least he had something to do. 

To be honest, Enzo Park felt bitter because he felt like he was getting left behind. He wanted to prove himself so he was currently doing strengthening exercises. He was hitting 405 lbs in bench press, quite remarkable. 

'I heard that once this movie became successful, I will have a role every year.'

Kazir Grey planned to make Enzo Park take a role of a Ninja. He was the equivalent of Black Window of MCU, where he would show up in many Continental movies. 

In fact, Kazir already had a movie perfect for Enzo.

In John Wick Chapter 3, there was a group of Ninjas that John Wick fought. So Kazir Grey decided to add a certain movie to the Continental Cinematic Universe. 

It was Ninja Assassin. This movie could perfectly fit the Cinematic Universe.

The movie had a low box office but Kazir Grey believe that he could alter that by adding the movie in a perfect Cinematic Universe. Perhaps the movie might have sequels too. 

Although this project would only start once the Cinematic Universe had a firm foothold. Perhaps around 2000. 

Enzo was thankful that Kazir Grey already assured him that he was part of the crew. He didn't have to audition. After all, Enzo Park was already perfect for the role. He just has to make sure that his acting would be perfect too. 

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A week later, Liam Neeson officially became part of the cast. Kazir didn't bother to start an audition for the role of the protagonist. He knew that Liam Neeson was the perfect actor for Taken. 

Liam Neeson's contract was adjusted to a 45% salary increase every sequel. Furthermore, his cameo had to be kept within ten minutes at best. 

After that, Liam Neeson, and Enzo Park started their training to keep their bodies fit. Tae-Won Park helped them with their action stunts. Kazir even hired extras and stuntmen earlier to make sure the action stunts were perfected as soon as possible. 

The budget of Taken was only $25 million. Liam Neeson already took $3 million. Even Kazir Grey had a salary which was $3 million too. 

Kazir Grey had to make sure that the expenditure would be lower than $19 million. He didn't want to add more budget.

"I'm nervous and excited at the same time." 

Kazir Grey grinned. The script was already completed, even the action choreography was 2/3 complete. 

The only remaining one was the role of Bryan Mills' daughter and wife. Most of the roles related to the action scenes were already hired. 

"Next."

Kazir Grey's assistant director, Fremont Smith announced and another young actress entered the audition room.

Of course they had to give actresses a chance to join the cast. After all, the director of this movie was Kazir Grey. A very talented director. 

"Salvatore, are you really sure that your client can perform well?"

"Don't worry, Kazir. She is prepared. She studied the script since three months ago. I believe she will be the perfect cast for the role."

"Hm." Kazir Grey just nodded. 

Actually, Kazir was too busy and he didn't have any idea about Salvatore's clients. He only knew Enzo Park.