Chapter 59
The day arrived and Mike Tyson showed up with his entourage. They were a bunch of menacing looking guys. Tall, with guns, and their way of talking was unique.
"Mr. Tyson. Nice to meet you."
Kazir was the first to greet the legendary boxer. Mike Tyson looked at him with a smile and nodded.
"Nice to meet you too, director."
''... If I''m going to be honest, he spoke the "it''s" "it''th."''
That was Kazir''s first impression of him. Of course, he would never talk to Mike Tyson about his mispronunciation. He didn''t want to get punched.
"Mr. Tyson, do you want to do the tiger scene first or your scene first?"
"Let''s do the tiger scene. I want to know my pet''s acting skills."
"All right." Since Mike Tyson was the owner of the tiger they hired, they have to respect his opinion.
"Crew, prepare the scene with the tiger. Jane, make the actors look like they are waking up from a hangover."
Jane became the head of the makeup team. Of course, her sry went up, too. Everyone''s sry on the crew was under the budget of The Hangover.
In fact, the sry of the entire crew was minusculepared to the other expenses. Not even 10% of the budget.
In a way, the biggest enemies of moviepanies are the huge sries of the cast. Especially when they hire superstars to star in the movie. Well, money is not a problem as long as the videotape market is doing well.
''Speaking of videotapes... Where did I put that videotape? Nah, it''s useless anyway.''
He received a packagest year rted to his divorce case, but it was toote to use it.
"Put the camera over there."
"Aight."
Kazir watched the preparations. Harold, the head of the props team, making sure the whole suite looked like a mess. As if there had been a huge alcohol overdose in the ce.
As for Renner, he was adjusting camera angles and lighting. Helping him was Fremont.
Kazir nodded as he watched the preparations.
''The real heroes behind your favorite movies are the crew members. They spent their time creating the best scenes and the best look for the audience.''
That''s why everyone on the crew would have their names in the credits. Everyone appreciates their hard work.
When a movie was sessful and made a lot of money at the box office, the crew members would receive bonuses. They would also have a celebration party.
"Is everything ready?"
Kazir raised his voice and looked around. Everyone signaled that they were ready.
Even the actors were "groggy" on the floor.
Kazir nodded to Fremont.
"Lights, Camera, Action!"
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After Jade (Reese Witherspoon) left their hotel suite, the three protagonists were drunk and ''dead'' on the floor.
n (Jack ck) weakly got up to go to the bathroom. He walked and dodged the ducks. The ducks flew around and nearly tripped him.
He reached the bathroom and started to pee.
While peeing, n heard a tiger growling behind him. He thoughtlessly turned around and found a tiger growling at him.
He didn''t think much and continued peeing. But a few secondster, m panicked!
He ran away and kicked Phil''s balls!
"Augh!"
"Gah!"
They roll to the floor. With Phil (Bradley Cooper) in pain and n in fear.
"God damn! You put some pants on!"
"Don''t go to the bathroom!"
n shouted.
"n, just calm down."
"Phil, there''s a tiger in the bathroom!"
"What''s going on?"
Stu (Ed Helms) looked at them in confusion. He had a hangover.
Everyone had a heavy hangover.
"There''s a jungle cat in the bathroom!"
"Okay, okay, okay," Phil stood up. "I''ll check it out."
He opened the door and the tiger roared at him. Phil immediately shut the door.
"Woah! Fuck! He''s not kidding, there''s a tiger in there."
"No, there isn''t," Stu replied weakly.
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"Cut! This is good. Ready for the next scene!"
After three takes, Kazir was satisfied with their performance.
The next scene was about n (Jack ck) getting punched by the champion.
"He''s not really going to punch me, is he?"
Jack ck nervously approached Kazir.
"Don''t worry... You''ll have to stay in the hospital after this."
"You got to be kidding me!"
"No, I''m just kidding," Kazir shrugged.
"Of course he won''t hit you. We still need you to shoot a lot of scenes. Remember, we need more than a month to shoot all the scenes.
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing. Anyway, just hang in there."
"What? Director? Director! Don''t let me down! Director!"
Kazir checked the shots to make sure he hadn''t forgotten anything. The shots looked promising and went well.
''There''s a movie that starred Jack ck, it''s called Nacho Libre. It was said that Jack ck almost lost his eye because of a stunt...''
Some people said it was a publicity stunt to draw in the audience, and some people said it was real.
''Well, Jack ck said it was real, so maybe it is.''
As a director, Kazir knew whether this information was real or not.
''One thing is for sure. A sane director will never have an actor do a dangerous stunt. Everything will be done by a body double. Even the insurancepany will never agree to such a decision.''
If an actor was really injured, the insurancepany would have to pay so much money.
Just like now...
"Um, Director Grey. I just heard that Jack ck is going to get punched by Mike Tyson. I think he needs a body double for that."
"..."
Kazir looked at the Merrill Lynch representative.
"I mean, we all know that Mike Tyson is a strong boxer. If an ident happens and Jack ck is injured, the shoot will be postponed and we will waste money and time."
"Saul, don''t worry. I will never let that happen. But I will not use a body double either. I just have to trust Mike Tyson."
"But are you really sure?"
"Saul. I think Mike Tyson will never hit Jack ck."
He looked at him seriously. Kazir wanted to see as much real emotion as possible, so it was better to use Jack ck for the scene.
Besides, Kazir didn''t like it when someone tried to stop him from doing what he wanted.
Total authority. As long as the filming was going on, Kazir wantedplete authority over the project.
"... Okay."
Saul stepped back and decided to trust him.
Naturally, the scene began after the makeup artists had finished adjusting the looks of the three protagonists.
Jack ck was scared the whole time, and that was what Kazir needed.
Luckily, the heavyweight champ knew how to control his punch and Jack ck was not hurt. But it was still scary.
[Author''s Note: I''m bored so I want to share my top 5 underated manga. What do you think of my list?]
1. Usogui
2. Pandora''s Heart
3. Alice In Bordend
4. Oyasumi Punpun
5. World Embryo