Hollywood What If Chapter 250
The matter regarding the female lead ended after the audition for Mary Jane. The group gave their opinions but in this project, Kazir Grey had the highest authority.
Some of them were dissatisfied when Kazir decided to cast Kirsten Dunst. Her passion and motivation for the role were bleak. But because of past achievements that Kazir had and his eyes in casting, they decided to accept his decision.
The biggest reason why Kazir cast Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson was because of his knowledge.
Spider-Man was a massive success in his past life and he believed that as long as he followed the original version, his chances of getting a box office hit were higher.
Thankfully, when Kirsten Dunst appeared and signed the contract, her hair was already dyed red and it didn't look bad. Even Jezebel Salome thought that it was acceptable. Still, Jezebel was against Kazir's decision of choosing the female lead.
After that was the topic of the protagonist, the person who would become the Spider-Man.
Initially, James Cameron wanted to invite Leonardo DiCaprio for the role.
However it seemed that the young actor was not that excited to be a superhero. Perhaps he despised wearing tight costumes...
Instead, Leonardo DiCaprio recommended his friend. The one and only Tobey Maguire, our Bully Maguire.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire have been friends since young. But unlike Leonardo, Tobey was still trying to find his position in this industry.
Everyone knew that Kazir Grey and Sony-Columbia had a project and the investment for this movie would definitely exceed $100 million. On top of that, working with someone like Kazir Grey would boost the actors' careers.
So yup, the audition for the protagonist of Spider-Man was terrifyingly scary. Kazir's fame influenced this situation to happen.
Kazir had a nickname of Star Maker. Because every actor who participated in his movies gained a foothold in Hollywood. Some examples were Reese Witherspoon, Ed Helms, Pedro Pascal, Brianna Evans, and Enzo Park.
Even though Kazir only attended the final round of auditions, he was still shocked when he realized that more than 100 actors were in line.
"I guess being Peter Parker is just that easy."
Well, Peter Parker represents the ordinary men, although he was more of a bullied nerd.
The director sighed and went with the flow... He knew that Tobey Maguire would get the role. He would do his best for that to happen.
With over a hundred participants, the audition ended quite late.
"I'm going to say this again, I think Tobey Maguire fits the role. He is not an unknown actor, he is part of many TV series and some movies. He has the knack for acting and his appearance is nice, he looks like a good guy."
Kazir announced... Although he knew that Tobey was famous for being known as Bully Maguire. Tobey hates paparazzi and honestly, he was right on hating them.
'Perhaps Tobey's career was affected because of that. But he is actually a great actor, he knows how to act. Too bad he is only famous for being Spider-Man. After that, he didn't have any memorable role.'
Kazir sighed inwardly. He believed that Tobey was just misunderstood.
"Yeah, I agree with Kazir this time."
Stan Lee nodded. Tobey left a good impression and he seemed promising.
Stan Lee has the highest authority in the Marvel staff. On top of that, Stan Lee was the creator of Spider-Man so his opinion should not be taken lightly.
"I'm fine with that as well."
Even Jezebel agreed. Tobey Maguire's portfolio was good.
Surprisingly, everyone actually agreed to cast Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. Kazir thought some opposition would happen.
Tobey Maguire agreed to sign a trilogy and his first salary was $3 million. His agent even fought just to get that amount. Regarding salary, Kazir clearly had the highest one in this project.
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The management of Grey Pictures became the responsibility of Stella Willow, the general manager of the company. The business matters, the hiring of staff, and finding people who would take over the projects.
Next year, Grey Pictures intends to release two movies. The first was The Fast and The Furious while the second was John Wick Chapter 2.
Fremont Smith already expressed that he would direct John Wick Chapter 2. The budget was already approved and the pre-production would start next week.
Although Walt Disney was trying to contact Fremont Smith in the hope that he would direct John Carter.
Fremont Smith already signed a contract with Grey Pictures. However, there was no clause that he couldn't work with other companies. Of course, he had to promise and make sure that his energy was rightfully put on John Wick Chapter 2 before anything else.
As for The Fast and The Furious, Stella Willow was looking for someone to direct the movie.
Actually, Kazir wanted her to look for a Taiwanese director. Honestly, Stella Willow had no idea why he was looking for a Taiwanese director but she decided to trust Kazir.
The person she was looking for was Justin Lin.
Only Kazir knew that Justin Lin had an important role in the franchise of The Fast and The Furious.
He was the director of:
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast Furious
Fast Five
Fast Furious 6
F9
Fast X
Yup, the titles made no sense...
Anyway, Justin Lin was also the director of Star Trek Beyond.
Stella Willow sent staff to Taiwan just to personally invite Justin Lin to be part of the Continental Cinematic Universe.
The general manager hoped that Kazir's decision would be the right. Because of Wanted, a lot of people were watching every move of Grey Pictures and they didn't dare make any mistake.
Just like what Kazir said, this was just the start. The Continental Cinematic Universe would expand until they could release three movies every year. With every movie being successful. That would be the next goal.