Hollywood What If Chapter 256
Manhattan, New York.
The original setting of Spider-Man resided in New York. Obviously, the crew flew to New York to film the movie.
Particularly was the Times Square.
One of the most popular Spider-Man settings is Times Square. In the first trilogy of Spider-Man, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) saves Mary Jane from the Green Goblin at the Unity Festival.
It was an iconic scene, the scene where Green Goblin was gliding in the sky, throwing special grenades.
This project had a huge budget and Kazir didn't hesitate to hire a crane. They use it for Spider-Man to web-sling and landing. Of course, they use it mostly when Spider-Man and Green Goblin need screentime in the sky or landing from the sky.
Although the most of web-slinging and swinging by the buildings would be created through special effects. Sony-Columbia already contracted Industrial Light Magic to make the necessary scenes. The special effects alone cost them almost half of the budget. This was the early 2000 and special effects were very expensive. Even the people who were knowledgeable about VFX were few.
Using the crane, Tobey Maguire landed safely on the ground with the wire connected to the crane.
"Cut!"
Kazir announced through the megaphone and the crew started fixing the crew.
"..."
Kazir touched his chin while watching the landing at different angles.
He nodded.
"This one is over."
The crew knew what to do. Since the director announced that this scene was done, they started cleaning the set. The huge crane was moved out and the cameras were returned to the car for the next location.
Tobey Maguire took a deep breath. At last, he had the time to take off his tight costume. It was really uncomfortable to stay in this costume most of the day.
Thankfully, they were done for today. Apparently, Director Grey wanted to meet his relatives so he decided to end the filming early.
Kazir packed his things, although it was only a cup of coffee. Erica Mendez followed behind him, keeping her job as his assistant/bodyguard.
The chances of Kazir getting involved in a gunfight were so low but this country was the country of freedom. People could carry guns for their protection. Unfortunately, there were stances of people using guns for the wrong purposes.
Gun Control was quite complicated...
While Kazir was going to leave, he found Kirsten fidgeting and quietly following him. The woman realized that the director sensed her.
"Is there something wrong, Kirsten?"
"Um, director, I baked some cookies. Hope you will get them a try."
"Thanks." Kazir casually accepted the gift.
"By the way, does Jezebel still..."
"Unfortunately, yes. Although I'm already used to her. What she said makes sense all of the time, but she's very strict to me."
"Hm, tell me if something happens."
"Yes, director."
Kazir and Erica entered the car. Being the assistant, Erica was responsible for driving the car.
Kazir glanced at the box filled with cookies and decided to take a bite.
"Not bad. Perhaps my niece will love this."
Kazir was not stupid. He knew what Kirsten was doing.
He was responsible for the film and he didn't want any mishap so he decided to let things be. However, Kazir had no intention of flirting with the young woman. He just wanted to make sure that Kirsten was in her right mind so that the filming would be smooth.
The actress' mental health has been quite sensitive lately.
Kazir wanted to do something about Jezebel but the woman had no flaw except being strict with the women. She was actually good at her job.
So to balance things, Kazir decided to accept gifts from the woman but made sure to keep the right distance and made a boundary between them.
If Kazir flirted with Kirsten, Angelina would definitely be mad. They were in a great relationship and Kazir didn't want that to crumble.
'The watch that Kirsten gave me disappeared... I can't find it after the night with Angelina. She probably did something about it.'
Welp, Angelina made up for it because she bought Kazir a Rolex, a much expensive watch.
'I prefer G-Shock but oh well,' He glanced at the Rolex he was wearing and confirmed that it was 4:45 pm.
The traffic in New York was terrible and they were still in Manhattan. Then, Erica decided to take a new route and they reached Wall Street...
Not only a minute, the two heard a thud then a loud scream.
People started screaming and some had pale faces.
Kazir frowned.
"What happened?"
He decided to lower his window and saw something gruesome. A man in his suit, head literally open, brain matter everywhere.
Thankfully, Kazir worked in Horror movies and he was used to seeing hideous dead bodies(props). In fact, he saw much more disgusting than this.
Still, Kazir was affected by knowing that a person died.
He looked at Erica and the woman had a normal expression. The woman served in the military and she probably witnessed the same things like this.
"The man jumped off the building!"
"Ambulance! Call the fucking ambulance!"
"Fuck, this is the fifth this month. When are they going to stop!?"
"It's all because of the bubble burst!"
'Bubble burst? Dot-com bubble burst?'
The man was probably someone working in the financial sector, perhaps dabbing in stocks. But because of the Dot-com bubble burst, the man lost everything. He decided that killing himself was better than facing the consequences.
"...Let's go."
Kazir ordered his assistant.
"Sir, we can't. The traffic here is not that good either."
Kazir sighed and closed the window. The stock market was not heaven. Someone would earn while someone would lose.
The two were silent for a while until they reached the place where Aaron and his family lived.
[Yup yup, I missed a chapter yesterday so two chapters tomorrow.]
[I'll gotta tackle the stuff about Grey Pictures first such as Fast and The Furious and John Wick Chapter 2 before starting the premier of Spider-Man.]